ROH §41-18.1
City areas where prostitution-related activity is restricted
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗This section names three specific parts of Honolulu as official zones where prostitution-related activity is considered harmful to the public. The zones include the full width of streets and sidewalks along their borders. This makes state law about these zones apply in the city.
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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — City-designated areas of significant prostitution-related activity
A copy, taken August 22, 2026. The version published by Honolulu is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
(a) Pursuant to the authority conferred by HRS § 712-1207 and the recommendation of the chief of police, the following areas are designated zones of significant prostitution-related activity detrimental to the health, safety, or welfare of the general public:
(1) The Ala Moana/Kapiolani/Convention Center/Keeaumoku/lower Makiki/McCully/Moiliili area shown in Exhibit A attached to this article and made a part hereof;
(2) The Downtown/Chinatown area shown in Exhibit B attached to this article and made a part hereof; and
(3) The Wahiawa area shown in Exhibit C attached to this article and made a part hereof.
Where the boundary lines of the designated areas shown on the exhibits follow streets or highways, the designated areas include the entire width of the streets or highways, including the sidewalk or shoulder areas. For the purposes of this subsection, “streets or highways” has the same meanings as defined under § 15-2.23 .
(b) This article shall be deemed a county ordinance designating areas to which HRS § 712-1207 applies.
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