ROH §43-11.11
Fences required along improved channels
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗The city's chief engineer can require fences along improved channels based on safety and other factors. If fences are required, they must be at least 42 inches tall, placed on or near the channel walls, and the city must maintain and repair them.
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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Fences along improved channels
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) The chief engineer may require that fences be constructed as part of any channel improvement based upon a consideration of any one or more of the following: the height of the wall or bank, or shape of the channel, or the land use of the adjoining properties, or the depth of normal flow in the channel, or the location of the channel improvement or the possibility of people injuring themselves because of the channel improvement.
(b) Fences, when required, shall generally be erected on or immediately adjacent to the channel walls and they shall be maintained and repaired by the city.
(c) The minimum height of such fences shall be 42 inches.
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