ROH §43-11.3
Drainage approval needed before building permits
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗Before you can get a building permit in certain mapped areas, the chief engineer must approve that the drainage is good enough. This rule applies to specific places listed in the law. Without this approval, no building permit will be issued.
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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Adequacy of drainage
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.
No building permit shall be issued without the prior written approval of the chief engineer as to the adequacy of drainage within the areas designated by the shaded portions on the maps attached to the adopting ordinance and incorporated by reference as: Exhibit A - Waimanalo; Exhibit B-1 - Kailua-Kaneohe; Exhibit C - Kaneohe-Heeia; Exhibit D-1 - Heeia-Kahaluu; Exhibit E-1 - Kaalaea-Kahaluu; Exhibit F - Waiahole-Kualoa; Exhibit G - Kaaawa-Kahana; Exhibit I - Pupukea-Paumalu; Exhibit J - Waianae Kai-Makaha; Exhibit K - Lualualei-Nanakuli; Exhibit L - Pearl City-Waimalu; and Exhibit M - Niu Valley.
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