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Honolulu, HI Code of Ordinances
THE REVISED ORDINANCES OF HONOLULU
TITLE I: ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 2: THE MAYOR AND EXECUTIVE AGENCIES - ADDITIONAL POWERS, DUTIES, AND FUNCTIONS
CHAPTER 3: ADDITIONAL BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND COMMITTEES
CHAPTER 4: ADDITIONAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF COUNCIL AND LEGISLATIVE AGENCIES
CHAPTER 5: SALARIES, EMPLOYMENT, AND BONDING REQUIREMENTS OF ELECTED OFFICIALS AND NON-CIVIL-SERVICE OFFICERS
TITLE II: TAXATION AND FINANCES
CHAPTER 6: FUNDS, FEES, AND LOAN PROGRAMS
CHAPTER 7: RESERVED
CHAPTER 8: REAL PROPERTY TAX
CHAPTER 8A: TAXATION OF TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS
TITLE III: MISCELLANEOUS REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 9: BOTANICAL GARDENS
CHAPTER 10: PUBLIC PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES
CHAPTER 11: CHILD CARE
CHAPTER 12: ANIMALS AND FOWLS
CHAPTER 13: STREETS, SIDEWALKS, MALLS, AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES
CHAPTER 14: PUBLIC WORKS INFRASTRUCTURE
TITLE IV: TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES
CHAPTER 15: TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES
CHAPTER 15A: REGULATIONS OF VEHICLES
CHAPTER 15B: PUBLIC TRANSIT
TITLE V: BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION CODES
CHAPTER 16: BUILDING CODE
CHAPTER 16A: HOUSING CODE
CHAPTER 16B: BUILDING ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE
CHAPTER 16C: BUILDING MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 17: ELECTRICAL CODE
CHAPTER 18: FEES AND PERMITS FOR BUILDING, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, AND SIDEWALK CODES
CHAPTER 18A: GRADING, SOIL EROSION, AND SEDIMENT CONTROL
CHAPTER 19: PLUMBING CODE
CHAPTER 20: FIRE CODE OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU
TITLE VI: LAND USE
CHAPTER 21: LAND USE ORDINANCE
CHAPTER 21A: FLOOD HAZARD AREAS
CHAPTER 22: SUBDIVISION OF LAND
CHAPTER 23: STATE LAND USE CLASSIFICATION
CHAPTER 24: DEVELOPMENT PLANS
CHAPTER 25: SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREAS
CHAPTER 26: SHORELINE SETBACKS
CHAPTER 27: COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICTS
CHAPTER 28: SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS
CHAPTER 29: AFFORDABLE HOUSING REQUIREMENTS
CHAPTER 30: WATER MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 31: COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER 32: AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING
CHAPTER 33: DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS
CHAPTER 33A: IMPACT FEES FOR TRAFFIC AND ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS IN EWA
TITLE VII: BUSINESS
CHAPTER 34: REGULATION OF BUSINESSES
CHAPTER 35: INCENTIVES FOR BUSINESS TO CREATE NEW JOBS
CHAPTER 36: COMMON CARRIERS
TITLE VIII: PROPERTY
CHAPTER 37: REAL PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU
CHAPTER 38: LEASE AND RENTAL OF CITY REAL PROPERTY, INCLUDING FEES
CHAPTER 39: MAXIMUM ANNUAL RENEGOTIATED LEASE RENT
CHAPTER 40: OFFENSES RELATING TO PROPERTY
TITLE IX: PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND SANITATION
CHAPTER 41: PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
CHAPTER 42: COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF REFUSE
CHAPTER 43: SEWERS, DRAINAGE, AND CESSPOOLS
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§ 41-31.2 Definitions.
   For the purposes of this article, the following definitions apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
Business. Any sole proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, business trust, limited liability company, business corporation, professional corporation, or other business entity formed for profit-making purposes.
Business Establishment. Includes any of the following establishments operated by a business:
(1)   Any hotel, except individual hotel rooms and when actively traveling through a hotel to or from an individual hotel room;
(2)   Any financial institution;
(3)   Any industrial, commercial, or wholesale establishment;
(4)   Any utility;
(5)   Any retail establishment where goods or services are sold, leased, or otherwise provided to the public or to another business; and
(6)   Any restaurant or bar, as those terms are defined in § 41-14.1.
Carry on their Person. The person has immediate physical access to the firearm, such as by carrying the firearm in a holster or other receptacle.
Charitable Establishment. Any organization classified under § 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Child or Minor. A person under 18 years of age.
Child Care. Includes those situations where a person or organization has agreed to assume and has been entrusted with the responsibility for the child’s supervision, development, safety, and protection apart from the parent or guardian. “Child care” includes any program or camp for children that occurs before school hours, after school hours, and during breaks in school instructional periods, including Summer Fun programs, A+ programs, children’s programs of the YWCA and YMCA, and similar nonprofit and government-sponsored programs for children.
Child Care Facility. A place maintained by any individual, organization, or agency for the purpose of providing child care with or without charging a fee at any time. It includes a family child care home, group child care center, and group child care home as those terms are defined in HRS § 346-151. “Child care facility” does not include any dwelling unit or lodging unit when not used as a child care facility.
Detective, Private Detective, and Investigator. Have the same meanings as defined in HRS § 463-1.
Dwelling Unit. Has the same meaning as defined in § 21-10.1.
Firearm(s). Has the same meaning as defined in HRS § 134-1.
Guard. Has the same meaning as defined in HRS § 463-1.
License. Any license to carry a concealed or unconcealed firearm issued by the Honolulu police department.
Lodging Unit. Has the same meaning as defined in § 21-10.1.
Operating Hours. Any time at which a place is open for customers or visitors, including any time at which a place is open only for a limited number or group of customers or visitors but otherwise closed to the general public.
Pistol or Revolver. Has the same meaning as defined in HRS § 134-1.
Place of Deposit. Has the same meaning as defined in HRS § 11-1.
Public Park. Has the same meaning as defined in § 10-1.1.
School. Includes all institutions that provide preschool, elementary, secondary, post-secondary, technical, trade, or vocational education, including youth challenge academies, and includes all athletic facilities, offices, cafeterias, eating establishments, health care facilities, research facilities, parking lots, school buses, and shared rooms and common areas of dormitories thereof. “School” does not include a private residence at which education is provided for children who are all related to one another by blood, marriage, or adoption.
Sensitive Place. Within the city:
(1)   All areas within or on city-owned or -controlled buildings or offices, excluding:
(A)   Any dwelling unit or lodging unit when not used as a child care facility;
(B)   The Koko Head Shooting Complex; and
(C)   The Neal S. Blaisdell Center or other city-owned or -controlled building during the operating hours of an organized, scheduled firearms show or exhibit there;
(2)   Except as otherwise provided by federal or State law, all areas within or on buildings or offices owned or controlled by the United States or the State, excluding any dwelling unit or lodging unit when not used as a child care facility;
(3)   Any school or child care facility, including preschools, public schools, parochial schools, private schools, colleges, or universities;
(4)   Public parks, excluding the Koko Head Shooting Complex, during each park’s operating hours;
(5)   Shelters and residential facilities operated by a government entity or a charitable establishment, including those that serve the homeless, homeless children, developmentally disabled persons, victims of domestic violence, children involved in the juvenile justice system, adults involved in the criminal justice system, or persons who are similarly at-risk;
(6)   The buildings, grounds, and appurtenant parking lots of the following, during the respective operating hours of each:
(A)   Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve;
(B)   Hawaii Children’s Discovery Center;
(C)   Honolulu Zoo; and
(D)   Waikiki Aquarium;
(7)   A voter service center, place of deposit, and its appurtenances, and an area of 200 feet from the perimeter of any voter service center, place of deposit, and its appurtenances, as designated by election officials pursuant to HRS § 11-132, as follows:
(A)   As applied to a voter service center and its appurtenances, all operating hours, as set forth in HRS § 11-109; and
(B)   As applied to a place of deposit and its appurtenances, all times at which the place of deposit is accessible to the public;
(8)   The Alapai Transit Center, Kalihi Transit Center, rail stations, nonsecure areas of airports, and cruise terminals, as well as vehicles used for public transportation by air, sea, or land, including rail, TheBus, Handi-Van, or ship;
(9)   Any business establishment licensed to dispense intoxicating liquor for consumption on the premises;
(10)   Within 100 feet of or within the permitted boundaries of a public gathering, demonstration, or event for which a government permit has been obtained, during the conduct of such gathering, demonstration, or event; provided that for parades, marathons, and other events characterized by the movement of people from one place to another, the following are not a sensitive place:
(A)   Fixed structures along the route, such as businesses and residences, unless firearms are otherwise prohibited in those structures in accordance with this article; and
(B)   Areas where participants are not present.
(11)   Theaters, stadiums, museums, and amusement parks;
(12)   A medical cannabis dispensary, as defined in HRS § 329D-1; and
(13)   Any public or private hospital, mental health facility, nursing home, clinic, medical office, urgent care facility, or other place at which medical or health services are customarily provided, including appurtenant parking lots.
Sidewalk. Has the same meaning as defined in § 13-1.1.
Street. Has the same meaning as defined in § 13-1.1 provided that “street” does not include any portion of a parking lot.
Structure. Has the same meaning as defined in § 21-10.1.
Theater. Has the same meaning as defined in § 21-10.1.
Voter Service Center. Has the same meaning as defined in HRS § 11-1.
Voter Service Center, Place of Deposit, and its Appurtenances. Includes those places included within those terms as enumerated in HRS § 11-132.
(Added by Ord. 23-6)