Pearl City has no dedicated beekeeping ordinance. Apiaries are treated as agricultural under ROH Chapter 21, requiring state apiary registration with Hawaii Department of Agriculture under HRS 152.
Honolulu County does not maintain a separate beekeeping chapter. In Pearl City, apiaries are treated as an agricultural activity permitted in zoning districts allowing agriculture under the Land Use Ordinance (ROH Chapter 21). Most Pearl City residential lots sit in R-5 or R-7.5 districts where apiaries are not a principal use, though small hobbyist hives may fall under accessory use standards. LUO use and density tables appear in Article 3. State HRS Chapter 152 requires all apiaries to register with the Hawaii Department of Agriculture. Pending Bill 65 proposes 5,000 square-foot minimum lots, tiered hive caps, and 25-foot setbacks.
Unauthorized apiaries in non-agricultural zones are zoning violations under ROH 21, subject to notice of violation, daily fines, and orders to remove hives.
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