Waipahu has no dedicated beekeeping ordinance. Apiaries are treated as agricultural under ROH Chapter 21, requiring state apiary registration under HRS 152 through Hawaii Department of Agriculture.
Honolulu County does not maintain a separate beekeeping chapter. In Waipahu, apiaries are treated as an agricultural activity permitted in zoning districts allowing agriculture under the Land Use Ordinance (ROH Chapter 21). Dense plantation-era Waipahu lots in R-5 districts are generally too small and too close to neighbors for principal apiary use, though small hobbyist hives may fall under accessory use standards. Nearby Kunia agricultural lands do permit apiaries as principal uses. LUO use and density tables appear in Article 3. State HRS Chapter 152 requires all apiaries to register with HDOA. Pending Bill 65 proposes 5,000 square-foot minimums 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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