Honolulu caps noncommercial chicken keeping at two hens per household under ROH 7-2.4, bans roosters in noncommercial settings, and requires enclosures to meet zoning setback and sanitation rules across the Urban Honolulu CDP.
Residents of Honolulu are governed by the consolidated Revised Ordinances of Honolulu. ROH 7-2.4 caps noncommercial keeping at two chickens per household and prohibits roosters entirely in noncommercial settings. Poultry is defined at ROH 7-2.2 to include chickens, pigeons, turkeys, geese, ducks, and peafowl. Enclosures must satisfy zoning, setback, and sanitation requirements for the applicable district, which in dense Urban Honolulu is usually residential. ROH 7-2.1 carves out properties where commercial kennels or livestock keeping are a permitted zoning use. Livestock as a land use is governed by the LUO (ROH Chapter 21) agricultural district tables.
Violations are enforced as Animal Nuisances under ROH Chapter 7 Article 2 and may lead to abatement orders, fines, and impoundment of noncompliant animals.
Urban Honolulu, HI
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Urban Honolulu, HI
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