5 rules for unincorporated Hawaii County, Hawaii.
Verified from official government sources
The County of Hawai'i provides no curbside collection and no county-issued trash carts in most areas, so it sets no cart-color or container-type rule. Residents self-haul household rubbish to one of the county's 22 recycling and transfer stations, where it must be sorted per station signage.
HCC 20-03-01
Every owner or occupant of any residence or business or premises within the County shall dispose of solid waste in a County approved SWD facility in accordance with department rules.
The County of Hawai'i has no standalone mainland-style 'blight' ordinance. Run-down, junk-filled, or nuisance properties are handled through the Planning Department's zoning code-violation complaint process (Hawai'i County Code Chapter 25) and, for health hazards, state public-nuisance law (HRS Chapter 322).
The County of Hawai'i has no dedicated vacant-lot mowing ordinance. An overgrown or debris-filled empty lot is addressed as a zoning code violation reported to the Planning Department (Chapter 25) or, if it becomes a fire, health, or sanitation hazard, as a public nuisance under state law (HRS Chapter 322).
The County of Hawai'i has no dedicated garage-sale permit ordinance. Occasional residential yard sales are generally allowed as incidental to your home; running a continuous retail operation from a residence, however, can trigger the zoning code's home-occupation and signage rules under Hawai'i County Code Chapter 25.
The County of Hawai'i sets no maximum grass or weed height for private residential yards. Overgrowth is only actionable when it creates a zoning violation or a genuine fire, health, or sanitation nuisance, reported to the Planning Department or the state Department of Health respectively.
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