Ewa Gentry property owners in or adjacent to designated hazardous fire areas must clear flammable vegetation around structures, with distances set by the Honolulu Fire Department under NFPA 1.
Because Ewa Gentry sits on the leeward Ewa Plain, the Honolulu Fire Department can designate parts of the area as hazardous fire areas under ROH Chapter 20, which adopts NFPA 1 Section 10.18. Owners must maintain a firebreak by removing or cutting flammable vegetation within at least 30 feet of buildings, and the Fire Chief can extend that distance to 100 feet for parcels near undeveloped brush, drainage canals, or kiawe stands. Dead palm fronds, stacked green waste, and leaning kiawe are common citation triggers. Vacant-lot owners bear the same duty as occupied-home owners.
Failure to abate brush can result in HFD abatement orders, civil fines, and City-performed clearance at the owner's cost assessed against the property.
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