Kauai County, HI Trash & Recycling: Dumpster Rules (2026)

The screening duty attaches to the trash container itself, not just the enclosure area around it: three of the container's sides must be blocked by an opaque fence or wall built high enough to hide the dumpster, leaving only the access side open for collection. That is a narrower, stricter version of the more general loading-area rule in the same subsection, which lets a business screen with building mass, a freestanding wall or fence, or landscaping, and only asks that the screening material match the adjacent buildings rather than specifying an opaque, three-sided enclosure.

Because the district also directs businesses to avoid placing service and loading areas next to residential uses or outdoor eating and gathering areas, a Rice Street restaurant with sidewalk seating under § 10-5A.7(g) has to keep its dumpster and its outdoor dining area from sitting side by side, both to cut noise from collection trucks and to keep the trash enclosure out of diners' sightlines. Earth berms and plant screening are called for as a second layer behind the fence or wall, aimed specifically at blocking the view of the trash area from main roads, sidewalks and building entrances, meaning a fence alone that still leaves a clear sightline from the street does not fully satisfy the rule.