On April 19, Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell signed into law an ordinance, which allows city workers to remove, without notice, tents and other objects deemed to be a “sidewalk nuisances”. A sidewalk nuisance is defined as any object or collection of objects “constructed, erected, installed, maintained, kept, or operated on or over any sidewalk, including but not limited to structures, stalls, stands, tents, furniture and containers, and any of their contents or attachments.” The city will have to hold the items for 30 days in storage. Owners of the items would have to show proof of identity and pay the city a $200 “removal, storage and handling” fee. Opponents of the law feel that the city government is unfairly targeting homeless.
The public is being given an opportunity to voice their support or protests for this new law at a hearing to be held in Kapolei or through written testimony to the city’s Department of Facility Maintenance. Written testimony will be taken until June 12. The city is expected to begin enforcing the law shortly after that.
Source: Honolulu Star Advertiser, 6-5-2013, www.staradvertiser.com
Posted by Jeff Uyemura-Reyes, Broker-in-Charge, Realtor®
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Posted by Jeff Uyemura-Reyes, Broker-in-Charge, Realtor®
Global Executive Realty, LLC
www.myhawaiihomesearch.com
www.myhawaiicondo.com
www.myhawaiidreamhome.com
