{ "batch": "393-hawaii-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning", "articles": [ { "id": "learn_r393_hawaii_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_393_hawaii_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_anchor", "category": "Business", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Hawaii Revised Statutes: Chapter 712 index (anchor)", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Hawaii's official statute site publishes HRS Chapter 712 as 'Offenses Against Public Health and Morals'.", "body": "Hawaii's official statute site publishes HRS Chapter 712 as 'Offenses Against Public Health and Morals'.\n\nWhat Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“CHAPTER 712 OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC HEALTH AND MORALS”\n\nNote: Anchor record: legislature's own statute site, state .gov domain.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol14_Ch0701-0853/HRS0712/HRS_0712-.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-17", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "CHAPTER 712 OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC HEALTH AND MORALS", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "393-hawaii-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning", "subject": "Hawaii Revised Statutes", "topic": "Chapter 712 index (anchor)", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "HI", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-hi" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-hi" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r393_hawaii_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_393_hawaii_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_def_a", "category": "Business", "title": "HRS 712-1210: (a) Closest statutory term: sexually exploited individuals", "summary": "Hawaii's only statutory terms in this area are 'exotic or nude dancer', 'erotic or nude massager' and 'sexually exploited individuals'; none defines a premises, and a private residence producing content for online sale is not mentioned.", "body": "Hawaii's only statutory terms in this area are 'exotic or nude dancer', 'erotic or nude massager' and 'sexually exploited individuals'; none defines a premises, and a private residence producing content for online sale is not mentioned.\n\nWhat Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“means erotic or nude massagers and exotic or nude dancers.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol14_Ch0701-0853/HRS0712/HRS_0712-1210.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-17", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "means erotic or nude massagers and exotic or nude dancers.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "393-hawaii-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning", "subject": "HRS 712-1210", "topic": "(a) Closest statutory term: sexually exploited individuals", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "HI", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-hi" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r393_hawaii_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_393_hawaii_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_lic_trigger", "category": "Business", "title": "HRS 712-1218.5: (b) State requirement that attaches to providing nude dancers/massagers: age-verification records", "summary": "The only state-level requirement located is a records duty: a person who, to profit, provides sexually exploited individuals (nude dancers or massagers) to patrons of a public establishment or to a private club or event must keep age verification records, on pain of a class C felony; there is no state licence.", "body": "The only state-level requirement located is a records duty: a person who, to profit, provides sexually exploited individuals (nude dancers or massagers) to patrons of a public establishment or to a private club or event must keep age verification records, on pain of a class C felony; there is no state licence.\n\nWhat Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“if, with the intent to profit therefrom, the person knowingly provides sexually exploited individuals to patrons or customers of a public establishment or provides sexually exploited individuals to a private club or event, and the person:”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol14_Ch0701-0853/HRS0712/HRS_0712-1218_0005.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-17", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "if, with the intent to profit therefrom, the person knowingly provides sexually exploited individuals to patrons or customers of a public establishment or provides sexually exploited individuals to a private club or event, and the person:", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "393-hawaii-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning", "subject": "HRS 712-1218.5", "topic": "(b) State requirement that attaches to providing nude dancers/massagers: age-verification records", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "HI", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-hi" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r393_hawaii_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_393_hawaii_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_no_state_licence", "category": "Business", "title": "No state licence or buffer rule for adult businesses found", "summary": "No HRS section opened creates a state licence, distance or buffer rule for adult entertainment establishments; the HRS chapter 712 index lists only offences.", "body": "No HRS section opened creates a state licence, distance or buffer rule for adult entertainment establishments; the HRS chapter 712 index lists only offences.\n\nWhat Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“Part II. Offenses Related to Obscenity 712-1210 Definitions of terms in this part 712-1211 Displaying indecent matter 712-1212 Repealed 712-1213 Displaying indecent material; prima facie evidence 712-1214 Promoting pornography 712-1215 Promoting pornography for minors 712-1215.5 Promoting minor-produced sexual images in the first degree 712-1215.6 Promoting minor-produced sexual images in the second degree 712-1216 Promoting pornography; prima facie evidence 712-1216.5 Importation, sale, or possession of a childlike sex doll 712-1217 Open lewdness 712-1218 Failure to maintain age verification records of sexual performers 712-1218.5 Failure to maintain age verification records of sexually exploited individuals 712-1219 Failure to affix information disclosing location of age verification records of sexual performers 712-1219.5 Disseminating visual depiction of sexual conduct without affixed information disclosing location of age verification records of sexual performers”\n\nNote: ABSENCE RECORD (inferred from an index/listing, not from operative text). Searched: index of HRS chapter 712 and the DOTAX Tax Facts 31-1 licence list (it names no adult-business licence). Not searched: HRS chapters 445 and 489X and the DCCA licensing boards.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol14_Ch0701-0853/HRS0712/HRS_0712-.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-17", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "Part II. Offenses Related to Obscenity 712-1210 Definitions of terms in this part 712-1211 Displaying indecent matter 712-1212 Repealed 712-1213 Displaying indecent material; prima facie evidence 712-1214 Promoting pornography 712-1215 Promoting pornography for minors 712-1215.5 Promoting minor-produced sexual images in the first degree 712-1215.6 Promoting minor-produced sexual images in the second degree 712-1216 Promoting pornography; prima facie evidence 712-1216.5 Importation, sale, or possession of a childlike sex doll 712-1217 Open lewdness 712-1218 Failure to maintain age verification records of sexual performers 712-1218.5 Failure to maintain age verification records of sexually exploited individuals 712-1219 Failure to affix information disclosing location of age verification records of sexual performers 712-1219.5 Disseminating visual depiction of sexual conduct without affixed information disclosing location of age verification records of sexual performers", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "393-hawaii-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning", "subject": "Hawaii adult business licence", "topic": "No state licence or buffer rule for adult businesses found", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "HI", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-hi" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r393_hawaii_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_393_hawaii_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_hrs464", "category": "Business", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] HRS 46-4: Zoning is a county power", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] State law gives zoning to the counties: in Hawaii, Maui and Kauai zoning means the establishment of districts and regulations, exercised by ordinance, including the areas where trade and business may be conducted and where residential uses may be regulated.", "body": "State law gives zoning to the counties: in Hawaii, Maui and Kauai zoning means the establishment of districts and regulations, exercised by ordinance, including the areas where trade and business may be conducted and where residential uses may be regulated.\n\nWhat Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“The zoning power granted in this section shall be exercised by ordinance, which may relate to: (1) The areas within which agriculture, forestry, industry, trade, and business may be conducted;”\n\nNote: Counties used for the largest-city question: the City and County of Honolulu, County of Hawaii and County of Maui (Hawaii has no zoning at city level; counties zone).", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol02_Ch0046-0115/HRS0046/HRS_0046-0004.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-17", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "The zoning power granted in this section shall be exercised by ordinance, which may relate to: (1) The areas within which agriculture, forestry, industry, trade, and business may be conducted;", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "393-hawaii-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning", "subject": "HRS 46-4", "topic": "Zoning is a county power", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "HI", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-hi" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-hi" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r393_hawaii_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_393_hawaii_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_luo_cover", "category": "Business", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Honolulu zoning code (LUO) is on the city's own site", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] The City and County of Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting publishes the Land Use Ordinance (LUO, ROH chapter 21), revised May 2026, as a PDF on honolulu.gov.", "body": "The City and County of Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting publishes the Land Use Ordinance (LUO, ROH chapter 21), revised May 2026, as a PDF on honolulu.gov.\n\nWhat City and County of Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting actually says:\n\n“LAND USE ORDINANCE Department of Planning and Permitting City and County of Honolulu Revised May 2026”\n\nNote: Cities used (counties zone in Hawaii): Honolulu. Hawaii County and Maui County: see could_not_verify.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.honolulu.gov/dpp/wp-content/uploads/sites/56/2026/05/May-2026-LUO.pdf", "last_verified": "2026-10-17", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "City and County of Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting", "evidence_quote": "LAND USE ORDINANCE Department of Planning and Permitting City and County of Honolulu Revised May 2026", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "393-hawaii-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning", "subject": "Honolulu Land Use Ordinance", "topic": "Honolulu zoning code (LUO) is on the city's own site", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "HI", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-hi" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-hi" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r393_hawaii_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_393_hawaii_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_hnl_def", "category": "Business", "title": "Honolulu LUO, Article 10 definitions: Home occupation defined", "summary": "Honolulu defines a home occupation as any activity intended to produce income carried on within a dwelling unit, accessory structure or residential zoning lot, including use of a residential premise as a base for off-premise income-producing activity.", "body": "Honolulu defines a home occupation as any activity intended to produce income carried on within a dwelling unit, accessory structure or residential zoning lot, including use of a residential premise as a base for off-premise income-producing activity.\n\nWhat City and County of Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting actually says:\n\n“Home occupation. Any activity intended to produce income that is carried on within a dwelling unit, accessory structure to a dwelling unit, or on a zoning lot used principally for residential purposes. Home occupations include the use of any residential premise as a base for an off-premise, income-producing activity.”\n\nNote: City used: Honolulu.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.honolulu.gov/dpp/wp-content/uploads/sites/56/2026/05/May-2026-LUO.pdf", "last_verified": "2026-10-17", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "City and County of Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting", "evidence_quote": "Home occupation. Any activity intended to produce income that is carried on within a dwelling unit, accessory structure to a dwelling unit, or on a zoning lot used principally for residential purposes. Home occupations include the use of any residential premise as a base for an off-premise, income-producing activity.", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "393-hawaii-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning", "subject": "Honolulu LUO, Article 10 definitions", "topic": "Home occupation defined", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "HI", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-hi" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r393_hawaii_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_393_hawaii_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_hnl_std", "category": "Business", "title": "Honolulu LUO 21-5.50-3(b)(1): Home occupation standards: incidental, no signs", "summary": "A Honolulu home occupation must be clearly incidental and subordinate to residential living, may not significantly change the exterior appearance, and onsite signage or advertisements for it are prohibited.", "body": "A Honolulu home occupation must be clearly incidental and subordinate to residential living, may not significantly change the exterior appearance, and onsite signage or advertisements for it are prohibited.\n\nWhat City and County of Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting actually says:\n\n“(A) The home occupation must be clearly incidental and subordinate to the use of the dwelling unit and zoning lot for residential living. (B) The home occupation use may not significantly change the exterior appearance of the dwelling unit, zoning lot, or the surrounding neighborhood. Onsite signage or advertisements for the home occupation is prohibited.”\n\nNote: City used: Honolulu.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.honolulu.gov/dpp/wp-content/uploads/sites/56/2026/05/May-2026-LUO.pdf", "last_verified": "2026-10-17", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "City and County of Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting", "evidence_quote": "(A) The home occupation must be clearly incidental and subordinate to the use of the dwelling unit and zoning lot for residential living. (B) The home occupation use may not significantly change the exterior appearance of the dwelling unit, zoning lot, or the surrounding neighborhood. Onsite signage or advertisements for the home occupation is prohibited.", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "393-hawaii-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning", "subject": "Honolulu LUO 21-5.50-3(b)(1)", "topic": "Home occupation standards: incidental, no signs", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "HI", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-hi" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r393_hawaii_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_393_hawaii_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_hnl_noise", "category": "Business", "title": "Honolulu LUO 21-5.50-3(b)(1)(E)-(F): Noise, traffic and parking limits", "summary": "Noise and odors must not be detectable from abutting streets or sidewalks and the use may not create unreasonable risks of harm or significantly adverse local traffic or parking impacts; the director may order the home occupation to cease.", "body": "Noise and odors must not be detectable from abutting streets or sidewalks and the use may not create unreasonable risks of harm or significantly adverse local traffic or parking impacts; the director may order the home occupation to cease.\n\nWhat City and County of Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting actually says:\n\n“(E) Noises and obnoxious odors associated with the home occupation must not be detectable from abutting streets or sidewalks. The director may order the mitigation of noise and odor impacts, or the cessation of a home occupation if noise and odor impacts are not able to adequately mitigated. (F) The home occupation use may not create unreasonable risks of harm to persons or property or cause significant adverse impacts to local traffic or parking.”\n\nNote: City used: Honolulu.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.honolulu.gov/dpp/wp-content/uploads/sites/56/2026/05/May-2026-LUO.pdf", "last_verified": "2026-10-17", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "City and County of Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting", "evidence_quote": "(E) Noises and obnoxious odors associated with the home occupation must not be detectable from abutting streets or sidewalks. The director may order the mitigation of noise and odor impacts, or the cessation of a home occupation if noise and odor impacts are not able to adequately mitigated. (F) The home occupation use may not create unreasonable risks of harm to persons or property or cause significant adverse impacts to local traffic or parking.", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "393-hawaii-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning", "subject": "Honolulu LUO 21-5.50-3(b)(1)(E)-(F)", "topic": "Noise, traffic and parking limits", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "HI", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-hi" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r393_hawaii_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_393_hawaii_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_hnl_prohibited", "category": "Business", "title": "Honolulu LUO 21-5.50-3(b)(3): Prohibited home occupations (list does not name adult content)", "summary": "Honolulu's list of prohibited home occupations includes (among others) commercial weddings, sale of guns, commercial events renting the lot to guests, and animal boarding; the list is 'include but are not limited to' and does not name filming or adult content.", "body": "Honolulu's list of prohibited home occupations includes (among others) commercial weddings, sale of guns, commercial events renting the lot to guests, and animal boarding; the list is 'include but are not limited to' and does not name filming or adult content.\n\nWhat City and County of Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting actually says:\n\n“(3) Prohibited home occupations: Activities that are prohibited as a home occupation use include but are not limited to: (A) Vehicle repair and painting that does not include the repair or painting of up to five vehicles owned by a household member per year; (B) Uses and activities that are only permitted in the industrial zoning districts; (C) Commercial weddings, including wedding ceremonies and receptions; (D) Storage yards, base yards, and stockpiling; (E) Sale of guns and ammunition;”\n\nNote: City used: Honolulu. The span quoted covers (A)-(E) of the list; (F)-(I) follow it on the page. Open-ended list: a film shoot is neither permitted nor prohibited by name.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.honolulu.gov/dpp/wp-content/uploads/sites/56/2026/05/May-2026-LUO.pdf", "last_verified": "2026-10-17", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "City and County of Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting", "evidence_quote": "(3) Prohibited home occupations: Activities that are prohibited as a home occupation use include but are not limited to: (A) Vehicle repair and painting that does not include the repair or painting of up to five vehicles owned by a household member per year; (B) Uses and activities that are only permitted in the industrial zoning districts; (C) Commercial weddings, including wedding ceremonies and receptions; (D) Storage yards, base yards, and stockpiling; (E) Sale of guns and ammunition;", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "393-hawaii-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning", "subject": "Honolulu LUO 21-5.50-3(b)(3)", "topic": "Prohibited home occupations (list does not name adult content)", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "HI", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-hi" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r393_hawaii_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_393_hawaii_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_hnl_employee", "category": "Business", "title": "Honolulu LUO 21-5.50-3(b)(4)(A): One non-resident employee on site", "summary": "In addition to the household member, one employee who is not a household member may be on the property at any given time.", "body": "In addition to the household member, one employee who is not a household member may be on the property at any given time.\n\nWhat City and County of Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting actually says:\n\n“(A) In addition to the household member engaging in the home occupation, one employee of the home occupation who is not a household member may be on the property at any given time.”\n\nNote: City used: Honolulu. Relevant to a two-person shoot where the second person is not a household member.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.honolulu.gov/dpp/wp-content/uploads/sites/56/2026/05/May-2026-LUO.pdf", "last_verified": "2026-10-17", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "City and County of Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting", "evidence_quote": "(A) In addition to the household member engaging in the home occupation, one employee of the home occupation who is not a household member may be on the property at any given time.", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "393-hawaii-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning", "subject": "Honolulu LUO 21-5.50-3(b)(4)(A)", "topic": "One non-resident employee on site", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "HI", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-hi" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r393_hawaii_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_393_hawaii_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_hnl_penalty", "category": "Business", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Honolulu LUO 21-2.150-2(e)(2): Penalty for a zoning violation", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] A Honolulu zoning notice of order can require a civil fine not to exceed $5,000, and a further civil fine not to exceed $5,000 per day while the violation persists.", "body": "A Honolulu zoning notice of order can require a civil fine not to exceed $5,000, and a further civil fine not to exceed $5,000 per day while the violation persists.\n\nWhat City and County of Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting actually says:\n\n“(D) Pay a civil fine not to exceed $5,000 in the manner, at the place, and before the date specified in the order; and (E) Pay a civil fine not to exceed $5,000 per day for each day in which the violation persists beyond the date specified in paragraph (D), in the manner and at the time and place specified in the order.”\n\nNote: City used: Honolulu.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.honolulu.gov/dpp/wp-content/uploads/sites/56/2026/05/May-2026-LUO.pdf", "last_verified": "2026-10-17", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "City and County of Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting", "evidence_quote": "(D) Pay a civil fine not to exceed $5,000 in the manner, at the place, and before the date specified in the order; and (E) Pay a civil fine not to exceed $5,000 per day for each day in which the violation persists beyond the date specified in paragraph (D), in the manner and at the time and place specified in the order.", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "393-hawaii-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning", "subject": "Honolulu LUO 21-2.150-2(e)(2)", "topic": "Penalty for a zoning violation", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "HI", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-hi" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "thin_body", "source_unverifiable:fetch_failed:budget" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r393_hawaii_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_393_hawaii_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_hnl_silent", "category": "Business", "title": "LUO is silent on adult entertainment / sexually oriented business", "summary": "The May 2026 Honolulu Land Use Ordinance contains no 'adult entertainment', 'sexually oriented business' or 'adult cabaret' use: those terms (and 'sexual', 'nude', 'erotic') do not appear anywhere in its text, so its home-occupation rules govern a home shoot by their general terms.", "body": "The May 2026 Honolulu Land Use Ordinance contains no 'adult entertainment', 'sexually oriented business' or 'adult cabaret' use: those terms (and 'sexual', 'nude', 'erotic') do not appear anywhere in its text, so its home-occupation rules govern a home shoot by their general terms.\n\nWhat City and County of Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting actually says:\n\n“Home occupation. Any activity intended to produce income that is carried on within a dwelling unit, accessory structure to a dwelling unit, or on a zoning lot used principally for residential purposes.”\n\nNote: ABSENCE RECORD (inferred from an index/listing, not from operative text). Searched: pdftotext of the full May 2026 LUO PDF (honolulu.gov/dpp) for 'adult entertainment', 'adult', 'sexual', 'nude', 'nudity', 'erotic', 'pornograph', 'specified anatomical', 'obscen': the only 'adult' hits are adult daycare. City used: Honolulu. Not searched: other Honolulu ROH chapters (e.g. ch. 34 Regulation of Businesses), hosted on amlegal.com behind a Cloudflare challenge. Do not extrapolate to Hawaii County, Maui or Kauai.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.honolulu.gov/dpp/wp-content/uploads/sites/56/2026/05/May-2026-LUO.pdf", "last_verified": "2026-10-17", "reliability": "CREATOR STRATEGY", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "City and County of Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting", "evidence_quote": "Home occupation. Any activity intended to produce income that is carried on within a dwelling unit, accessory structure to a dwelling unit, or on a zoning lot used principally for residential purposes.", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "393-hawaii-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning", "subject": "Honolulu LUO", "topic": "LUO is silent on adult entertainment / sexually oriented business", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "HI", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-hi" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } } ] }