Haw. Code R. § 13-235-9 - Restrictions on anchoring or mooring outside of a designated offshore mooring area
(a) No person shall
anchor a vessel in an Ocean Recreation Management Area (ORMA) or a
non-designated area for a cumulative period of time exceeding seventy-two hours
within any fourteen day period subject t® the following restrictions:
(1) Calculation of the seventy-two hour time
limit shall not restart if a vessel is relocated or temporarily moved and then
later returned to the same site or location or in close proximity
thereto.
(2) The department or the
department's authorized representative may authorize an extension of the
seventy-two hour time limit if, under the particular circumstances, an
extension of time is reasonable and warranted.
(b) No person shall anchor or moor a
houseboat on the ocean waters or navigable streams of the State outside of a
designated mooring area.
(c) No
person shall live aboard any vessel or use any vessel as a principal place of
habitation on the ocean waters or navigable streams of the State outside of a
designated mooring area, provided that staying aboard or use of a vessel as a
vacation site may be permitted in accordance with provisions set forth in
sections
13-231-22,
13-231-28,
and
13-231-29.
(d) The owner of a vessel desiring to moor a
vessel outside a designated mooring area may be issued a permit by the
department, subject to compliance with all other provisions of this chapter,
provided that:
(1) There is no designated
mooring area within a reasonable distance of the desired location specified in
the permit application;
(2) A
permit for installation of a mooring at that location is approved by the board
of land and natural resources; and
(3) In the case of commercial vessels, a
permit is also approved for installation of the mooring by the U. S. Army Corps
of Engineers.
(e)
Transient or visiting vessels may be issued a temporary permit to anchor
outside of a designated mooring area for a period not to exceed ninety
days.
Notes
State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compare.
No prior version found.