Haw. Code R. § 15-210-14 - Animals in parks

(a) Adult persons may bring permissible animals into parks as provided in this section or in accordance with any other rules adopted by the authority pursuant to chapter 91, HRS.

(b) Permissible animals in the parks shall be constantly supervised by a legally responsible person.

(c) All permissible animals in the parks shall be leashed or crated and under the control of a legally responsible person.

(d) Permissible animals shall not be left unattended in the parks even if the permissible animal is leashed or crated.

(e) Animals which are not permissible animals are not allowed in the parks.

(f) The executive director is authorized to designate areas in parks for use by persons having custody and control of leash-free common domestic household pets. In designating parks or areas therein for leash-free common domestic household pets, commonly known as "bark parks", the executive director shall consider the park's size, location, and frequency of use by members of the public, as well as the primary actual or designed use of each park or area included in the designation. The executive director shall post signs that notify the public of the designation that describe or map the park or park, areas so designated. Signs for areas for leash-free common domestic household pets shall further display the applicable requirements in subsection (c).

(g) Persons bringing permissible animals into parks shall be held responsible for the sanitary use of the park, the protection of shrubbery, trees, turf, and other property, and the safety, health, and welfare of all park users, as well as the following specific responsibilities associated with bringing common domestic household pets into a park:

(1) Except in designated leash-free areas, the person having custody and control of the common domestic household pets shall restrain the common domestic household pets at all times on a leash, cord, chain, or other similar means of physical restraint of not more than eight feet in length;

(2) All common domestic household pets shall display a valid license tag attached to the common domestic household pet's collar;

(3) The person having custody and control of the common domestic household pets shall be eighteen years of age or older; and

(4) The person having custody and control of the common domestic household pets shall carry equipment for the removal and disposal of the common domestic household pets' feces and shall clean up and dispose of feces left by the common domestic household pets.

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Haw. Code R. § 15-210-14

[Eff 6/11/05; comp 5/25/2007] (Auth: HRS § 206E-4) (Imp: HRS §20 6E-4) Am and comp 2/24/2017