Haw. Code R. § 19-14-3 - Conduct of the public

(a) Restricted areas.

(1) No person shall enter any restricted area without the permission or authorization of the director. Any unauthorized person found within, or attempting to gain access to, the operational area or other restricted areas designated by the director, may be cited or arrested. Any person authorized to be in an operational area, other than a passenger in transit between the aircraft and the terminal to board or deplane, shall wear, and display-in plain sight a badge, uniform or other such identification approved by the director. Persons entering upon the public ramp areas for purposes of embarkation or debarkation of an aircraft shall be deemed to have-authorization to enter thereupon.

(2) Any person walking in the operational area shall walk in established marked walkways. Where walkways have not been established, pedestrians shall remain clear of the ramp operations area and walk as close to the building structure as possible to avoid vehicular traffic, provided that no pedestrian traffic shall be permitted on ramp roadways or aircraft surface maneuvering areas including, but not limited to, alleyways (lead-in lines) to gates, roadways traversing terminal concourses, and taxilanes.

(b) Animals and birds.

(1) No person shall enter any airport terminal building, or any operational or restricted area of any public airport with any animal or reptile, except:

(A) A service animal being used by a person with a disability;

(B) An animal or reptile properly confined for shipment with or by an air carrier, provided the animal or reptile is authorized by law to be in the State;

(C) Any animals, accompanied by properly authorized law enforcement personnel, specially trained for emergencies such as aircraft, vehicle or vessel disasters or for use in law enforcement such as the discovery of drugs and other contraband; and

(D) Any animals, accompanied by properly authorized and trained personnel conducting wildlife hazard management activities, specially trained in wildlife hazard abatement operations, as approved by the director.

(2) No person shall release a pigeon or any other species of bird while on or within a public airport.

(3) No tenant at the airport, or any employee of such tenant, shall keep a pet in the airport terminal building without permission.

(c) Smoking. No person shall smoke or carry a lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe, match, or any naked flame, in or upon any fuel storage area, cargo ramp and apron area, or aircraft parking, operating or storage area, or in any other place where a sign specifically prohibiting smoking is posted or in any area within fifty feet of any fuel carrier or aircraft; nor shall any person throw from any open deck, gallery or balcony, contiguous to such areas or such carriers or aircraft, a lighted cigar, cigarette, or similar article.

(d) Explosives. No person shall store, keep, handle, use, dispense or transport upon a public airport any explosives or other dangerous articles which are barred from civil aircraft by federal, state, or county regulations.

(e) Firearms, explosives and incendiary devices. Except for federal, state, and county law enforcement officers, armored car personnel making pickups and deliveries, authorized by the director, from and to airport tenants or permittees, and other employees authorized by their air carriers to carry firearms, no person may enter a sterile area, or board or attempt to board an air carrier aircraft while possessing on or about his person (including carry-on baggage) any firearm, explosive or incendiary device.

(f) Lost and found articles. Any person finding a lost or mislaid article in the public areas of an air terminal shall report and turn the article over to airport lost and found. Nothing in this section will be construed to deny the right of an air carrier to maintain lost and found services for its passengers, when articles are found within areas demised to it.

(g) Alcoholic beverages. No person shall consume or display alcoholic beverages at a public airport except in those areas specifically approved for such use by the director.

(h) Unclaimed articles. Articles stored at a public airport and left unclaimed by the owner more than forty-five (45) days shall be deemed abandoned and may be disposed of by public auction conducted by the department or as otherwise prescribed by the director. Notice of the auction shall be posted at storage areas and printed on claim checks which are issued upon storage of the articles.

(i) Commercial activity. No person shall engage in any business, service, or commercial activity, for a fee or gratuity, in or at a public airport, without the permission of the director.

(j) Commercial photography. No person shall take still, motion, or sound pictures for commercial purposes in or at any public airport without the permission of the director; provided that any lessee or licensee of the department or its agent may take such pictures as may be required in the conduct of its business, but not for sale.

(k) Disabling of security devices. No person shall knowingly tamper with, block open or otherwise disable any lock, door, gate, alarm or any security device designed to restrict unauthorized access to any operational area or other designated restricted areas. Any person who commits such an act may be cited or arrested.

(l) Other controls and restrictions. No person shall, at, within or upon any public airport:

(1) Damage, deface or destroy any property including, but not limited to, any facilities, vehicles, equipment, signs, fences, buildings, structures, and navigational aids such as landing lights, flood lights, beacons, signals and control towers;

(2) Dump or dispose of trash, litter or any other form of waste materials, including, but not limited to, paper, metal, plastic, glass, wooden pallets, solid waste and foodstuffs, except in appropriate disposal receptacles or designated disposal areas;

(3) Abandon any equipment or other materials;

(4) Keep, place or store equipment or other materials in areas other than those leased or specifically designated for such use without first obtaining written permission from the director;

(5) Drain, deposit, store, keep, create, produce, transport, deliver or otherwise handle any toxic or hazardous material without first obtaining written permission from the director;

(6) Place or erect any sign, building or other type of structure without first obtaining written permission from the director;

(7) Cut or remove any vegetation without written permission from the director;

(8) Spray paint in the operational area, open area, or other site on any public airport property which is not specifically designed or designated for such activity;

(9) Conduct welding or construction activity requiring an open flame in any operational area, open area, or other site on any public airport property without first obtaining the written approval of the airport fire department and the director; and

(10) Ride or otherwise use bicycles, scooters, skateboards, electric carts and other similar hand, foot, electric energy or self-propelled devices on airport roadways, sidewalks, lobbies, garden areas, public parking lots or structures, and any other airport areas as designated by the director except:

(A) The use of wheeled devices and aids by injured persons or persons with disabilities is exempt from this section;

(B) The riding of bicycles may be permitted on airport roadways and in public parking lots or structures with bicycle racks, unless the director, for safety or operational purposes, prohibits or otherwise restricts the use of bicycles in such areas; and

(C) The riding of properly licensed electric carts may be permitted on airport roadways, unless the director, for safety or operational purposes, prohibits or otherwise restricts the use of properly licensed electric carts on such roadways.

(m) Sterile areas. No person shall enter the sterile area of a public airport without submitting to the screening of his or her person unless authorized by the director.

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Haw. Code R. § 19-14-3

[Eff 8/10/81; am 1/6/90; am 5/18/91; am and comp 4/27/98; am and comp 4/17/00; am and comp 1/24/02; am and comp 4/27/07; am and comp APR 17 2009] (Auth: HRS §2 61-12) (Imp: HRS § 261-12)