Adopted: 8/26/08 and Revised 7/16/19 and 5/20/24
Marina Towers By-Laws Rules prohibit pets in the building.The following does not amend that By-Law. However, the Association has no wish to cause a disabled resident who needs an assistance animal any undue stress or discomfort from a perceived violation of the By-laws. Therefore, the Board of Directors instituted the following guidance/instruction/policy for such resident.
A. Screening/Registration
Assistance animal owners must complete an Assistance Animal Application and Registration form. Forms are available from the ResidentManager. If the assistance animal is a dog, cat, or bird, a current photograph must be attached.
B. Restrictions
“Animal” in the following paragraphs means”Assistance Animal.”
1) Animals shall not be kept, bred, or used for any commercial purpose.
2) Animals must be confined to the animal owner’s apartment, must not be allowed to roam free and may not be tied unattended in any common area.
3) Animals shall be exercised off the property.
4) Persons who walk their animals are responsible for immediately cleaning up after the animal, and discarding securely bagged animal droppings in the dumpster located at the Ewa end of the building on the upper parking level.
5) Cat litter may not be disposed of in toilets. Nor may any animal waste be dropped down trash chutes unless securely double bagged.
6) Animal owners are responsible for any damage to the common elements caused by their animals. Any damage caused by cleaning chemicals, or other such materials used in any attempt to remedy said damage is also the responsibility of each animal owner.
7) No animal shall be allowed to become a nuisance or create any unreasonable disturbance. Examples of nuisance type behavior for the purposes of this paragraph are:
Personal injury or property damage caused by the behavior or an improperly controlled animal.
Animals “who make noise continuously and/or incessantly for a period of 10 minutes or intermittently for 1/2 hour or more to the disturbance of any person at any time of day or night… as per Section 7-2.2 of the Revised Ordinances of Honolulu.
Animals in common areas who are not under the complete control of a responsible person.
Animals that relieve themselves on walls or floors of common elements.
Animals that exhibit aggressive or vicious behavior.
Animals that are conspicuously unclean or parasite infested.
2) Owners and tenants are responsible for visiting assistance animals, which are subject to the same restrictions as resident animals.
3) Animal owners shall be fully responsible for any loss or liability of any kind arising from their animal(s).
C. Enforcement
1) Any owner, resident, or managing agent personally observing an infraction of any of these rules shall discuss the infraction in a neighborly fashion with the animal owner in an effort to secure voluntary compliance.
2) If the complaint is not satisfied voluntarily, it must be put in writing, signed and presented to the Board of Directors through either the Resident Manager or Managing Agent.
3) If the Board is in agreement with such complaints, the animal owner will receive written notice of the violation.
4) If upon the second violation(s) the problem is still unresolved, arrangements will be made for a hearing. (At the Board’s discretion, immediate arrangements for a hearing may be made if the nature of the complaint involves personal injury or the imminent threat thereof.) The Board of Directors may demand the permanent removal of any animal, if such animal is determined by the Board to be a nuisance or a danger to the project and its residents and the animal owner takes no effective action to control the animal so that the threat or nuisance is mitigated or eliminated.
5) If so determined, the animal owner will have 15 days to remove the animal from the premises. The Board of Directors also has the authority to assess and collect fines for violations of the policy pertaining to animals and to assess and collect the amount necessary to repair or replace damaged area of the project.
6) Feeding, caring for, or otherwise aiding stray animals or wild birds is prohibited. Injured or stray animals should be reported to the Resident Manager.
