Here is a history of the Honolulu City Council banning Commercial Activities from the beaches on Oahu. Bill 5 (2011) banned Commercial Activities, on the Weekends, from all of the beaches in Kailua, from Lanikai to Castle Point. http://www4.honolulu.gov/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-122432/6r88z4gm.pdf Bill 11 (2012) banned Commercial Activities, at any time, from all of the beaches in Kailua, from Lanikai to Castle Point. http://www4.honolulu.gov/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-129929/74s-0vld.pdf Bill 8 (2015) banned Commercial Activities, at any time, from all of the beaches in Waimanalo, from Makapu'u to Bellows, with exception of Waimanalo Bay Beach Park, but not allowed on there on the weekends. http://www4.honolulu.gov/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-190537/DOC007%20(81).PDF Bill 93 (2017) put in place a fee for a permit for Commercial Stops at Waimanalo Bay Beach Park. The fee was to be $165 per vehicle, per month. http://www4.honolulu.gov/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-204089/DOC005.PDF however, the Parks Department never issued any permits for this, they said that it was because the City Council never wrote the Rules for the issuance of the permits. Meanwhile the Park Department was drafting new Rules that would be island wide. Those Rules were passed September of 2020. https://www.honolulu.gov/rep/site/dpr/rules/Recreational_Stops_Rules_Effective_9-25-2020.pdf The new Rules, divide the island into 5 districts. The Parks Department is only allowed to issue 5 permits per district. A tour company can't get a permit for more than 1 vehicle per district. Each permit is for a specific vehicle. So with 5 permits per district, and 5 districts, that's only 25 vehicles, island wide that can get a permit for a City Park or Beach Park, however District 5 doesn't have any parks for which you can get a permit, so that's only 20 vehicles island wide that can get permits, and the vehicles are limited to a maximum carrying capacity of 15 passengers. Bill 44 (2020) put in place a fee for licensed motor carriers, which includes tour vehicles, to enter Hanauma Bay. The fees are based on the carrying capacity of the vehicles, and are as follows: 1-7 passenger vehicle - $10.00 8-25 passenger vehicle - $20.00 26 or more passenger vehicle - $40.00 This applies for the Commercial Lot where by city ordinance they are only allowed a maximum of 15 minutes, to take photos from the overlook and use the restroom, and are not allowed to go down to the beach, penalty of $500.00.http://www4.honolulu.gov/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-278023/ORD20-032.pdf During this time, the State and DLNR also raised the fees for tour vehicles to stop at the Pali Lookout, and to go inside of Diamond Head Crater. The fees for the Pali Lookout, based on vehicle carrying capacity are: 1-7 passenger vehicle - $15.00 8-25 passenger vehicle - $30.00 26+ vehicle - $50.00 The fee for Diamond head are: 1-7 passenger vehicle - $25 8-25 passenger vehicle - $50 26+ vehicle - $90 Bill 77 (2020) would have banned permits for Commercial Activities, including Commercial Stops by tour companies, at any time, from Waimanalo Bay Beach Park. This bill did not pass because it was made mute by Bill 34 (2021). https://hnldoc.ehawaii.gov/hnldoc/document-download?id=7997 Bill 34 (2021) banned commercial activities, at any time, from all of the beaches on the North Shore, from Sunset Point to Kaiaka Point in Waialua, plus Waiale'e beach which is east of Sunset Beach. This bill also re-wrote the language for all of the bills above that affected the beaches in Kailua and Waimanalo which then allowed a permit for Waimanalo Bay Beach, which was renamed Hunanahiho, for vehicles that seat no more than 15 passengers, but not on the weekends. https://hnldoc.ehawaii.gov/hnldoc/document-download?id=12686 Bill 48 (2022) banned specifically tour companies, at any time, from Kokololio beach park in Hau'ula. https://hnldoc.ehawaii.gov/hnldoc/document-download?id=16035 Bill 19 (2023) https://hnldoc.ehawaii.gov/hnldoc/document-download?id=16769 First Reading for this bill was March 15, 2023. This bill intends on making an island wide policy concerning Commercial Activities and Commercial Stops by tour companies at City beach parks. The bill, as introduced, would do away with the previous ordinances that were passed that one by one made specific beach parks off limits to tour companies and commercial activities. The bill also gets rid of the ability for tour companies to stop at beach parks for up to 15 minutes for a bathroom break or photo stop. The bill would make it illegal for tour companies to stop at any beach, for any length of time, unless they have a permit for that specific beach. The members of the public that testified against the bill on March 15th were concerned that this bill would open up to commercial activities the beaches that they had worked to get a total ban at. The new bill could allow up to 10 tour vehicles per day, but not more than 3 tour vehicles at a time in any beach park, but the public do not want to allow this. They want to keep the total ban, and to keep expanding the places that tours are banned from. These bill affect not only tour companies, but all commercial activities, including wedding photography and event planners, kayaking companies, surfing schools, snorkeling and scuba diving, etc... An archive of the City Council meeting where people testified about this bill can be found here: https://www.honolulucitycouncil.org/meetings