Hawaii Department of Health, Kaua'i District Health Office

Food Establishment Permit (issued by the State of Hawaii, not Kauai County)

The County charges no fee at the county layer: the State of Hawaii Department of Health permits every restaurant, coffee shop, food truck and food-selling store on Kaua'i, and that permit is recorded at the state layer rather than duplicated here. Kaua'i County Code §23-4.2(e) confirms that keeping a restaurant needs no annual County license, and the County's Guide to Starting a Business routes 'Food and Restaurant Permits' to the Hawaii Department of Health. The Department's Kaua'i District Health Office is at 3040 Umi Street, Lihue, (808) 241-3323. A Kaua'i food business still has county obligations: a Liquor License from the Liquor Control Commission if it sells alcohol; the Zoning Permit, Commercial Building Permit and Certificate of Occupancy; the sewer connection charge and capacity assessment in a sewered area, where §25-3.6 requires grease, oil, sand and dirt interceptors 'of a type and capacity as approved by the County Engineer' wherever pretreatment is deemed necessary; and the County's ban on polystyrene foam food containers — under §22-27.4(a), 'Food providers shall not sell, use, provide, or offer the use of polystyrene foam food service containers.' Those permits are recorded separately for Kaua'i County.