House Rules SECTION H: PETS

Pets

  1. No Pets whatsoever shall be kept or allowed on any part of the project.

Exemptions

    1. An owner who was keeping a pet in their unit before 9 February 2018 may keep one pet in their unit as long as they reside in the unit and own their unit. If the owner sells and moves out of the project and later purchases another unit, they are excluded from keeping an animal.
    2. Any tenant that was keeping a pet in the tenant’s apartment before 09 February 2018, may keep one animal only if they have a current lease and until that lease expires and with approval of the owner of the apartment. Upon the death of the animal, they may not replace the animal with another. If there are continuous violations of the MSS pet policy, MSS may remove the pet from the project and the tenant cannot replace the pet with another animal.
    3. Tenants or owners who are persons that are handicapped as defined in Chapter 515, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and who do not have an equal opportunity to use and enjoy apartments or the common elements on account of such handicap or disability, may be permitted to keep animals as a reasonable accommodation when such accommodation is necessary to afford the person with such equal opportunity; provided that such persons:
      1. provide such information as is necessary to establish that the person is disabled, if the disability is not apparent from a licensed medical professional who has seen and treated the individual in the last six months;
      2. provide such information as is necessary to establish the need for the use of the animal to afford the person equal use and enjoyment of the housing, including but not limited to a report from the person’s treating physician, psychiatrist, psychologist, other mental health professional, or social worker to establish that the animal provides support and alleviates at least one of the symptoms or effects of the person’s disability. The licensed health professional must have seen the animal and the individual in the last six months.

    Note: A doctor’s letter does not guaranty that a reasonable accommodation will be granted.
    Note: assistance animals are not pets and should not be treated as pets.
    Note: MSS is not an ADA complaint complex and service dogs will be treated as an assistance animal.