ROH §16-15.4
When a business can skip diaper-changing rooms
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗A new business or use can be excused from the diaper-changing room rules if following them would be a hardship. A hardship exists only if there is no reasonable physical way to add the rooms, or if the cost would be more than 10 percent of the building's construction, purchase, or major renovation cost.
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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Hardship exemption
A copy, taken August 22, 2026. The version published by Honolulu is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
A new establishment or use shall not be subject to this article if compliance would create a hardship. Under this article, a “hardship” means that:
(1) No reasonable physical alternative exists for providing baby diaper-changing accommodations; or
(2) The cost of providing such accommodations exceeds 10 percent of the cost of constructing, purchasing, or substantially modifying the building or facility occupied by the establishment or use.
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