ROH §2-36.2
New street lights must reduce light pollution
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗Starting July 1, 2013, any new or replacement street lights installed by the city must be full-cutoff or semi-cutoff fixtures to reduce light pollution. Older lights that were already approved or installed before that date are exempt, but if they break, they must be replaced with compliant fixtures unless no suitable one exists.
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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Street lighting to minimize light pollution
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.
All new and replacement municipal street lighting fixtures installed by the department of design and construction or the department of facility maintenance from July 1, 2013, shall be full-cutoff or semi-cutoff lighting fixtures. This section shall not apply to any street lighting fixture that is existing and legally installed, or planned and approved before July 1, 2013; provided that any street lighting fixture exempt under this section that subsequently becomes inoperable shall be replaced with a full-cutoff or semi-cutoff street lighting fixture that provides illumination and uniformity equal to or better than the recommendations of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America; provided further, that if the appropriate fixture for the existing light pole spacing is not available, a noncomplying fixture that meets the illumination and uniform design criteria of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America shall be allowed.
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