ROH §30-4.6
Exemption for low-consumption properties
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗This section exempts certain nonresidential properties from the ultra-low flush toilet requirement if they used 15,000 gallons or less per month in 1996. If they later use more, they must install the toilets. The building department checks each year whether the exemption still applies.
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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Exemption for low-consumption properties
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) Nonresidential properties that consume an average of 15,000 gallons of water per month or less in calendar year 1996 shall be exempted from the requirement to be equipped with ultra-low flush toilets under § 30-4.2 (b).
(b) If a nonresidential property with an exemption under subsection (a) consumes more than 15,000 gallons of water per month, on the average, during any calendar year after 1996, that nonresidential property shall be equipped with ultra-low flush toilets within the calendar year following the year in which the property’s water consumption exceeded 15,000 gallons per month.
(c) The building department shall annually determine if nonresidential properties granted an exemption under subsection (a) still qualify for that exemption.
Editor’s note:
Reference to the rebate program was removed because the program terminated on July 1, 2008.
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