ROH §41-8.5
Who measures sound and how
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗This section says who is allowed to measure noise for enforcing the rules and how they must do it. Only trained and certified city workers can take these measurements, and they must use standard sound meters set to the 'A' weighting and slow response.
state agencies
The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Measurement of sound levels
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) Certification. Persons conducting sound measurements for the enforcement of this article shall be personnel of the department of enterprise services who shall have been trained in the techniques of sound measurement and the operation of sound level meters or other sound measuring instruments and shall have been certified as competent by the director of the State department of health.
(b) Sound level measurements shall be conducted using standard procedures with sound level meters using the “A” weighting and “slow” meter response unless otherwise stated.
Published by the City and County of Honolulu through American Legal Publishing.
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