Leaf blower use near Urban Honolulu condos and residential streets is limited by state rule HAR 11-46 with fixed daytime windows.
Urban Honolulu, with its mix of condo towers, single-family neighborhoods in Makiki and Manoa, and landscaped commercial plazas along Ala Moana, relies on Hawaii Administrative Rules 11-46 for leaf blower rules. Use is prohibited outside 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Sundays and holidays in, or within 100 feet of, residentially zoned areas. There is no separate Revised Ordinances of Honolulu chapter for leaf blowers.
Enforcement sits with the State Department of Health, which can issue notices of violation and pursue civil penalties for repeat offenders.
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