Honolulu addresses light trespass through LUO 21-4.100 shielding and full cut-off fixture requirements rather than a foot-candle property-line standard, with ROH Chapter 41 Public Nuisance available as backup enforcement in residential cases.
Light trespass in Honolulu is controlled through the shielding and cut-off mandates of LUO 21-4.100, the same section that drives the city's dark-sky policy. The ordinance operates as a light-trespass control by requiring full cut-off fixtures that eliminate direct illumination onto adjacent country, residential, apartment, apartment mixed-use, or resort districts, and beyond the edge of rooftop gathering spaces common in Urban Honolulu. There is no standalone light-trespass chapter with property-line foot-candle limits in the ROH; enforcement relies on LUO shielding compliance plus general public nuisance actions under ROH Chapter 41 where applicable.
Direct light trespass into protected districts can be cited under LUO 21-4.100 and, in severe residential cases, pursued as a public nuisance under ROH Chapter 41.
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