Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 342F-20

  • county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
  • Excessive noise: means the presence of sound as measured by standard testing devices as established by the noise rules adopted by the department of a volume or in quantities and for durations which endangers human health, welfare or safety, animal life, or property or which unreasonably interferes with the comfortable enjoyment of life and property in the State or in such areas of the State as are affected thereby. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342F-1

Any county may adopt ordinances and rules governing any matter relating to excessive noise control as provided in § 46-17, and any conflict between state and county law shall be resolved as provided in § 46-17.