ROH §21-3.90
Apartment mixed-use districts: purpose and intent
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗This section explains why the city created apartment mixed-use districts. It allows some shops and services in apartment neighborhoods to meet daily needs, reduce car trips, and create more diverse areas. The goal is to keep these neighborhoods mostly residential while permitting some commercial activity.
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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Apartment mixed-use districts - Purpose and intent
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.
The purpose of the apartment mixed-use districts is to allow some commercial uses in apartment neighborhoods. The additional commercial uses shall be permitted under varying intensities and are intended to support the daily and weekly commercial service needs of the neighborhood, conserve transportation energy by lessening automobile dependency, create more diverse neighborhoods, and optimize the use of both land and available urban services and facilities. Mixing may occur horizontally and vertically, but controls are established to maintain the character of these neighborhoods primarily as apartment neighborhoods.
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