ROH §21-6.120
Adjustments and exceptions to loading requirements
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗This section covers special rules for loading areas. It allows the director to set special loading rules for certain projects, lets nearby properties share loading areas, and says what happens when a building's use changes. It also exempts some properties from adding loading spaces for extra floor area, but only once per lot.
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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Adjustments and exceptions to loading requirements
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) Exceptions to off-street loading requirements. The director may impose special loading requirements in connection with planned development projects, cluster housing, conditional use permits, and projects located within special districts.
(b) Joint use of loading. Two or more uses on the same or adjacent zoning lots may share a loading area. If the loading area is being jointly used by different property owners, a loading agreement between the owners is required. A jointly used loading agreement must satisfy the requirements of a jointly used parking agreement pursuant to § 21-6.70 .
(c) Change of use. If there is a change in use, the number of off-street loading spaces required pursuant to Table 21-6.5 for the new use must be provided, except as provided under § 21-2.140 .
(d) Excluding zoning lots in the preservation, agricultural, country, and residential zoning districts, off-street loading spaces will not be required for additional floor area up to 15,000 square feet per zoning lot; provided that application of this subsection may only be used once on the same zoning lot.
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