ROH §21-8.10
Purpose and intent
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗This section explains why the city has these land development rules. It aims to allow flexible, creative, and cost-effective housing and land use, while following city policies. It also supports developing or redeveloping land that can't be fully used under normal rules.
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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — 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.
It is the purpose of this article to enable flexibility in the design and development of land to promote its most efficient use in a manner consistent with the city’s adopted land use policies and desired public objectives; to encourage creative and cost-effective methods of housing development; to allow the integrated and unified development of structures and facilities within a single site or district, and to encourage the development or redevelopment of land which cannot be used to its fullest potential through the conventional application of this chapter or the city’s subdivision rules.
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