ROH §27-2.15
How the city designates an improvement area
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗The city council can pick a part of a district to pay for certain special improvements. This choice is written into the district's formation ordinance. After that, special taxes for those improvements only apply to that area, unless the ordinance says otherwise.
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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Designation of improvement area
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.
For the purpose of financing specified special improvements, the council may designate a portion of a district as an improvement area. The designation shall be made in the ordinance of formation for the district. An improvement area shall be known as “Improvement Area No. ______ of City and County of Honolulu Community Facilities District No. __________.” After the designation of an improvement area, all proceedings to levy special taxes for the financing of the specified special improvements shall apply only to the improvement area, except to the extent otherwise provided in the ordinance of formation.
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