ROH §27-4.8
When 55% of landowners can block a zoning change
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗If more than 55% of the landowners (or owners of more than 55% of the land) in the affected area file written objections before or at the hearing, the proposed change cannot be approved. If they don't withdraw enough objections to drop below 55%, the change is blocked for one year.
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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Protest by more than 55 percent
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.
If the owners of more than 55 percent of the land or if more than 55 percent of the owners of the land in the district file written protests with the council before or at the hearing against a provision in the proposed ordinance of consideration and if protests are not withdrawn so as to reduce the amount of the protests to 55 percent or less, the provision specified in the written protests shall not be in the approved ordinance of consideration. No proceedings to include the provision in another ordinance of consideration shall again be undertaken for a period of one year from the close of the hearing.
Published by the City and County of Honolulu through American Legal Publishing.
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