ROH §28-2.1

How a business improvement district gets started

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This section explains who can start the process of creating a business improvement district. The city council can start it on its own or when the mayor asks. It must also start it if enough landowners in the proposed area sign a petition.

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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Institution of proceedings

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) Proceedings for the establishment of a district may be instituted by the council on its own initiative or shall be instituted by the council at the request of the mayor. (b) Proceedings for the establishment of a district shall be instituted by the council after receipt by the city clerk of a petition requesting the institution of the proceedings signed by landowners owning lands within the proposed district that have a real property tax assessed value of at least 25 percent of the total real property tax assessed value of all land in the proposed district.

Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗as published Jan 1, 2026our copy taken Aug 22, 2026

Published by the City and County of Honolulu through American Legal Publishing.

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