ROH §28-4.7
Landowner protests can block a proposed assessment ordinance
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗If enough landowners in the proposed district file written protests before or at the public hearing, the council cannot approve the ordinance. The protests must represent more than half of the land's value or more than half of the owners. After a failed attempt, the council must wait 90 days before trying again.
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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Protest by more than 51 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 landowners owning lands which are assessed or proposed to be assessed within the district that have a real property tax assessed value of more than 51 percent of the total real property tax assessed value of all land assessed or proposed to be assessed in the district, or if more than 51 percent of the owners of land assessed or proposed to be assessed in the district file written protests with the council before or at the public hearing against the proposed ordinance of consideration, and if protests are not withdrawn so as to reduce the amount of the protests to 51 percent or less, the ordinance of consideration shall not be approved. No proceedings to include the provision in another ordinance of consideration shall again be undertaken for a period of 90 days from the close of the hearing.
Section 28-2.4(c) and (d) shall apply to protests under this section.
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