ROH §31-3.2
How to Get an Exemption for Building in an Enterprise Zone
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗If the city council has approved an exemption for your business in an enterprise zone, you can ask the director for permission to skip certain city rules about planning, zoning, subdivisions, or construction. This applies even if your project doesn't meet all those standards.
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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Exemption established
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.
Where an exemption has been authorized by council resolution pursuant to § 31-1.2 or 31-1.3 , a qualified business located within the enterprise zone delineated in the council resolution which is seeking to construct a new facility or to expand, renovate, or re-equip an existing facility in the enterprise zone may apply to the director for an exemption from city ordinances, resolutions, or rules relating to planning, zoning, subdivision, or construction standards or for one or more approvals under city ordinances, resolutions, or rules relating to planning, zoning, subdivision, or construction standards as authorized in the resolution; notwithstanding the proposed new facility or expansion, renovation, or re-equipment of an existing facility would not comply in all respects with all of such standards.
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