ROH §32-1.5
Building permit review for affordable rental housing
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗When you apply for a building permit for an affordable rental housing project, you must include the restrictive covenants document. The building official has 90 days to approve or deny your complete application. If they don't decide in time, your application is automatically approved.
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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Building permit processing
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) The declaration of restrictive covenants that has been executed by the owner of the zoning lot on which an affordable rental housing project is situated, must be filed with any building permit application for the affordable rental housing project, along with any additional documents determined by the director to be necessary to supplement the application.
(b) Upon acceptance of a complete application for a building permit to construct an affordable rental housing project, the building official shall approve or disapprove the application within 90 calendar days. If the building official fails approve or disapprove a building permit application for an affordable rental housing project within 90 days after acceptance of a complete application, the building permit application will be deemed approved.
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