ROH §32-2.2

Affordable rental housing allowed in certain zones

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Affordable rental housing projects are allowed in apartment, apartment mixed-use, and business mixed-use zones, and in Waikiki's apartment precinct. This means you can build them there without special permission, as long as you follow the zoning rules in Chapter 21.

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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Permitted uses

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.

Affordable rental housing projects are a permitted use in the apartment, apartment mixed-use, and business mixed-use zoning districts, and in the apartment precinct, including the apartment mixed-use subprecinct, of the Waikiki special district, pursuant to Chapter 21 .

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

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