ROH §37-1.3
Selling city land that is not surplus
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗This section says the city can only sell land that is not surplus if the mayor or director proposes it, the council approves it by resolution, and the sale follows other rules. It is a narrow process for special city land sales.
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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Disposal of real property other than surplus real property
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 city may not dispose of real property that is not surplus real property, as determined in § 37-1.2 , except pursuant to this section.
(b) If the director or the mayor, with the concurrence of the corporation counsel, finds it to be in the interest of the inhabitants of the city to dispose of city real property that is not surplus real property, as determined in § 37-1.2 , the director or the mayor may propose to the council that real property be disposed of pursuant to this section.
Any such proposal shall state the public interest being served by the proposal and shall state that the real property is not surplus real property.
(c) The council, either pursuant to a proposal made under subsection (b), or on its own proposal, may, if it finds it to be in the interest of the inhabitants of the city, adopt a resolution authorizing the director to dispose of city real property.
(d) After the council’s adoption of a resolution pursuant to subsection (c), the director may dispose of the real property that is the subject of the resolution in accordance with the terms of the resolution and with § 37-1.6 , 37-1.7 , or 37-1.8 , whichever is appropriate.
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