ROH §6-55.5
Rules for businesses to get Rail Project help
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗This section lists the minimum requirements a business must meet to qualify for money under the Rail Project program. It also lets the budget director add more rules for choosing who gets help.
businesses
The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Criteria
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) To qualify for an expenditure under § 6-55.4 , an applicant must, at a minimum:
(1) Be a business that is majority-owned by city residents and that does business with customers primarily at a physical location located within a city block in which there is active construction on the Rail Project at the time of application;
(2) Generate $1,000,000 or less in annual revenue; and
(3) Have opened for business at least 12 months prior to the start of any Rail Project construction within the transit construction mitigation zone in which the business is physically located, as determined by the director of budget and fiscal services.
(b) The director of budget and fiscal services may establish additional selection criteria for applicants under this section, including determinations on applicant viability.
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