Revised Ordinances of Honolulu

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     TABLE OF CONTENTS

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PREFACE AND EXECUTIVE SUMMARY    ES-1
PREFACE    ES-1
The Sustainable Communities Plan Process    ES-3
The Honolulu Land Use Planning and Management System    ES-3
Authority of the Development and Sustainable Communities
Plans    ES-4
Why the Development Plans Have Been Revised    ES-4
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY    ES-6
Central Oahu's Role in Oahu's Development Pattern    ES-6
The Vision to 2025    ES-7
Elements of the Vision    ES-7
Implementing Policies    ES-8
Conceptual Maps, Glossary of Terms, and
Adopting Ordinance    ES-9

1.    CENTRAL OAHU'S ROLE IN OAHU'S DEVELOPMENT
PATTERN     1-1

2.    THE VISION FOR CENTRAL OAHU'S FUTURE     2-1
2.1    VISION STATEMENT    2-1

2.2    KEY ELEMENTS OF THE VISION    2-5
2.2.1    Urban Community Boundary    2-6
2.2.2    Retention of Agricultural Lands    2-11
2.2.3    Open Space Network    2-13
2.2.4    Revitalization of Waipahu and Wahiawa    2-16
2.2.5    Economic Development and Enterprise Zones    2-16
2.2.6    Master Planned Residential Communities    2-18
2.2.7    Communities Designed to Support
Non-Automotive Travel    2-18
2.2.8    Conservation of Natural Resources    2-20
2.2.9    Preservation and Enhancement of Historic
and Cultural Resources    2-21
2.2.10    Development Priorities    2-22

3.    LAND USE POLICIES, PRINCIPLES, AND GUIDELINES    3-1
3.1    OPEN SPACE PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT    3-1
3.1.1    General Policies    3-1
3.1.2    Planning Principles    3-2
3.1.3    Relation to Open Space Map    3-3
3.1.4    Guidelines    3-4
3.1.4.1    Mountain Areas    3-4
3.1.4.2    Natural Gulches and Drainageways    3-5
3.1.4.3    Shoreline Areas    3-5
3.1.4.4    Agricultural Areas    3-6
3.1.4.5    Parks    3-6
3.1.4.6    Golf Courses    3-8
3.1.4.7    Wildland - Urban Fire Hazard Setbacks    3-8
3.1.4.8    Greenways and Open Space Corridors    3-9
3.2    REGIONAL PARKS AND RECREATION COMPLEXES    3-10
3.2.1    General Policies    3-10
3.2.2    Planning Principles    3-13
3.2.3    Guidelines    3-14
3.2.3.1    Islandwide and Regional Parks    3-14
3.2.3.2    Sports and Recreation Complexes    3-15
3.2.3.3    Siting    3-16
3.3    COMMUNITY-BASED PARKS     3-17
3.3.1    General Policies    3-17
3.3.2    Guidelines    3-18
3.3.2.1    Development of Community-Based Parks    3-18
3.3.2.2    Access to Ravines and Mountain Trails    3-19
3.3.2.3    Siting    3-19
3.4    HISTORIC AND CULTURAL RESOURCES    3-19
3.4.1    General Policies    3-20
3.4.2    Planning Principles    3-24
3.4.3    Guidelines    3-25
3.4.3.1    OR&L Historic Railway    3-26
3.4.3.2    Waipahu Sugar Mill Environs    3-27
3.4.3.3    Native Hawaiian Cultural and
Archaeological Sites    3-29
3.5    WAIPAHU TOWN    3-30
3.5.1    General Policies    3-30
3.5.1.1    Anchor Areas    3-31
3.5.2    Planning Principles    3-35
3.5.3    Guidelines    3-36
3.5.3.1    Urban Design    3-36
3.5.3.2    Old Waipahu Town    3-37
3.5.3.3    Community Facilities Anchor Area    3-39

3.5.3.4    Commercial Anchor Area    3-39
3.5.3.5    Residential Areas    3-40
3.5.3.6    Circulation Design Guidelines    3-40
3.5.3.7    Open Space and Views    3-41
3.6    WAHIAWA TOWN    3-41
3.6.1    General Policies    3-42
3.6.1.1    Maintain and Enhance Wahiawa's
Plantation Heritage and Rural,
Small-Town Atmosphere    3-43
3.6.1.2    Enhance Wahiawa's Role as a "Gateway"
Between Town and Country    3-43
3.6.1.3    Enhance the Town Core as a Setting for
Social, Civic, and Commercial
Interactions    3-43
3.6.1.4    Protect and Enhance Forest and Lake
Features    3-43
3.6.2    Guidelines    3-44
3.6.2.1    Business District    3-44
3.6.2.2    Civic Center    3-46
3.6.2.3    Residential Areas    3-47
3.6.2.4    Circulation    3-47
3.6.2.5    Open Space and Views    3-48
3.7    CENTRAL OAHU PLANTATION VILLAGES    3-48
3.7.1    General Policies    3-49
3.7.2    Planning Principles    3-49
3.7.2.1    Historic Function and Character    3-49
3.7.2.2    Preservation of Historic Structures    3-51
3.7.2.3    Housing Affordability    3-51
3.7.2.4    New Development Forms    3-51
3.7.3    Guidelines    3-51
3.7.3.1    Method of Preservation    3-51
3.7.3.2    Adaptive Reuse    3-51
3.7.3.3    Urban Form    3-52
3.7.3.4    Open Space/Views    3-53
3.7.3.5    Adjacent Land Uses    3-53
3.7.3.6    Public Access    3-53
3.8    EXISTING AND PLANNED RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES    3-53
3.8.1    General Policies    3-54
3.8.1.1    Overall Density    3-54
3.8.1.2    Higher Density Housing Along the Transit
         Corridor    3-54
3.8.1.3    Physical Definition of Neighborhoods    3-54
3.8.1.4    Compatible Mix of Building Forms    3-56
3.8.1.5    Transit-Oriented Streets    3-56
3.8.1.6    Pedestrian and Bicycle Travel    3-56
3.8.1.7    Integration of Linear Corridors    3-56
3.8.1.8    Provision of Community Facilities    3-56
3.8.2    Guidelines    3-56
3.8.2.1    Residential    3-56
3.8.2.2    Low Density Apartment    3-57
3.8.2.3    Medium Density Apartment    3-58
3.8.2.4    Circulation System    3-59
3.8.3    Relation to Urban Land Use Map    3-62
3.9    PLANNED COMMERCIAL RETAIL CENTERS    3-63
3.9.1    General Policies    3-63
3.9.1.1    Definitions    3-63
3.9.1.2    Neighborhood Commercial Center    3-64
3.9.1.3    Community Commercial Center    3-64
3.9.1.4    Major Community Commercial Center    3-64
3.9.1.5    Regional Commercial Center    3-65
3.9.1.6    Office Uses    3-65
3.9.2    Planning Principles    3-65
3.9.2.1    Mix of Uses    3-65
3.9.2.2    Appropriate Scale    3-66
3.9.2.3    Compatible Style    3-66
3.9.2.4    Accessibility    3-66
3.9.2.5    Community Commercial Centers as the Hub
         of Their Communities    3-66
3.9.3    Guidelines    3-66
3.9.3.1    Neighborhood Commercial Centers    3-67
3.9.3.2    Community Commercial Centers    3-68
3.9.3.3    Transit Access    3-70
3.10    INDUSTRIAL CENTERS    3-71
3.10.1    General Policies    3-71
3.10.2    Planning Principles    3-71
3.10.2.1    Appropriate Scale    3-71
3.10.2.2    Environmental Compatibility    3-72
3.10.2.3    Siting    3-72
3.10.3    Guidelines    3-72
3.10.3.1    Uses    3-72
3.10.3.2    Location    3-73
3.10.3.3    Building Height    3-73
3.10.3.4    Landscape Treatment    3-73
3.10.4    Relation to Urban Land Use Map    3-74
3.11    MILILANI TECHNOLOGY PARK    3-74
3.11.1    General Policies    3-74
3.11.2    Planning Principles    3-75
3.11.2.1    Uses    3-75
3.11.2.2    Building Height and Density    3-75
3.11.3    Relation to Urban Land Use Map    3-76
3.12    MILITARY AREAS    3-76
3.12.1    General Policies    3-76
3.12.1.1    Schofield Barracks/Wheeler Army Airfield    3-76
3.12.1.2    Pearl Harbor Naval Base    3-77
3.12.2    Planning Principles    3-77
3.12.3    Guidelines    3-78
3.12.3.1    Schofield Barracks/Wheeler Army Airfield    3-78
3.12.3.2    Pearl Harbor Naval Base    3-78
3.12.4    Relation to Urban Land Use Map    3-79

4.    PUBLIC FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE POLICIES AND PRINCIPLES    4-1

4.1    TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS    4-2
4.1.1    Existing Roadway Network    4-2
4.1.2    Planned Extensions of the Roadway Network    4-4
4.1.3    Transit    4-6
4.1.3.1    Bus Service    4-6
4.1.3.2    Planned Transit Corridor    4-8
4.1.4    Bikeways    4-10
4.1.5    General Policies    4-12
4.1.6    Planning Principles    4-14
4.2    WATER ALLOCATION AND SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT    4-16
4.2.1    General Policies    4-17
4.3    WASTEWATER TREATMENT    4-20
4.3.1    General Policies    4-21
4.4    ELECTRICAL POWER DEVELOPMENT    4-22
4.4.1    General Policies    4-22
4.5    SOLID WASTE HANDLING AND DISPOSAL    4-23
4.5.1    General Policies    4-23
4.6    DRAINAGE SYSTEMS    4-24
4.6.1    General Policies    4-24
4.6.2    Planning Principles    4-25
4.7    SCHOOL FACILITIES    4-26
4.7.1    General Policies    4-26
4.7.2    Planning Principles    4-28
4.8    PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES    4-29
4.8.1    General Policies    4-29
4.9    OTHER COMMUNITY FACILITIES    4-29
4.10    ADDED OR CHANGED PUBLIC FACILITIES    4-32

5.    IMPLEMENTATION    5-1
OVERVIEW    5-1
5.1    DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES    5-3
5.1.1    Public Facility Investment Priorities    5-3
5.1.2    Private Development Priorities    5-3
5.2    SPECIAL AREA PLANS    5-4
5.3    FUNCTIONAL PLANS    5-5
5.4    REVIEW OF ZONING AND OTHER APPLICATIONS    5-6
5.4.1    Adequate Facilities Requirement    5-7
5.5    FIVE-YEAR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES PLAN REVIEW    5-8
5.6    TRANSITION FROM THE CURRENT SYSTEM    5-8
5.6.1    Development Plan Common Provisions and Existing
     Land Use Approvals    5-8
5.6.2    Relation to General Plan Population Guidelines    5-9
5.6.3    Review and Revision of Development Codes    5-10


LIST OF TABLES


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Table 2.1: Central Oahu Open Space Network    2-14
Table 2.2: Phasing of Central Oahu Development    2-24
Table 3.1: Significant Central Oahu Historic, Cultural, and
     Scenic Resources    3-22
Table 3.2: Density and Height Guidelines by Residential
     Density Category    3-55
Table 4.1: Central Oahu Roadway Network    4-3
Table 4.2: Potential Sources of Potable and Nonpotable Water
     for Ewa and Central Oahu    4-18
Table 4.3: Planned Schools in the Central Oahu
     Sustainable Communities Plan Area    4-27
Table 4.4: Existing and Planned Public Safety Facilities in the
     Central Oahu Sustainable Communities Plan Area    4-30


LIST OF EXHIBITS


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Exhibit ES-1: Development Plan and Sustainable Communities
     Plan Areas for Oahu    ES-2
Exhibit 1.1: Development Plan and Sustainable Communities
     Plan Areas for Oahu    1-3
Exhibit 2.1: Urban Community Boundary    2-7
Exhibit 2.2: Central Oahu Enterprise Zones    2-17
Exhibit 2.3: Existing and Proposed Master Planned Communities    2-19
Exhibit 3.1: Map of Parks in the Central Oahu
     Sustainable Communities Plan Area    3-7
Exhibit 3.2: Map of Natural, Cultural, and Scenic Resources
     In the Central Oahu Sustainable
     Communities Plan Area    3-21
Exhibit 3.3: Waipahu Town and Key Sites    3-32
Exhibit 3.4: Wahiawa Town    3-45
Exhibit 3.5: Central Oahu Villages    3-49
Exhibit 4.1: Central Oahu Bikeway System    4-11

APPENDIX A: CONCEPTUAL MAPS


GLOSSARY OF TERMS    A-2
Common Elements    A-2
Urban Community Boundary    A-2
Agricultural Boundary    A-3
Preservation Boundary    A-3
Preservation Areas    A-3
Agriculture Areas    A-4
Open Space Map    A-5
Military Training Areas    A-5
Urban Areas    A-5
Wetlands        A-5
Historic Railway/Bikeway Corridor    A-5
Natural Drainageway/Gulches    A-6
Panoramic Views    A-6
Landscaped Boulevard/Greenway    A-6
Urban Land Use Map    A-6
Parks        A-7
Residential Uses    A-7
Commercial    A-8
Industrial        A-9
Technology Park    A-10
Medical Park    A-10
Institutional    A-10
Military        A-10
Transit Node (Medium Density Residential
    and Commercial)    A-10
Public Facilities Map    A-11
Bike Path        A-11
Bike Lane        A-11
HOV (High Occupancy Vehicle) Lane    A-11
Park & Ride Site    A-11
Transit Corridor    A-12
Phasing Map    A-13
Existing Urban Areas    A-13
Urban Expansion Areas    A-13
Special Areas    A-13

CENTRAL OAHU OPEN SPACE MAP    A-15

CENTRAL OAHU URBAN LAND USE MAP    A-17

CENTRAL OAHU PUBLIC FACILITIES MAP    A-19

CENTRAL OAHU PHASING MAP    A-21