TOD ZONING | POLICIES | REGULATIONS
ZONING AND
SPECIAL DISTRICT
The zoning around the rail transit stations is generally transitioning to higher density mixed-use districts from lower density single-use districts. The new districts allow for more flexibility of uses on the same property, such as buildings with housing above street-level retail.
A single but noncontiguous TOD Special District is being defined around each rail transit station under City jurisdiction. District regulations are in addition and also modify underlying zoning.
The Permits, Application Instructions, and Related Material page contains information about required permits as well as pertinent regulatory information.
TOD ITEMS
City legislative items pertaining to TOD.
ORDINANCE 07-1 (pdf)
Approved the locally preferred alternative for rapid transit as a fixed guideway system.
ORDINANCE 09-4 (pdf)
Established the City’s TOD program and enabled the creation of special districts around each station.
ORDINANCE 14-10 (pdf)
Established an Interim Planned Development-Transit permit option for certain properties to utilize prior to TOD zoning.
ORDINANCE 17-54 (pdf)
Established the TOD Special District regulations and defined the boundary in the Waipahu TOD neighborhood.
ORDINANCE 20-40 (pdf)
Amended the Interim Planned Development-Transit permit option.
ORDINANCE 20-41 (pdf)
Amended Off-Street Parking and Loading requirements, and moved all general vehicular and bicycle parking requirements into Article 6 of the Land Use Ordinance.
ORDINANCE 22-29 (pdf)
Amended the TOD Special District regulations and defined the boundary in the Aiea-Pearl City TOD neighborhood.
ORDINANCE 23-32 (pdf)
Amended the TOD Special District regulations and defined the boundary in the Halawa TOD area.
RELATED ITEMS
Legislative items and their programs related to TOD.
Addressing affordable housing is a multipronged approach. The islandwide affordable housing requirement is a major component, requiring a percentage of certain new developments to contribute to the affordable housing supply, while financial and other incentives are offered as well.
Public rights-of-way, which include streets and sidewalks, account for a large amount of the city’s public space. The Complete Streets program attempts to balance the needs of all users, including pedestrians, bicyclists, and transit riders, not just motorists.
The Opportunity Zones initiative is an economic development program incentivizing private investment into designated census tracts of low-income communities. Most of the Opportunity Zones on Oahu overlap with significant portions of the TOD neighborhoods.
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