Bill Text: HI SR97 | 2018 | Regular Session | Amended


Bill Title: Requesting The City Council Of The City And County Of Honolulu To Require A Conditional Use Permit-major For Any And All Allowed Uses, Except For Certain Utility Installations, On Lands In P-2 General Preservation Districts That Are Within One Hundred Feet Of A Residential Area.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-28 - Report adopted, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. [SR97 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2018-SR97-Amended.html

THE SENATE

S.R. NO.

97

TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018

S.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 


SENATE RESOLUTION

 

 

REQUESTING THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU TO REQUIRE A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT-MAJOR FOR ANY AND ALL ALLOWED USES, EXCEPT FOR CERTAIN UTILITY INSTALLATIONS, ON LANDS IN P-2 GENERAL PRESERVATION DISTRICTS THAT ARE WITHIN ONE HUNDRED FEET OF A RESIDENTIAL AREA.

 

 


     WHEREAS, the zoning district regulations of the City and County of Honolulu (City Zoning Regulations) establish preservation and residential zoning districts; and

 

     WHEREAS, the purpose of the preservation zoning district is to preserve and manage major open space and recreation lands and lands of scenic and other natural resource value; and

 

     WHEREAS, P-2 General Preservation Districts under the City Zoning Regulations include lands that were removed from the State's conservation districts and lands in the State's urban district that are well suited to the function of providing visual relief and contrast to the City's built environment or of   serving as outdoor space for the public's use and enjoyment; and

 

     WHEREAS, the purpose of Residential Zoning Districts is to allow for a range of residential densities, primarily detached residences, but also other types of dwellings, such as zero lot line, cluster, and common wall housing arrangements; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Twenty-ninth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2018, that the City Council of the City and County of Honolulu is requested to require a conditional use permit-major for any and all allowed uses, except for Utility Installations Type A or Type B, on lands in P-2 General Preservation Districts that are within one hundred feet of a residential area; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City and County of Honolulu is requested to consider whether conditional use permits-major should be required for all uses on lands in other zoning districts; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Mayor and Chairperson of the City Council of the City and County of Honolulu.

Report Title: 

P-2 Preservation District; Conditional Use Permit-Major, City and County of Honolulu

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