Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 15 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM › Hawaii Community Development Authority › Chapter 22 - MAUKA AREA RULES › Subchapter 4 - PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS › Section 15-22-110 - Statement of purpose

Current through June, 2024
(a) The rules set
				  forth in this subchapter are designed to deal with problems of large-scale
				  developments and to promote and facilitate better site planning and community
				  planning through modified application of the zone rules in those
				  developments.
(b) For large-scale
				  developments, the orthodox lot-by-lot zone rules as set forth in subchapter 3
				  may impose unnecessary rigidities and thereby prevent achievement of the best
				  possible site plan within the overall density and bulk controls. For such
				  developments, the rules of this subchapter are designed to allow greater
				  flexibility for the purpose of securing better planning for such development.
				  This subchapter provides incentives to achieve more efficient use of
				  increasingly scarce land within the framework of the overall bulk controls, and
				  to enable the limited land area in a development to be arranged in a way that
				  the needs of the residents and employees of the development are best
				  served.
(c) A further purpose of
				  this subchapter is to develop an incentive zoning system in which the community
				  will receive public amenities that would otherwise be unavailable, such as a
				  variety of housing costs and types, including reserved housing units, increased
				  open spaces, and improved pedestrian and vehicular circulation. In return, the
				  developer is permitted to build at higher densities and at greater building
				  heights.
(d) A further purpose of
				  this subchapter is to provide a method whereby land in any of the three
				  mixed-use zones may be designed and developed as an integrated, multi-decked
				  structure for mixed-use purposes. This planned development permit method will
				  provide more open space, light, air, pedestrian facilities, parking, and more
				  efficient use of land for mixed-use purposes. To ensure that the housing
				  objectives of the plan are met, the authority shall, to the extent possible,
				  require that housing units be provided for families of varying incomes, ages or
				  groups.
(e) This planned
				  development permit method will encourage the vertical mixture of land uses by
				  providing industrial, commercial and residential uses on different floors
				  within a development. The platform deck, approximately forty-five feet above
				  grade, shall contain landscaped open space, recreation space, and community
				  service uses for residents and employees. Furthermore, decks may contain retail
				  shops and restaurants if properly sited and integrated with the surrounding
				  open spaces. Towers conforming to the urban design requirements of this chapter
				  may be sited upon decks or to the side of platforms.
(f) A further purpose of this subchapter is
				  to encourage the creation of a distinctive visual character and identity for
				  each development. It is intended that projects developed pursuant to this
				  subchapter produce a balanced and coordinated mixture of residential and
				  convenience commercial uses, as well as other commercial and industrial uses,
				  and related public and private facilities.