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Council recommits Haleʻiwa land‑use amendment to zoning committee after wide community opposition
Summary
Faced with thousands of testifiers and concerns about traffic, evacuation safety and loss of agricultural land, the council voted to send Bill 37 (a proposed state land‑use boundary change for a Haleʻiwa parcel) back to the Committee on Zoning and Planning for further work and community engagement.
After more than three hours of public testimony — mostly opposed — the Honolulu City Council voted to recommit Bill 37 CD1, a proposal to amend the State Land Use District Boundary Map for a roughly seven‑acre parcel near Haleʻiwa from agricultural to urban, back to the Committee on Zoning and Planning.
The bill’s proponents said the boundary change is a necessary first step to allow planning for workforce housing. Travis Murakami of the Hawaii Regional Council of Carpenters told the council the project would “directly address Oʻahu’s housing crisis by creating workforce housing in a region that desperately needs it.” Supporters argued the parcel sits inside a community growth boundary and that a managed rezoning could create local housing opportunities.
Opponents, including large numbers of North Shore residents,…
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