Council passes second reading to reclassify 8 acres in Haleiwa from agricultural to urban

The Honolulu City Council adopted Committee Report 243 and passed second reading of Bill 37, CD1, a state land‑use district boundary amendment to reclassify roughly eight acres near Haleiwa from agricultural to urban.

The vote on second reading passed 8–1, advancing the measure while leaving key project approvals—most importantly a future zone change and updated infrastructure studies—to later review.

Supporters, including city planning staff, said the parcel lies inside the North Shore Sustainable Communities Plan’s community growth boundary and that the change would enable new housing. Dina Wong, chief planner in the Department of Planning and Permitting, told the council that a subsequent zone change application would be subject to the city’s affordable housing rules and that “you would need 30% of all the units to be…