Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Public Space Structures topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Committee amends ordinance to remove obsolete public telephone structures, add freight and curbside elements
Summary
The committee approved a hand‑carried CD1 to update the Revised Ordinances of Honolulu by clarifying which sidewalk and curbside structures are regulated, preparing the code for modern devices and potential future street‑level infrastructure.
The Committee on Planning, Infrastructure and Transportation on Feb. 11 agreed to a hand‑carried CD1 updating city code that removes obsolete references to public telephone structures and clarifies that curbside tellers, freight elevators and freight chutes are among the structures covered by the ordinance.
Councilmember Tyler Dos Santos Tam, the bill's introducer, described the measure as housekeeping to modernize the Revised Ordinances of Honolulu and make the code ready for future structures such as curbside EV chargers or parcel lockers. "Public telephone structures are fairly obsolete," Dos Santos Tam said, adding that the change is meant to prepare rules for future innovations in sidewalks and curbside infrastructure.
Andy Kawano, director designate of Budget and Fiscal Services, and other administration representatives said they support the cleanup language but asked for more precise definitions of "structure" to avoid unintentionally covering underground features or easements not meant to be regulated by this provision.
The chair recommended that Bill 6 (2025) be amended to the hand‑carried CD1; with no objections the committee amended the bill to CD1 and recommended the measure be reported out for passage on second reading and scheduling of a public hearing.
What the CD1 does: it narrows the set of items to be regulated by specifying curbside tellers, freight elevators and freight chutes and updates the reporting requirements table in the Revised Ordinances of Honolulu so reporting duties reflect the amended code. Members said more work can follow to narrowly tailor the term "structure."
Votes at a glance: Bill 6 (2025) was amended to a hand‑carried CD1 and reported out for passage on second reading and scheduling of a public hearing.
