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Committee advances CD1 revisions to City’s affordable rental housing program, defers final vote pending UHERO and DPP data
Summary
The committee amended Bill 18 (Chapter 32) to a posted CD1—raising a lot-size cap to 40,000 sq ft, tying height to underlying zoning or 60 feet, and proposing elevator and parking adjustments—and deferred final action to allow DHLM27s UHERO analysis and DPP parcel data to inform next steps.
The Honolulu City Council Committee on Housing, Homelessness and Parks on March 3 advanced an amended draft of Bill 18, which seeks changes to Chapter 32 (the Bill 7 affordable rental housing program), and deferred final action pending analysis from UHERO and data from the Department of Planning and Permitting (DPP).
The chair recommended amending Bill 18 to the posted CD1 and reported the CD1 out for further consideration after discussion. The CD1 would set a maximum lot size for Bill 7 projects at 40,000 square feet (instead of the unlimited footprint that had been proposed), allow building height up to 60 feet or the underlying zoning height, and revises how elevator and parking requirements are handled.
Gavin Thornton, director of housing policy for the Department of Housing and Land Management (DHLM), told the committee DHLM contracted UHERO to analyze Chapter…
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