(a) The fees set forth in the following schedule for applications under Chapter 21 and for variances therefrom must be paid upon application:
Type of Application | Fee |
Type of Application | Fee |
(1) Zone change | $700, plus $300 per acre or major fraction, up to a maximum of $15,000 |
(2) Cluster housing | $1,200, plus $300 per acre or major fraction, up to a maximum of $15,000 |
(3) Conditional use permit (major), and conditional use permit (minor) for a meeting facility, day-care facility, or school (elementary, intermediate, or high) | $1,200, plus $300 per acre or major fraction, up to a maximum of $15,000 |
(4) Major project in special districts and downtown building heights in excess of 350 feet | $1,200, plus $300 per acre or major fraction, up to a maximum of $15,000 |
(5) Plan review use | $1,200, plus $300 per acre or major fraction, up to a maximum of $15,000 |
(6) Planned development—housing | $1,200, plus $300 per acre or major fraction, up to a maximum of $15,000 |
(7) Special districts: establishment of, or amendment to | $1,200, plus $300 per acre or major fraction, up to a maximum of $15,000 |
(8) Conditional use permit (minor), other than for a meeting facility, day-care facility, or school (elementary, intermediate or high) | $600 |
(9) Existing use | $600, plus $150 per acre or major fraction, up to a maximum of $15,000 |
(10) Exempt project in special districts | No permit fee required |
(11) Minor project in special districts | |
(A) Tree removal | $100 per tree |
(B) Other than tree removal | $600 |
(12) Waiver | $600 |
(13) Zoning adjustment | |
(A) Sign master plan | $1,200 |
(B) Other than for sign master plan | $600 |
(14) Signs—estimated value of work | |
(A) $0.01 to $500 | $18 |
(B) $500.01 to $1,000 | $35 |
(C) $1,000.01 and above | $70 |
(15) Zoning variance | $2,400 |
(16) Nonconforming use certificate renewal | $500 |
(17) Minor modifications | |
(A) To approved cluster housing permit; conditional use permit (major); conditional use permit (minor) for a meeting facility, day-care facility, or school (elementary, intermediate, or high); plan review use; planned development-housing permit, planned development-apartment, and planned development-resort; major projects in special districts, and downtown building heights in excess of 350 feet; and zoning adjustment for a sign master plan | $600 |
(B) To conditional use permit (minor) other than for a meeting facility, day-care facility, or school (elementary, intermediate, or high); existing use; exclusive agriculture site approval; minor projects in special districts other than tree removal; agricultural site development plan; waiver; and zoning adjustment for other than for a sign master plan | $300 |
(C) To temporary use approval | $50 |
(18) Agricultural site development plan | $600 |
(19) Planned development—apartment and planned development—resort | $15,000 |
(20) Written zoning clearance or confirmation, and flood hazard district interpretation | $150 per request or for each tax map key when multiple parcels are involved; or $300 per tax map key for requests involving confirmation of nonconforming status |
(21) Temporary use approval | |
(A) For a sales office | $100 |
(B) For other than a sales office | $200 |
(22) Exclusive agriculture site approval | $600 |
(23) Flood variance | $600 |
(24) Zoning district boundary adjustment | $500 |
(25) Appeals to zoning board of appeals | $400 |
(26) Environmental document processing, when the department of planning and permitting is the accepting agency | |
(A) Environmental assessment | $600 |
(B) Environmental impact statement | $1,200 |
(27) Reconsideration | $2,400 |
(28) Declaratory Ruling | $2,400 |
(29) Bed and breakfast home or transient vacation unit advertisement registration | $50 |
(b) Application fees are not refundable, notwithstanding provisions in the Revised Ordinances of Honolulu to the contrary, except when the director of planning and permitting determines that a land use ordinance application or variance is not required to proceed with the development proposed.
(c) When the council initiates, by resolution, a zone change application on behalf of a private landowner, the owner shall be required to pay the applicable zone change application fee.
(d) When an application under Chapter 21 or for a variance therefrom is sought after the applicant’s being cited for taking action without having obtained necessary approvals, the application fee set forth in subsection (a) shall be doubled.
(e) The payment of the fee required by this section shall not relieve the applicant from compliance with Chapter 21 or from imposed penalties.
(f) When an application identified in subsection (a) is submitted for processing, there shall be a nonrefundable application review fee to determine whether the application is complete or incomplete, as follows:
(1) Applications with a minimum fee of $1,200 or more shall have an application review fee of $400;
(2) Applications with a fee of $600 to less than $1,200 shall have an application review fee of $200; and
(3) Applications with a fee of less than $600 shall have an application review fee equivalent to one-half the application fee; provided that a request for a sign permit, a nonconforming use certificate renewal, a written zoning clearance or confirmation, a flood hazard district interpretation, or an appeal to the zoning board of appeals or other contested case hearing fee, shall not be subject to the application review fee required by this subsection. When an application under this section has been accepted by the department for processing, the application review fee for the submitted application shall be counted as partial payment towards the total application fee for that submittal.
(g) The application fees required by this section shall be waived for city projects.
(Sec. 5-48.1, R.O. 1978 (1987 Supp. to 1983 Ed.)) (1990 Code, Ch. 6, Art. 41, § 6-41.1) (Am. Ords. 94-36, 99-31, 03-12, 13-16, 14-4, 20-18, 22-7)