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Honolulu, HI Code of Ordinances
THE REVISED ORDINANCES OF HONOLULU
TITLE I: ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 2: THE MAYOR AND EXECUTIVE AGENCIES - ADDITIONAL POWERS, DUTIES, AND FUNCTIONS
CHAPTER 3: ADDITIONAL BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND COMMITTEES
CHAPTER 4: ADDITIONAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF COUNCIL AND LEGISLATIVE AGENCIES
CHAPTER 5: SALARIES, EMPLOYMENT, AND BONDING REQUIREMENTS OF ELECTED OFFICIALS AND NON-CIVIL-SERVICE OFFICERS
TITLE II: TAXATION AND FINANCES
CHAPTER 6: FUNDS, FEES, AND LOAN PROGRAMS
CHAPTER 7: RESERVED
CHAPTER 8: REAL PROPERTY TAX
CHAPTER 8A: TAXATION OF TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS
TITLE III: MISCELLANEOUS REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 9: BOTANICAL GARDENS
CHAPTER 10: PUBLIC PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES
CHAPTER 11: CHILD CARE
CHAPTER 12: ANIMALS AND FOWLS
CHAPTER 13: STREETS, SIDEWALKS, MALLS, AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES
CHAPTER 14: PUBLIC WORKS INFRASTRUCTURE
TITLE IV: TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES
CHAPTER 15: TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES
CHAPTER 15A: REGULATIONS OF VEHICLES
CHAPTER 15B: PUBLIC TRANSIT
TITLE V: BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION CODES
CHAPTER 16: BUILDING CODE
CHAPTER 16A: HOUSING CODE
CHAPTER 16B: BUILDING ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE
CHAPTER 16C: BUILDING MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 17: ELECTRICAL CODE
CHAPTER 18: FEES AND PERMITS FOR BUILDING, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, AND SIDEWALK CODES
CHAPTER 18A: GRADING, SOIL EROSION, AND SEDIMENT CONTROL
CHAPTER 19: PLUMBING CODE
CHAPTER 20: FIRE CODE OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU
TITLE VI: LAND USE
CHAPTER 21: LAND USE ORDINANCE
CHAPTER 21A: FLOOD HAZARD AREAS
CHAPTER 22: SUBDIVISION OF LAND
CHAPTER 23: STATE LAND USE CLASSIFICATION
CHAPTER 24: DEVELOPMENT PLANS
CHAPTER 25: SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREAS
CHAPTER 26: SHORELINE SETBACKS
CHAPTER 27: COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICTS
CHAPTER 28: SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS
CHAPTER 29: AFFORDABLE HOUSING REQUIREMENTS
CHAPTER 30: WATER MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 31: COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER 32: AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING
CHAPTER 33: DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS
CHAPTER 33A: IMPACT FEES FOR TRAFFIC AND ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS IN EWA
TITLE VII: BUSINESS
CHAPTER 34: REGULATION OF BUSINESSES
CHAPTER 35: INCENTIVES FOR BUSINESS TO CREATE NEW JOBS
CHAPTER 36: COMMON CARRIERS
TITLE VIII: PROPERTY
CHAPTER 37: REAL PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU
CHAPTER 38: LEASE AND RENTAL OF CITY REAL PROPERTY, INCLUDING FEES
CHAPTER 39: MAXIMUM ANNUAL RENEGOTIATED LEASE RENT
CHAPTER 40: OFFENSES RELATING TO PROPERTY
TITLE IX: PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND SANITATION
CHAPTER 41: PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
CHAPTER 42: COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF REFUSE
CHAPTER 43: SEWERS, DRAINAGE, AND CESSPOOLS
PARALLEL REFERENCES
TABLES
ARTICLE 10: EXEMPTIONS
Sections
   8-10.1   Claims for certain exemptions
   8-10.2   Rules
   8-10.3   Exemption—Homes
   8-10.4   Home, lease, lessees defined
   8-10.5   Exemption—Homes of totally disabled veterans
   8-10.6   Exemption—Persons affected with leprosy
   8-10.7   Exemption—Persons with impaired sight or hearing and persons totally disabled
   8-10.8   Exemption—Nonprofit medical, hospital indemnity association
   8-10.9   Exemption—Charitable purposes
   8-10.10   Exemption—Crop shelters
   8-10.11   Exemption—Dedicated lands in urban districts
   8-10.12   Exemption—Renewable energy
   8-10.13   Exemption—Fixtures used in manufacturing or producing tangible personal products
   8-10.14   Exemption—Public property
   8-10.15   Lessees of exempt real property
   8-10.16   Property of the United States leased under the National Housing Act
   8-10.17   Exemption—Low-income rental housing
   8-10.18   Claim for exemption
   8-10.19   Exemption—Historic residential real property dedicated for preservation
   8-10.20   Other exemptions
   8-10.21   Exemption—Credit union
   8-10.22   Exemption—Slaughterhouses
   8-10.23   Exemption—Qualifying construction work
   8-10.24   Exemption—Public service
   8-10.25   Additional terms and conditions for exemption of low-income rental housing projects on Hawaiian home lands
   8-10.26   Exemption—Nonprofit organization thrift shops
   8-10.27   Exemption—Historic commercial real property dedicated for preservation
   8-10.28   Exemption—Qualifying agricultural improvements for dedicated vacant agricultural lands
   8-10.29   Exemption—Kuleana land
   8-10.30   Exemption—For-profit group child care centers
   8-10.31   Exemption—Central Kakaako industrial zone limited development
   8-10.32   Claim for exemption—Central Kakaako industrial zone limited development
   8-10.33   Exemption—Qualifying affordable rental dwelling units or affordable rental housing units
   8-10.34   Exemption—During construction work for and marketing of affordable dwelling units or affordable rental housing projects