Bill Text: HI HR109 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Honolulu City Council; P-2 General Preservation Land; Use

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-12 - Referred to WAL, FIN, referral sheet 33 [HR109 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2014-HR109-Introduced.html

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.R. NO.	109
TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014
STATE OF HAWAII

HOUSE RESOLUTION

 

 

urgING the Council OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU not to designate residential housing as a permitted use within the P-2 general preservation district.

 

 

 

     WHEREAS, pursuant to the City and County of Honolulu's Land Use Ordinance, the purpose of the preservation districts is to manage major open space and recreation lands and lands of scenic and other natural resource value; and

 

     WHEREAS, permitted uses within the P-2 general preservation district include aquaculture, forestry, crop production, game preserves, livestock grazing, and cemeteries; and

 

     WHEREAS, the purpose of Resolution No. 14-20 of the Council of the City and County of Honolulu is to amend the Land Use Ordinance by including low-density residential housing as a permitted use within the P-2 general preservation district; and

 

     WHEREAS, land within the P-2 general preservation district provides visual relief and contrast to the city's built environment and serves as outdoor space for the public's use and enjoyment; and

 

     WHEREAS, it is critical that the State preserves the green space and lifestyle that Hawaii's citizens and visitors value; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-seventh Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2014, that this body urges the Council of the City and County of Honolulu not to designate residential housing as a permitted use within the P-2 general preservation district; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to each of the members of the Council of the City and County of Honolulu.

 

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title: 

Honolulu City Council; P-2 General Preservation Land; Use