HAR §15-215-62. Large lot development

(a) Purpose. This section establishes the standards for developing large lots, dividing them into smaller pedestrian- oriented blocks, and achieving an interconnected block network with walkable block lengths. The standards for large lot projects [ensure that these projects] promote walkability, pedestrian-orientation, and sustainability of urban and built form. Buildings are to include massing and articulation that reflects a 215-73 human scale, rather than large, monolithic, and repetitive building fabric. (b) Applicability. The following standards shall apply to projects on large lots[.] in the T3 mixed-use, T4 general urban, and T5 urban center zones, except for the following uses: (1) Large utility facilities or renewable energy farms; (2) Commercial outdoor recreation; and (3) A single development of an entire large lot that could not safely or appropriately allow pedestrian thoroughfares throughout. No exemption shall apply for residential projects. (c) Thoroughfare network: (1) Large lots shall be divided to create pedestrian-oriented blocks; (2) New thoroughfares shall [connect with existing thoroughfares;] promote community connectivity and neighborhood accessibility; (3) New passageways that are introduced shall be a minimum of fifteen feet wide between building elevations; (4) New passageways that are introduced shall be un-gated and shall be [publically- accessible;] publicly-accessible; [(5) Each new block shall have an alley for service and parking access; and (6)] (5) Cul-de-sacs and dead-end streets are not permitted unless they [allow for future connections.] provide landscaped pedestrian or multimodal connectivity to other streets; and (7) Where provided, parking access and design shall be provided as per section 15-215-47 (parking and loading); however, land uses listed in section 12-215-62(b), above, are not required to locate parking in the third layer as shown in Figure 9 (parking placement), dated November 2025, made a part of this chapter, and attached at the end of this chapter. All other requirements of section 15-215-47 (parking and loading) shall remain in full effect. 215-74 (d) New buildings: (1) New buildings are permitted as indicated by the building types allocated to each transect[;] except as listed in section 12-215-62(b), above; (2) New buildings shall have their [principle] principal entrance off of a new or existing thoroughfare or passageway; (3) New buildings with civic or institutional uses shall be located in central locations, and be recognizable and accessible to the public; (4) Buildings shall incorporate mid-block pedestrian passageways and courtyards at least every three hundred feet. Where passageways are utilized, they shall connect through the block, across existing alleys if necessary, to other passageways, to mid- block crossings, or thoroughfares for greater street grid connectivity; (5) When a building includes a courtyard, the courtyard shall have [a minimum dimension of forty feet deep and thirty-five feet wide along the street side;] dimensions so as to provide usable recreational or public space; (6) The required mid-block pedestrian passageway or courtyard shall not abut an alley; and (7) For large lots that abut other lots not subject to a permit application, [an alley of at least twenty-six feet in width must be provided at the edge of the lot that is adjacent to the other lots to ensure access by vehicles and access to light and air of the other lots. An alternative proposal may be considered as long as it meets the intent of providing light, room, and air to neighboring lots.] the site layout shall consider: (A) Access to neighboring lots; (B) Provision of light, room, and air to the neighboring lots; and (C) Any applicable city and county of Honolulu regulations. 215-75 (e) Utilities: On-site distribution utilities shall be buried underground, to the maximum extent practicable. (f) Large utility installations: (1) Arrays of renewable energy generating units are permitted in all transect zones and special districts within the Kalaeloa community development district; (2) Where arrays of renewable energy generating units are located in T4 general urban and T5 urban center zones, they shall be designed to be architecturally compatible with the design of the buildings. [Eff 10/27/12; am and comp ] (Auth: HRS §§206E-4, 206E-5, 206E-7) (Imp: HRS §§206E-4, 206E-5, 206E-7)