HAR §15-22-35. MUZ-RA: purpose and intent

The mixed-use zone residential emphasis (MUZ-RA) established by this chapter is designed to promote and protect the public health, safety, and general welfare. These general goals include, among others, the following specific purposes: (1) To provide a mixed-use area whereby residential, commercial, and public uses may coexist compatibly within the same area. The primary emphasis within this zone shall be to develop a predominantly UNOFFICIAL COMPILATION June 2005 22-37 multi-family residential area which will support a wide variety of housing types, with a mixture of residents of various age groups, incomes, and family groups which will be located above commercial uses; together with appropriate community facilities for residents and employees. No industrial uses shall be permitted in this zone; (2) To restrict the amount of commercial uses in this zone; (3) To encourage developers to provide a certain amount of reserved housing units thus ensuring that units for residents of various incomes, ages, and family groups will be developed in the zone; (4) To create a truly mixed-use community, both vertically as well as horizontally, of commercial and multi-family uses by regulating the density of population and the bulk of buildings in relation to the land around them and to one another, and by providing for off-street parking spaces; to require the provision of open space; to encourage the development of job opportunities for the residents in the area; (5) To provide freedom of architectural design, in order to encourage the development of more attractive and economic building forms; (6) To promote the most desirable use of land and direction of building development in accord with a well-considered plan, to promote stability of commercial and multi-family development, to protect the character of the area and its peculiar suitability for particular uses, and to conserve the value of land and buildings; (7) To encourage the development of integrated multi-decked projects as planned developments within the zone, thus ensuring maximum building densities and providing appropriate vertical mixtures of uses. [Eff 9/8/86, comp 1/28/88, comp 2/24/90] (Auth: HRS §§206E-4, 206E-5, 206E-7) (Imp: HRS §§206E-4, 206E-5, 206E-7) Historical note: §15-22-35 is based substantially upon §15-17-70. [Eff 2/27/82; R 9/8/86] UNOFFICIAL COMPILATION June 2005 22-38