Zoning Overlays & Bonuses in Hawaii (2026)
6 rules on the books across Hawaii, 3 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.
Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions
Density Bonus Law
California Density Bonus Law (Gov Code §65915) and local implementations granting up to 50% density bonuses for affordable-housing projects.
Maui County
Some RestrictionsMaui County's Open Space Incentive System lets apartment, hotel, and business buildings along the coast between the…
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Light RestrictionsA Hawaii County housing project that fulfills its affordable housing requirement by building or renting affordable…
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Light RestrictionsIn Honolulu's B-2 community business district, ROH § 21-3.110-1(c)(5) lets developers build more floor area than the…
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LA's Downtown Design Guide and Community Plan governing high-rise massing, ground-floor activation, and adaptive-reuse standards in DTLA.
Hawaii County
Significant RestrictionsDowntown Kailua-Kona falls inside the roughly 825-acre Kailua Village special district, where a nine-member Kailua…
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Significant RestrictionsNew construction and renovation in Honolulu's Hawaii Capital Special District, the downtown civic core around the State…
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Some RestrictionsMaui County Code section 19.510.100 makes each B-CT country town business district follow its own architectural design…
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