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A s the need to provide affordable housing for O‘ahu residents becomes increasingly critical, we may start to see more ap- plications for the construction of such housing, even in East
vide input? How is a project approved?
38 projects are different for the HHFDC versus the DPP. In either case, the ap- plication generally must in- clude, among other things, supporting documents, in- cluding preliminary plans and specifications for the project, sufficient to sat- isfy each agency’s usual requirements to begin the application process.
If recommending approval, it also submits a draft resolution approving some or all of the requested exemptions.
Public input opportunities occur on several occasions. If the project is processed through the HHFDC, its board approves the application at a public meeting at which public testimony may be sub- mitted. If the HHFDC recom- mends an exemption from the State Land Use designation for the project site, there must also be a meeting of the Board of Land and Natural Resourc- es at which testimony may be provided.
resolution is introduced at the City Council, public testimo- ny is accepted at the meeting of any committee to which the resolution is referred and at the meeting of the Coun- cil at which the resolution is amended.
O‘ahu.
What is the process devel-
HRS Section 201H-38 au- thorizes the granting of ex- emptions from various plan- ning, zoning, subdivision and other construction stan- dards for affordable housing projects meeting state or city affordability requirements.
HRS Section 201H-38 requires the City Council to adopt, with or without modifications, or reject the resolution. It must act on the 201H-38 resolution within 45 days after receipt of the report.
Learn more at honolulu. gov/dpp.
opers go through for a pro- posed Hawai‘i Revised Stat- utes (HRS) Section 201H-38 project? Although there are resources online, it’s a lot of information to sift through.
A developer may submit an application for 201H-38 exemptions to the state’s Hawai‘i Housing Finance and Development Corpo- ration (HHFDC) or the city Department of Planning and Permitting (DPP).
After the agency (HHFDC or DPP) processes the appli- cation, it submits a report to the City Council with findings and recommendations, togeth- er with the project’s prelimi- nary plans and specifications.
If the Council fails to act within that period, the project and requested exemptions are deemed approved as submit- ted. This is why there is an urgency for the Council to act quickly.
Contact City Coun- cilmember Calvin Say (D-5 — Kaimukī, Pālolo Valley, Saint Louis Heights, Mānoa, Mō‘ili‘ili, McCully and por- tions of Ala Moana, Kaka‘ako and Makiki) at 808-768-5005 or ckysay@honolulu.gov.
Questions that I often re- ceive include: When does the process begin? How can the public get informed and pro-
Requirements for 201H-
The developer is also re- quired to make a presentation to the Neighborhood Board of the affected area, and once the
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