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[1] [2] In the United States, zoning includes various land use laws enforced through the police power rights of state governments and local governments to exercise authority over privately owned real property. [3] Zoning laws in major cities originated with the Los Angeles zoning ordinances of 1904 [4] [5] and the New York City 1916 Zoning ...
A planning and zoning commission is a local elected or appointed government board charged with recommending to the local town or city council the boundaries of the various original zoning districts and appropriate regulations to be enforced therein and any proposed amendments thereto. In addition, the Planning and Zoning Commission collects ...
Land use is governed by a set of regulations generally known as ordinances or municipal codes, which are authorized by the state's zoning enabling law. Within an ordinance is a list of land use designations commonly known as zoning. Each different type of zone has its own set of allowed uses. These are known as by-right uses. Then there is an ...
Mar. 21—The city's proposed plan to change the long-term development of nearly 84, 000 acres of urban land stretching from East Honolulu to Pearl City has advanced. The city's proposed plan to ...
Feb. 10—The Honolulu Building Board of Appeals denied a request from developer Christy Z. Lei to continue building a "monster home " at 3615 Sierra Drive in a residential neighborhood of Kaimuki.
Two state Legislature bills are ringing alarms for those on the Honolulu City Council. House Bill 1630 and Senate Bill 3202, respectively, are aimed at allowing two or more dwellings on lots zoned ...
The Commission on Water Resource Management (CWRM) is an attached agency that administers the State Water Code, Chapter 174C of the Hawaii Revised Statutes. It has jurisdiction over land-based surface water and groundwater resources, but not coastal waters and generally, it is responsible for addressing water quantity issues, while water quality issues are under the purview of the Hawaii ...
The objective of planning land use is to influence, control or direct changes in the use of land so that it is dedicated to the most beneficial use and maintains the quality of the environment and promoting conservation of the land resources. The territorial diagnosis and the generation of alternatives of management and environmental protection ...