Hawaii Community Development Authority
Chapter 217, Hawaii Administrative Rules
Hawaii Effective
Community
Date:Development
November 11,Authority
2011
Design Team: Torti Gallas and Partners, Belt Collins, + Lamphier Gregory
Goal - Compact Urban Form and Walkable Communities
Euclidean Zoning
• Everyday Uses are
Segregated From Each
Others
• Similar Land Uses are
Grouped Together
• Uses are Grouped Together
– Shops
– Housing
– Industry
• Puts Everyday Uses
Together
• Leads to Increased Traffic
as People Must Get out of
their Cares
Form Based Code
• Regulating Development
to Produce a Specific
Urban Form
• Promotes Compact
Urban Create Predictable
Public Realm
• Encourage Compact
Design and Promote
Walkable Communities
• Active Street Scapes
– Frontages Tailored to Fit
– Build To Lines
• Parking to the Back
• Mass Transit Options
Hawaii Community Development Authority
Design Team: Torti Gallas and Partners, Belt Collins, + Lamphier Gregory
Form based Rules
Traditional form-based rules establish
transects ranging from ‘natural’, ‘rural’,
‘suburban’, ‘general urban’, ‘urban
center’ and ‘urban core’
Kakaako Community Development
District Mauka Area falls within the
‘urban center’/’urban core’ transect
with a variety of sub-districts. The
sub-districts or neighborhoods are the
basis of the regulating plan.
Hawaii Community Development Authority
Design Team: Torti Gallas and Partners, Belt Collins, + Lamphier Gregory
Mauka Area Rules – Form based
• Emphasis on urban form
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Pedestrian oriented streets
Walkable blocks – no superblocks
Mix of uses; less emphasis on land use
Transit options
Hawaii Community Development Authority
Design Team: Torti Gallas and Partners, Belt Collins, + Lamphier Gregory
Building form, scale, character, building placement
designed at human scale.
Hawaii Community Development Authority
Design Team: Torti Gallas and Partners, Belt Collins, + Lamphier Gregory
Emphasis on the interaction of the street and buildings
Hawaii Community Development Authority
Design Team: Torti Gallas and Partners, Belt Collins, + Lamphier Gregory
Enhanced sidewalks, landscaping, and sidewalk amenities
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Design Team: Torti Gallas and Partners, Belt Collins, + Lamphier Gregory
Building heights and orientation to preserve Mauka and Makai views
Hawaii Community Development Authority
Design Team: Torti Gallas and Partners, Belt Collins, + Lamphier Gregory
Mauka Rules Provisions
• District Wide Provisions:
• Neighborhoods
• Use based on neighborhood character
• Development Standards
• Parks, Civic Spaces and Open Space
• Great Streets – street trees & pedestrian realm
• Thoroughfare Design
• View Preservation
• Building Form:
• Heights and Setbacks
• Building Placement
• Building and Frontage Types
• Sustainability – Green building requirement
Hawaii Community Development Authority
Design Team: Torti Gallas and Partners, Belt Collins, + Lamphier Gregory
District Wide Provisions:
Regulating Plan - Neighborhoods
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Design Team: Torti Gallas and Partners, Belt Collins, + Lamphier Gregory
Allowable Uses:
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Development Standards:
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Design Team: Torti Gallas and Partners, Belt Collins, + Lamphier Gregory
Parks and Open Space
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Design Team: Torti Gallas and Partners, Belt Collins, + Lamphier Gregory
Civic Spaces:
Park
Pocket Park
Plaza
Green
Playground
Square
Courtyard
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Design Team: Torti Gallas and Partners, Belt Collins, + Lamphier Gregory
Street Trees
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Design Team: Torti Gallas and Partners, Belt Collins, + Lamphier Gregory
Thoroughfare Plan
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Design Team: Torti Gallas and Partners, Belt Collins, + Lamphier Gregory
Thoroughfare Plan – Street Hierarchy
Boulevard
Service Street
Avenue
Alley
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Street Authority
Design Team: Torti Gallas and Partners, Belt Collins, + Lamphier Gregory
Pedestrian Treatment:
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Design Team: Torti Gallas and Partners, Belt Collins, + Lamphier Gregory
View Preservation – Mauka-Makai Views
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Design Team: Torti Gallas and Partners, Belt Collins, + Lamphier Gregory
Urban Form:
Maximum Height
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Design Team: Torti Gallas and Partners, Belt Collins, + Lamphier Gregory
Building Placement:
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Design Team: Torti Gallas and Partners, Belt Collins, + Lamphier Gregory
Building Types:
Front Yard
Side Yard
Flex / Loft
Townhouse
Duplex / Triplex / Quadplex
Industrial Barn
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Design Team: Torti Gallas and Partners, Belt Collins, + Lamphier Gregory
Building Types:
Courtyard
Urban Block
Lei Building
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Design Team: Torti Gallas and Partners, Belt Collins, + Lamphier Gregory
Podium High Rise
Frontage Types:
Lanai and Front Yard
Shopfront
Chinatown
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Design Team: Torti Gallas and Partners, Belt Collins, + Lamphier Gregory
Dooryard
Stoop
Forecourt
Frontage Types:
Raised Shopfront
Terrace Front
Raised Terrace Front
Arcade
Gallery
Kakaako Frontage
Hawaii Community Development Authority
Design Team: Torti Gallas and Partners, Belt Collins, + Lamphier Gregory
Next Steps - TOD Overlay
Hawaii Community Development Authority
Design Team: Torti Gallas and Partners, Belt Collins, + Lamphier Gregory