Section 19-170-38 - Development objectives In order to achieve its statutory purposes, the development corporation shall be guided by the following development objectives in formulating a development plan for the Aloha Tower complex and in selecting any proposal submitted by any qualified person for the development of all or any part of the Aloha Tower complex or related areas.
(1) Ensure the project is capable of integration into any overall development plan which may be adopted for the Honolulu waterfront.(2) Maintain passenger ship operations in a manner compatible with the development of the downtown waterfront as a people place and in conformity to the maritime requirements of the department of transportation.(3) Balance practical economic and market realities with a vision of what can be created.(4) Provide ease of pedestrian access to the project and waterfront, and generous open spaces for public enjoyment by eliminating visual and physical barriers between the waterfront and downtown, and by creating strong pedestrian links between downtown and Aloha Tower, particularly along Fort and Bishop streets.(5) Improve view corridors down Fort street, Bishop street and Alakea street.(6) Expand and improve Irwin park while maintaining its rich vegetation.(7) Create a homogeneous project that avoids fragmentation.(8) Feature and enhance the physical, public use and visual characteristics of the historic Aloha Tower.(9) Minimize unattractive physical facilities (e.g. parking, utilities, service and back-of-house operations).(10) Plan buildings and project features to attract people to the waterfront and create a major public gathering place at the Aloha Tower complex by enhancing public access to and along the water's edge and by creating opportunities for a variety of water's-edge experiences appropriate to the downtown waterfront.(11) Develop uses which would stimulate and be compatible with the commercial activities of the downtown business community, which may include, but need not be limited to, retail, restaurant, office, hotel, condominium, recreational, historical and cultural uses; and create new activities to assist in bringing people to the waterfront.(12) Provide accessible vehicular ingress and egress, and create a parking strategy which minimizes both the cost and impact of parking on the Aloha Tower complex.(13) Establish a construction phasing strategy which will minimize disruption of maritime operations and achieve planned development of the Aloha Tower in the earliest practicable time.(14) Create a financially feasible and aesthetically creative project which can be initiated at the earliest practicable time.(15) Encourage, to the extent possible, development of the Aloha Tower complex and adjoining areas by a qualified private sector developer who will provide all or substantially all of the costs of development.(16) Utilize the powers of the development corporation to transcend, as necessary, zoning, density and height limitations in an aesthetically pleasing manner to accomplish the goals of the development corporation and to encourage private sector developers to undertake development plan solutions which will satisfy the foregoing development objectives. [Eff MAY 5 2013] (Auth: HRS § 206J-5) (Imp: HRS §§ 206J-1, 206J-5, 206J-6, 206J-7)