(a) The authority recognizes the aesthetic,
ecological, and economic value of landscaping and requires its use to establish
an outstanding visual environment, to promote compatibility between land uses
by reducing impacts of specific developments, and to enhance and define public
and private spaces.
(b) All
required yards shall be landscaped, except that front yards may be paved in
accordance with specifications that are subject to review and approval by the
executive director if ground floor windows are provided.
(c) Street trees shall be provided in
accordance with specifications that are subject to review and approval by the
executive director. Unless otherwise approved by the executive director, street
trees shall be planted adjacent to the curb, forty feet on center or closer,
and be a minimum of 4.5 inch caliper, except coconut palms, which shall be a
minimum of fifteen feet tall, as follows:
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Street
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Botanical Name
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Common Name
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Ala Moana Boulevard
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Cocos Nuciferas
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Coconut Palm
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Cooke
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Cordia Subcordata
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True Kou
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Coral
|
Cordia Subcordata
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True Kou
|
|
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Samanea Saman
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Monkey Pod
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Ilalo Keawe
|
Cordia Subcordata
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True Kou
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Koula
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Cordia Subcordata
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True Kou
|
|
Ohe
|
Cordia Subcordata
|
True Kou
|
|
Olomehani
|
Cordia Subcordata
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True Kou
|
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Punchbowl
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Cordia Subcordata
|
True Kou
|
|
South
|
Cordia Subcordata
|
True Kou
|
(d) The planting, removal, and maintenance of
street trees within the public right-of-way fronting any development lot shall
be subject to the approval of the department of parks and recreation, city and
county of Honolulu.
(e) The
planting, removal, and maintenance of trees within the front yard setback area
of any development lot or nonconforming property shall be subject to the
approval of the executive director. Any tree six inches or greater in trunk
diameter shall not be removed except under the following conditions:
(1) There are no alternatives to removal to
achieve appropriate development on the site;
(2) The tree is a hazard to public safety or
welfare;
(3) The tree is dead,
diseased, or otherwise irretrievably damaged; or
(4) The applicant can demonstrate that the
tree is unnecessary due to overcrowding of vegetation.
Where possible, trees proposed for removal shall be
relocated to another area of the project site. No person shall injure or
destroy any tree in any manner or by any means. Property owners shall be
responsible for ensuring that all trees within the front yard setback area are
properly maintained and do not cause any hazard to public safety or
welfare.
(f)
street tree species and location shall be subject to the approval of the
executive director in consultation with the director of parks and recreation,
city and county of Honolulu.
(g)
Planting strips, if provided between the curb and sidewalk, shall be landscaped
and provided with an irrigation system. Planting in these areas, except trees,
shall not exceed thirty inches in height and shall be grass only where adjacent
curbside parking is permitted.
(h)
Sidewalk materials shall conform to the city and county of Honolulu standards
for a minimum of seventy-five per cent of the required sidewalk area. The total
sidewalk pattern and the material of the twenty-five per cent area shall be
subject to the approval of the executive director. The executive director, in
consultation with the chief engineer of the department of public works, city
and county of Honolulu, may allow exceptions to the city and county standard
paving.
(i) Street planters used
for the purpose of holding plant materials, whether portable or permanently
fixed, shall be provided by property owners within their property lines.
Planters shall be located along major streets where sidewalks are greater than
eight feet wide.
(j) Within private
open space areas visible from street frontages, trees, shrubs, ground cover
plant material are required.
(k) If
there is any change in elevation from the sidewalk to the grade level private
open space area, such change shall be no greater than four feet.
(l) Parking areas, open storage areas, and
work areas provided at ground level facing the street shall be screened with
plant material or other architectural treatment.
(m) All rooftop mechanical appurtenances,
stairwells and elevator enclosures, ventilators, and air-conditioning equipment
shall be screened from view by architectural or landscape treatments.
