(a) All required yards shall be
landscaped.
(b) All development
applicants shall provide street trees within the public right-of-way or the
front yard setback area along all street frontages. Trees shall be planted in a
linear pattern parallel to the street and shall be a minimum four and one-half
inch caliper, except coconut palms which shall have a minimum trunk height of
fifteen feet.
(c) Trees required
within the front yard area shall be located to shade the adjacent sidewalk. All
trees shall be located so that the streetside edge of the trunk is three feet
from the edge of the public sidewalk.
(d) Along major streets, tree species,
spacing, and location shall be in accordance with the following table, except
that alternate species, especially native Hawaiian or species long present and
common to the Hawaiian Islands, including useful fruit-bearing and flowering
varieties, may be substituted.
MAJOR STREET SYSTEM TREES
|
Name
|
Spacing
|
Location
|
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Ala Moana Blvd.
|
|
|
|
Coconut Palm
|
3 palms min. per 100 ft. street frontage
|
Front Yard Setback
|
|
Cooke Street
|
|
|
|
True Kou
|
35 ft. on center
|
Front Yard Setback
|
|
Halekauwila Street
|
|
|
|
Royal Poinciana
|
40 ft. on center
|
Front Yard Setback
|
|
Kamakee Street
|
|
|
|
Silver Buttonwood
|
40 ft. on center
|
Front Yard Setback
|
|
Kapiolani Blvd.
|
|
|
|
Monkeypod
|
50 ft. on center
|
Right-of-Way
|
|
King Street
|
|
|
|
Rainbow Shower
|
45 ft. on center
|
Right-of-Way
|
|
Pensacola Street (from King to Waimanu)
|
|
|
|
Royal Poinciana
|
40 ft. on center
|
Right-of-Way
|
|
Piikoi Street
|
|
|
|
Rainbow Shower or Spotted Fig
|
45 ft. on center
|
Right-of-Way
|
|
Pohukaina/Auahi Street
|
|
|
|
Madagascar Olive
|
40 ft. on center
|
Front Yard Setback
|
|
Punchbowl Street
|
|
|
|
Monkeypod
|
50 ft. on center
|
Front Yard Setback
|
|
Queen Street (from Punchbowl to Kamakee)
|
|
|
|
Royal Poinciana/ Coconut Palm
|
1 Royal Poinciana & 3 Coconut Palms per 100
ft. street frontage
|
Front Yard Setback
|
|
Queen Street (from Kamakee to Waimanu)
|
|
|
|
Royal Poinciana
|
40 ft. on center
|
Front Yard Setback
|
|
South Street
|
|
|
|
Autograph
|
40 ft. on center
|
Front Yard Setback
|
|
Waimanu Street (from Queen to Piikoi)
|
|
|
|
Royal Poinciana
|
40 ft. on center
|
Front Yard Setback
|
|
Ward Avenue (from King to Kapiolani)
|
|
|
|
Royal Poinciana/ Coconut Palm
|
1 Royal Poinciana & 3 Coconut Palms per 100
ft. street frontage
|
Right-of-Way
|
|
Ward Avenue (from Kapiolani to Ala Moana)
|
|
|
|
Rainbow Shower
|
45 ft. on center
|
Right-of-Way
|
(e) 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.
(f) 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 except where removal is
necessary as cited by the above conditions. 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.
(g)
Street trees which die within five years of planting shall be replaced by the
party responsible for their maintenance.
(h) Local street system 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.
(i) 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 where adjacent curbside parking is
permitted.
(j) 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.
(k) Within private open
space areas visible from street frontages, trees, shrubs, or ground cover plant
material in the ground or in planters are required.
(l) 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.
(m)
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.
