Honolulu Parking Requirements
| Use | REQUIREMENT |
|---|---|
| Agricultural products processing (major or minor); animal products processing; centralized bulk collection, storage and distribution of agricultural products to wholesale and retail markets; sale and service of machinery used in agricultural production; sawmills; and storage and sale of seed, feed, fertilizer and other products essential to agricultural production. | 1 per 1,500 square feet |
| Kennels, commercial | 1 per 400 square feet, but no less than 4 |
| Automotive and boat parts and services, but not storage and repair; automobile and boat sales and rentals; catering establishments; dance or music schools; financial institutions; home improvement centers; laboratories (medical or research); medical clinics; offices, other than herein specified; personal services; photographic processing; photography studios; plant nurseries; retail establishments other than herein specified; and veterinary establishments | 1 per 400 square feet |
| Bowling alleys | 3 per alley |
| Business services | 1 per 500 square feet |
| Convenience stores; and sales: food and grocery stores (including neighborhood grocery stores) | 1 per 300 square feet |
| Data processing facilities | 1 per 800 square feet |
| Drive-thru facilities (window or machine) | 5 stacking spaces |
| Eating and drinking establishments (including bars, nightclubs, taverns, cabarets, and dance halls) | 1 per 300 square feet, provided the total floor area of all eating and drinking establishments comprises 50 percent or more of the floor area developed on the zoning lot. Otherwise, 1 per 400 square feet, including outdoor dining areas. |
| Laundromats, cleaners: coin operated | 1 per 2 washing machines |
| Sales: appliance, household and office furniture; machinery; and plumbing and heating supply | 1 per 900 square feet |
| Self-storage facilities | 1 per 2,000 square feet |
| Shopping centers' | 1 per 300 square feet |
| Skating rinks | 1 for each 4 skaters of the rink's maximum capacity or 1 per 1,500 square feet of skating surface, whichever is greater. |
| Boarding facilities | 2 plus 0.75 per unit |
| Consulates | 1 per dwelling or lodging unit, plus 1 per 400 square feet of office floor area, but not less than 5 |
| Dwellings, accessory dwelling unit | 1 per accessory dwelling unit or none if the accessory dwelling unit is located within one-half mile of a rail transit station |
| Dwellings, detached, duplex and farm | 2 per unit plus 1 per 1,000 square feet over 2,500 square feet (excluding carport or garage) |
| Dwellings, multifamily Lodging Units 600 sq. ft. or less | 1 per unit Plus 1 guest parking stall per 10 units |
| Dwellings, multifamily Lodging Units More than 600 but less than 800 sq. ft. | 1.5 per unit Plus 1 guest parking stall per 10 units |
| Dwellings, multifamily Lodging Units 800 sq. ft. and over | 2 per unit Plus 1 guest parking stall per 10 units |
| Hotels: dwelling units | 1 per unit |
| Hotels: lodging units; and lodging units | 0.75 per unit |
| Food manufacturing and processing; freight movers; heavy equipment sales and rentals; linen suppliers; manufacturing, processing and packaging (light or general); maritimerelated sales, construction, maintenance and repairing; motion picture and television studios; petroleum processing; port facilities; publishing plants for newspapers, books and magazines; salvage, scrap and junk storage and processing; storage yards; warehousing; waste disposal and processing; and wholesale and retail establishments dealing primarily in bulk materials delivered by or to ship, or by ship and truck in combination | 1 per 1,500 square feet |
| Repair establishments, major | 1 per 300 square feet |
| Repair establishments, minor | 1 per 500 square feet |
| Wholesaling and distribution | 1 per 1,000 square feet |
| Boat launching ramps | 10 per launching ramp |
| Golf driving ranges | 2 per tee stall |
| Marinas | 1 per 2 moorage stalls |
| Recreation facilities, outdoor and indoor, involving swimming pools and sports played on courts | 1 per 200 square feet of seating area, plus 3 per court, e.g.,racquetball, tennis or similar court, and 12 per outdoor playfield |
| Art galleries, museums and libraries | 1 per 400 square feet |
| Auditoriums, funeral homes/mortuaries, meeting facilities, gymnasiums, sports arenas, and theaters | 1 per 75 square feet of assembly area or 1 per 5 fixed seats, whichever is greater |
| Day-care facilities | 1 per 350 square feet of classroom area, meeting area, and/or gathering space, plus 1 per 400 square feet of office floor space |
| Schools: elementary and intermediate | 1 per 400 square feet of classroom area, plus 1 per 400 |
| Schools: high, language, vocational, business, technical, and trade; business colleges | 1 per 200 square feet of high school, language school, business school, or business college classroom area; 1 per 500 square feet of vocational, technical, or trade school classroom area; plus 1 per 400 square feet of office floor space |
| Automobile service stations | 3 per repair stall |
| Car washing, mechanized | 10 standing spaces for waiting vehicles for each car wash rack |
| Broadcasting stations | 1 per 400 square feet |
| Agriculture - aquaculture; composting (major or minor); crop production; forestry; and roadside stands. | PARKING TO BE DETERMINED BY THE DIRECTOR |
| Animals - game preserves; livestock grazing; livestock production (major or minor); livestock veterinary services; and zoos. | PARKING TO BE DETERMINED BY THE DIRECTOR |
| Commerce and business - amusement and recreation facilities, indoor and outdoor; home occupations; plant nurseries; and trade or convention centers. | PARKING TO BE DETERMINED BY THE DIRECTOR |
| Dwellings and lodgings - group living facilities. | PARKING TO BE DETERMINED BY THE DIRECTOR |
| Industrial - base yards; explosive and toxic chemical manufacturing, storage and distribution; and resource extraction. | PARKING TO BE DETERMINED BY THE DIRECTOR |
| Outdoor recreation - amusement facilities, outdoor (motorized and not motorized); botanical gardens; golf courses; recreation facilities, outdoor and indoor, other than as herein specified; and marina facilities. | PARKING TO BE DETERMINED BY THE DIRECTOR |
| Social and civic service - cemeteries and columbaria; hospitals; prisons; public uses and structures; universities and colleges. | PARKING TO BE DETERMINED BY THE DIRECTOR |
| Transportation and parking - airports; heliports; helistops; and truck terminals. | PARKING TO BE DETERMINED BY THE DIRECTOR |
| Utilities and communications - broadcasting antennas; receive-only antennas; utility installations (Type A or B); and wind machines. | PARKING TO BE DETERMINED BY THE DIRECTOR |
| Miscellaneous - All other uses not herein specified | PARKING TO BE DETERMINED BY THE DIRECTOR |
Table 21-6.1 Off-street Parking Requirements
Table 21-6.2 Off street Parking Requirements BMX 4 Central Business Mixed Use
| Use | Requirement |
|---|---|
| Amusement and recreation facilities, indoor, other than herein specified | 1 per 300 square feet, or 1 per 10 fixed seats, whichever is greater |
| Auditoriums | 1 per 300 square feet, or 1 per 10 fixed seats, whichever is greater |
| Automotive equipment and boat sales and service | 1 per 1,200 square feet |
| Bowling alleys | 1 per alley |
| Business services | 1 per 500 square feet |
| Consulates | 1 per dwelling or lodging unit, plus 1 per 400 square feet of office floor area, but no less than 5 |
| Dwellings, multifamily | 1 per dwelling unit |
| Eating and drinking establishments | 1 per 300 square feet of dining area over 1,500 square feet, plus 1 per 400 square feet of kitchen and other areas |
| Financial institutions | 1 per 600 square feet over 4,000 square feet |
| Hotels | 1 per 4 units |
| Kennels (other than as an accessory use) | 1 per 600 square feet over 4,000 square feet |
| Medical clinics | 1 per 600 square feet over 4,000 square feet |
| Medical laboratories | 1 per 600 square feet over 4,000 square feet |
| Meeting facilities | 1 per 300 square feet, or 1 per 10 fixed seats, whichever is greater |
| Offices, other than herein specified | 1 per 600 square feet over 4,000 square feet |
| Personal services, other than herein specified | 1 per 600 square feet over 4,000 square feet |
| Repair establishments, minor | 1 per 600 square feet over 4,000 square feet |
| Retail, other than herein specified | 1 per 600 square feet over 4,000 square feet |
| Sales: appliance, household and office furniture | 1 per 1,200 square feet |
| Sales: machinery | 1 per 1,200 square feet |
| Self storage facilities | 1 per 2,000 square feet |
Table 21-6.3 Off street Parking Requirements Waikiki Special District
| Use | Requirement |
|---|---|
| Art galleries, museums, libraries | 1 per 300 square feet or fraction thereof in excess of 1,000 square feet, but no less than 10 |
| Day-care facilities | 1 per 10 enrollment capacity |
| Dwellings, detached, duplex, and multifamily | 1 per dwelling or lodging unit |
| Group living facilities | 1 per 4 patient beds |
| Hotels | 0.25 per dwelling or lodging unit |
| Meeting facilities | 1 per 10 seats, or where the number of seats cannot be reliably estimated or determined, at least 1 space per 200 square feet |
| Schools: elementary and intermediate | 1 per 15 seats in the main auditorium |
| Schools: high | 1 per 5 seats in the main auditorium or 5 spaces per classroom, whichever is greater |
| All other permitted uses except in the public precinct | 1 per 800 square feet |
| All permitted uses in the public precinct | With respect to projects requiring a major special district appropriate for the particular use and its location; with respect to all other projects, as determined by the director as appropriate for the particular use and its location |
Notes:
1 Where a proposed use is not specifically listed above, or it falls under more than one use listed above, the director will review the proposed use and, based on the characteristics of the use, determine its equivalent and applicable off-street parking and loading requirements.
2 All references to square feet refer to floor area.
3 Parking standards for individual uses shall prevail if they are not part of a commercial use that meets the definition of “shopping center.”
The parking requirements shown here are the typical required parking standards for the city of Honolulu. Variance or exclusions to the parking count requirements could be allowed by the code for a specific project. The city of Honolulu parking requirements are for general information. The Honolulu standard parking requirements for an area can be modified by zoning overlays or other Honolulu parking code requirements specific to each project.