Mayor Signs Bills to Increase Vehicle Taxes, Bus Fares, Parking Meter Fees and Zoo Admissions
Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell recently signed the following bills into law. The bills have become County Ordinances. Several increase the cost of service to taxpayers via higher fees, admission fares and taxes.
Motor vehicle owners will be the hardest hit with increased vehicle weight taxes and increased parking meter fees to pay for the more than $10 billion rail project.
For several years now the city has targeted motor vehicle owners and operators with higher taxes, parking fees, less parking spaces, lousy roads and more to entice drivers to get out of their cars and use TheBus and other methods of public transport.
Bus fares and passes are increasing.
The Honolulu Zoo admission fee and public golf course green fees are being increased. The city is also issuing bonds to pay for the highly troubled and over-expensive ($10 billion and counting) rail project.
Below is a list of the newly signed ordinances with links to the documents themselves (PDF).
ORD17-021 CITY PARKS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES
ORD17-022 HOUSING CODE
ORD17-023 ADMISSION FEES FOR THE HONOLULU ZOO
ORD17-024 MOTOR VEHICLE WEIGHT TAX
ORD17-025 PARKING METERS
ORD17-026 AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU IN A MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE AGGREGATE OF THE AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET ORDINANCE OF SAID CITY AND COUNTY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2018, AND SPECIFIED IN SAID ORDINANCE TO BE FINANCED FROM THE PROCEEDS OF THE SALE OF SUCH BONDS AND TO BE EXPENDED FROM THE GENERAL IMPROVEMENT BOND FUND, THE HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BOND FUND, SOLID WASTE IMPROVEMENT BOND FUND, OR THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL FUND
ORD17-027 PUBLIC TRANSIT
ORD17-028 EROSION, SEDIMENT, AND POLLUTION CONTROL
ORD17-029 FEES FOR USE OF MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSES
ORD17-030 INCENTIVES FOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS PRODUCTION
ORD17-031 LEGISLATIVE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 2017 TO JUNE 30, 2018
ORD17-032 EXECUTIVE OPERATING BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 2017 TO JUNE 30, 2018
ORD17-033 EXECUTIVE CAPITAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 2017 TO JUNE 30, 2018
ORD17-034 HART OPERATING BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 2017 TO JUNE 30, 2018
ORD17-035 HART CAPITAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 2017 TO JUNE 30, 2018
ORD17-036 AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU IN A MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE AGGREGATE OF THE AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED FOR THE HONOLULU AUTHORITY FOR RAPID TRANSPORTATION CAPITAL BUDGET PROJECTS IN THE HONOLULU AUTHORITY FOR RAPID TRANSPORTATION CAPITAL BUDGET AND PROGRAM ORDINANCE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2018, AND SPECIFIED IN SAID ORDINANCE TO BE FINANCED FROM THE PROCEEDS OF THE SALE OF SUCH BONDS AND TO BE EXPENDED FROM THE TRANSIT IMPROVEMENT BOND FUND.
It will cost more money to ride The Bus starting on January 1, 2018.
