New Satellte City Hall opens in Downtown Honolulu

City officials Monday formally opened the new Downtown Satellite City Hall at the Chinatown Gateway Plaza, a location that will provide twice the space and some added services unavailable at the old site in an underground Fort Street Mall space two blocks away.

The 2,905-square-foot space, at the site of a onetime Wendy’s Restaurant on the Nuuanu Avenue-Hotel Street side of the Chinatown Gateway complex, also provides improved disability access than the previous location.

It is expected to serve an average of 300 customers a day in need of basic government services such as motor vehicle and moped registration, bus pass sales, dog licensing and vehicle junking services. Like other satellite city halls, it also processes disability parking placards, accepts Board of Water Supply and property tax bill payments, and offers limited driver license (no new licenses) and state ID transactions.

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