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Home My WebLink AboutBIL 152 Draft 01 2022-2024 ��'I Ui.............. COUNTY OF HAWAII (• :-.', R1•I! STATE OF HAWAI`I . �rE oF•N►•.P_: BILL NO. 152 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 5, ARTICLE 1,ARTICLE 4,AND ARTICLE 7, OF THE HAWAI`I COUNTY CODE 1983 (2016 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO PRE-APPROVED PLANS FOR RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI`I: SECTION 1. Chapter 5, article 1, section 5-1-5 of the Hawai`i County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended) is amended by adding a new definition to be appropriately inserted and to read as follows: 'Multi-family dwelling"means any building that contains more than two dwelling units used, intended, or designed to be built, used, rented, leased, let or hired out to be occupied, or that are occupied for living purposes." SECTION 2. Chapter 5, article 4, division 2, section 5-4-21 of the Hawai`i County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended) is amended to read as follows: "Section 5-4-21. Model plans for residential dwellings; pre-approval. (a) Model plan pre-approval. Model plans for residential dwellings and residential multi-family dwellings may be pre-approved by the authority having jurisdiction. The application process for a permit that is based on model plans for residential dwellings and residential multi- family dwellings that have been pre-approved and filed with the authority having jurisdiction shall exclude the plan and specification review required in sections 5-4- 1 and 5-4-2. This exemption shall not apply to reviews by other appropriate departments and divisions of the County and the State required pursuant to [subsection] section 5-4-5. (b) Model home designs. (1) Eligible model home designs shall have no limitation on size. [Ex-eePtien: A maximum of a two car carport/garage may be included.] (2) Layouts of plans that are mirrored or reversed versions of previously approved plans, will be considered to be separate and an additional model home design subject to paragraph(1) of this subsection. (3) Any revisions to pre-approved plans will require resubmittal of the entire set of revised plans and documents for approval. A proposed revision to an already pre-approved plan will be considered to be a separate and an additional home design subject to paragraph(1) of this subsection. (c) Application for model plan pre-approval. (1) To apply for pre-approval of a model plan, [* ] complete working drawings and specifications that bear the [wet] seal and signature of a person who is licensed in the State of Hawai`i as an architect or professional structural engineer shall be submitted to the authority having jurisdiction. (2) Factory-built homes shall include a manufacturer's label as required by Appendix U of chapter 5B, the residential building code. (3) A plan review fee for pre-approved model plans shall be assessed per model home design in accordance with section 5-7-2. (d) The authority having jurisdiction shall approve the application, and assign a model number to the pre-approved model plan, if it finds that: (1) The plans submitted for pre-approval conform with the requirements of the construction code and with all other applicable laws; and (2) The fees specified in section 5-7-2 have been paid. (e) Expiration of model plan pre-approval. Pre-approved model plans for home designs shall remain valid until a new edition of the model building code is adopted by the authority having jurisdiction. (f) Owner/contractor application for permit. (1) When applying for a permit with a pre-approved plan for a model home design the owner/contractor shall: (A) Submit [two-sets-4] complete working drawings showing the pre- approved model number along with the manufacturer's [wet] seal and authorizing signature. The authority having jurisdiction will verify the seal and signature. (B) Pay the permit plan review fee pursuant to section 5-7-1. (C) Obtain required approvals from other departments or agencies. (2) Construction drawings for pre-approved model home designs, with the exception of the plot plan and/or cover sheet will not be required to be individually stamped by a person who is licensed in the State of Hawai`i as an architect or professional structural engineer in accordance with this chapter and chapter 464, Hawai`i Revised Statutes. The plot plan and/or cover sheet shall bear the same architect or professional engineer's [wet] seal [ef] and signature as submitted on the pre-approved model home design, pursuant to subsection (c)(1). (3) After the requisite approvals from other departments or agencies have been obtained,the authority having jurisdiction will either approve the application or inform the applicant of deficiencies in the application within six working days after the authority having jurisdiction receives notice that all approvals have been obtained. (4) Once approved, the authority having jurisdiction shall issue the permit in accordance with section 5-5-1." 2 SECTION 3. Chapter 5, article 7, section 5-7-2 of the Hawai`i County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended) is amended to read as follows: "Section 5-7-2. Plan review fee for pre-approved model plans for residential dwellings. A plan review fee shall be assessed on model plans for residential dwellings and residential multi-family dwellings. Each unique model plan of a residential dwelling or residential multi-family dwelling shall be subject to a separate fee. These one-time plan review fees shall be based on the schedule below. PLAN REVIEW FEE FOR PRE-APPROVED MODEL PLANS FOR RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS (Per Unique Design) Category Fees A. County of Hawai`i, Depaitinent of Public Works, Building $150 Division pre-approved [single family] dwelling or multi- family dwelling with architect or structural engineer stamp [900 sq. ft. ] 1,100 sq. ft. [(living area only with one car or two car carport).] or fewer area under roof. B. County of Hawaii, Department of Public Works, Building $200 Division pre-approved [single family] dwelling or multi- family dwelling with architect or structural engineer stamp 1,101 sq. ft. - 1,400 sq. ft. [(living area only with one car or two car carport).] area under roof. C. [Dwellings over] County of Hawaii, Department of Public $20 per 100 sq. ft. Works, Building Division pre-approved dwelling or multi- or fraction thereof' family dwelling with architect or structural engineer stamp 1,401 sq. ft. or more area under roof including all [single family] model homes with no minimum sq. ft. requirement. [(To include all enclosed areas under roof.)] SECTION 4. Material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.New material is underscored. In printing this ordinance,the brackets, bracketed and stricken material, and underscoring need not be included. SECTION 5. Severability. If any provision of this ordinance, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this ordinance are severable. 3 SECTION 6. This ordinance shall take effect upon its approval. INTRODUCED BY: COUNCIL MEM R, COUNTY OF HAWAI`I INTRODUCED BY: MEM R, COUN OF HAWAI`I , Hawai`i Date of Introduction: Date of 1st Reading: Date of 2nd Reading: Effective Date: REFERENCE Comm. 822 4