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COUNTY OF IIAWAII DPW DUILDNG DIVISION ~~r~nd~ TO: DENNIS LEE, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS i~, ~ FROM: STA Y TAKEMURA, BUILDING CI-IIEF DATE: APRIL 9, 2001 SUBJECT: RESPONSE TO COUNCIL QUESTIONS ON 2001-2002 BUDGET HOUSE NUMBERING: Regarding Councilman Tyler s concern on having assigned numbers for all properties. There are approximately 125,000 parcels in the County of fiawaii. Since the inception of the E911 program in 1991, the Building Division has assigned approximately 29,000 addresses. This is in addition to an estimated 15,000 to 25,000 previously assigned addresses which have not been cataloged. Many of the older pre 1991 addresses were placed on the tax maps and never recorded onto any type of systematic filing system. It is estimated that for the 2,000 tax map sheets currently used to assign addresses about 1 hour would be needed to catalog all of the addresses on each map for a minimum total of 2,000 man-hours (or conservatively estimating 1.25 man-years). For this task we would ask for the hiring of a temporary worker. Because large parcels frequently are subdivided, pre-assigning house numbers could create>problems especially when the number of new lots exceeds the available numbers for that parcel. When this occurs the numbers may be out of sequence thereby making location and identification of the structure by police and fire responders very difficult. Pre-assigned addresses may be workable for (a) lots of one half acre or less which are located in an urban area and (b) for agricultural acts of 3 acres or less with a street frontage of 100 feet or less. The Building Division would need to establish a procedural outline for the pre- assigned house numbers. The estimated time needed to accomplish this task is three to four years based on assignments being made on a time available basis.