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This statement raises the question of signs on Hawaiian Home Lands, since signs erected on DHHL property are currently unregulated — with many in gross violation of the current county sign code -- yet quite visible from public streets. Will enforcement now become uniform? Sign permits, section 3-14 (b): "...kept on file for the lifetime of the sign. " Where? At the place of business? Corporate office? Sign contractor's office? It would be helpful if this were spelled out. Electrical plan inspection, section 3-16: There is room for confusion in the statement "The electrical inspector shall examine the plans and specifications of all wiring and connections." This should be amended to include of the sign itself, as there is also the primary power from the main panel to the sign, and this has its own permit that is obtained by the electrician, not the sign contractor. The above wording might be interpreted in such a way as to require the primary power specifications and/or the permit for same to be included with the sign permit application (as is sometimes the case with the current sign code). Providing such information becomes a cart -before -the -horse problem, as often the sign permit is needed far ahead of the sign's electrical permit. For example, one wants to be sure a sign location will be approved before having the electrician work out the details of getting the power to it and then obtaining that permit. Minor points: Section 3-1, (a), (3): "The indiscriminate erection and maintenance of..." A lack of maintenance would be even more detrimental! Perhaps delete "and maintenance." As I pointed out in my testimony in February, under the "SUMMARY OF ALLOWABLE SIGNS (PROPOSED), on page two, under "SIGNS ALLOWED WITH PERMITS" it states that window signs are prohibited under the current code. This is incorrect. Window signs are not regulated in any way, except in the Kailua Village core area.