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Kona Outdoor Circle--Comments to Proposed Sign Ordinance Bill No. 280 8/17/98 <br /> Page 5/; <br /> Division 12. Violations, Enforcement, Penalty. <br /> Page 20-21. Enforcement. <br /> Comment: The current complaint is that the Chief Engineer has not been given the <br /> manpower to enforce this provision. Therefore,those who willfully violate the <br /> sign ordinances do so knowing there is little chance they'll have to make a change. <br /> The ideal would be to assign County employees to enforce the rules,but we suspect <br /> that money is Iacking to add personnel for this function. We would suggest that <br /> perhaps a volunteer committee could serve as an adjunct to,under the auspices of, <br /> the County in finding Violators and helping enforce the law. We believe that there <br /> are people in the County who might be willing to serve for a specified period of <br /> time for a specified area--certainly that seems to be true for the Kona area. <br /> Page 21, Section 3-38: Penalty: fee not exceedinc 5500... <br /> Comment: Fee should be more clearly delineated. Who judges if it is$500 or less? <br /> We feel it should be$500, which should hep encourage compliance. Also,how is <br /> it then enforced?Would it be possible to make this a GE tax compliance issue, or • <br /> have some way to collect/place a lien to ensure compliance ? <br /> Section 3-62, Variances for Kailua Village Signs <br /> Page 24 ..the planning director may grant a variance__ <br /> Comment: Variances should only be able to be granted by the Hawaii County <br /> Council,in compliance with Division 6, Section 3-22, Variances, as per page 15 of <br /> this document. No one individual should be burdened e'ith that kind of <br /> responsibility, nor given that kind of poaoe�r. Public input should be requested for <br /> any variance. <br /> Page 24, Section 6. The ordinance shall take effect si . months after adoption. <br /> Comment: This ordinance should take effect the day of adoption. There is a <br /> provision already here for"grandfathered"signs. Giving an additional six months <br /> just gives more opportunity for spirit and letter violation. <br /> Respectfully submitted, <br /> Vvrlif4. ET4ded <br /> Sherry L. Bracken <br /> Kona Outdoor Circle Sian Committee Ch2ir_nan <br />