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J % 1 1�Y COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII q rt or %4 BILL NO. 27 (DRAFT 2) ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 4, ARTICLE 4, DIVISION 2, SECTION 4 -25 OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO NOISY DOG; PROCEDURE FOR ABATEMENT OF NUISANCE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: SECTION 1. Chapter 4, article 4, division 2, section 4 -25 of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended) is amended to read as follows: "Section 4 -25. Noisy dog; [proeedure for abatement of nuison .) reasonable attempts to reduce noise; penalties. (a) Any person disturbed by a noisy dog shall make [a reasonable atte a reasonable attempt to advise the owner or custodian who keeps such dog of this fact. Reasonable attempts for notification include by letter, email, visit to the owner or custodian, or any other legal method. If the person disturbed by a noisy dog is unable to notify the owner or custodian of the noisy dog, or[,] after notifying the owner or [keeper custodian, the nuisance is not abated, the person disturbed by the noisy dog may then notify the [p ollee depai appropriate enforcement agency. (b) [ l o f th o f thi ..l-•apte e h b iti eh v iola ti on. it L ll b �e a ViOlatk) iff the A-V,Tner- of ettstedian fails to abate the nuisance within one hetir- after- being advised by the poliee depaftment-] The owner or custodian of a noisy dog that causes a disturbance as provided in section 4 -24 shall be guilty of a violation of this section: If after being advised of the disturbance per subsection (a), the owner or custodian of a noisy dog does not take immediate and effective action to abate the nuisance; or If the appropriate enforcement agency is notified and responds to a complaint of a noisy dog and the nuisance is not abated. (c) There shall be a penalty of $25 for the first violation of this section. The second violation has a penalty of $75, the third $100, and any subsequent violation $200."