Construction Code - Draft - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

DPW/LRB CONSTRUCTION CODE - DRAFT 5/26/20 For review and comment (7) Issue upon request a certificate of occupancy or certificate of completion for any work approved by the authority having jurisdiction; {5-11(4), 17-8(3).) (8) Investigate any construction or work regulated by the construction code and issue such notices and orders as provided in the construction code; {5-11(7), 17-8(6).) (9) Keep a complete record of all essential transactions; and {5-11(8), 17-8(7).) (10) Maintain public office hours necessary to administer the provisions of the construction code and amendments thereto. {5-11, 17-8.) Section 5-2-3. Compliance required. (a) Permit holders and their agents shall comply with the requirements of permits issued pursuant to the construction code including chapters: 5, the construction administrative code; 5A, the commercial building code; 51), the electrical code; 5E, the energy conservation code; and 517, the plumbing code. (b) Any approval or permit issued pursuant to the provisions of the construction code shall comply with all applicable requirements of the construction code. Any approval or permit that presumes to authorize violation of the provisions of the construction code, or other applicable laws, shall be invalid, except insofar as the work or use it authorizes is lawful. 15-12 minus paragraphs (1)-(8), 17-9, 17-18(d).) (c) The granting of a permit, variance, or approval of plans or specifications pursuant to the construction code does not dispense with the necessity to comply with any applicable law to which a permit holder may also be subject. {9-27(b), 17-9, 17-18(d).) Section 5-2-4. Conflict. (a) If any provisions of the construction code conflict with or contravene provisions of the Hawaii State Building Codes, International Building Code, National Electrical Code, Uniform Plumbing Code, or the International Energy Conservation Code, that have been incorporated by reference, the provisions of the construction code shall prevail as to all matters and questions arising out of the subject matter of that provision. {5-5, 17-4.) (b) In situations where two or more provisions of the construction code and any applicable law, other than those provided for in subsection (a), cover the same subject matter, the stricter shall be complied with. {9-4.) Section 5-2-5. Adoption of rules. The authority having jurisdiction may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, necessary for the purposes of the construction code. {5-13, 17-10.) Section 5-2-6. Right of entry. Upon presentation of proper credentials, the authority having jurisdiction may enter a building, structure,premises, or building site at reasonable times to inspect or to perform any duty imposed by the construction code. Such entry shall be made in such a manner as to cause the least possible inconvenience to the persons in possession. If such building, structure, premises, or building site is unoccupied, the authority having jurisdiction shall first make a 8