Chapter 05 Construction Administrative Code

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C ONSTRUCTION A DMINISTRATIVE C ODE§ 5-4-3 (B) Residential installations that do not utilize a preapproved system or that are not consistent with approved standards including but not limited to, those relating to span tables, older homes or site-built trusses. (g) Installation of electrical work on residential and nonresidential electrical work in special flood hazard areas shall be prepared, designed, and stamped by a person who is licensed in the State of Hawai‘i as a professional electrical engineer. (h) Mechanical plans, included but not limited to plumbing installation and HVAC installation drawings, specifications shall be prepared, designed, and stamped by a person who is licensed in the State of Hawai‘i as a professional mechanical engineer, and shall be according to State statutes when required by the authority having jurisdiction. Plans for single- or two family dwellings are not required to show plumbing piping plans or diagrams unless requested by the authority having jurisdiction. Exception: For single and two-family dwellings and residential accessory structures, plans and specifications may be prepared, designed, and stamped by a person who is licensed in the State of Hawai‘i as an architect or professional mechanical engineer. (i) Plumbing plans and diagrams shall be required for R-3 single and two family dwellings and townhouses that include four or more bathrooms. (j) The authority having jurisdiction may require plans, computations, and specifications to be prepared, designed, and stamped by a person who is licensed in the State of Hawai‘i as an architect or professional engineer, if prescriptive requirements of the construction code are not being adhered to. (k) No person shall materially deviate from any reviewed plan or specifications or fail, neglect or refuse to comply herewith, unless permission to do so has first been obtained from the person who is licensed in the State of Hawai‘i and listed as the architect or professional engineer of record. Revised drawings or a letter, or both, that show such deviations and have been prepared, designed, and stamped by the architect or professional engineer of record, shall be submitted to the authority having jurisdiction for review and approval. (2020, ord 20-61, sec 2; am 2023, ord 23-88, sec 1.) 5-4-3 Section 5-4-4. Contractors and specialty contractors; work. (a) Prior to issuance of a permit, applicants for a permit shall file a statement with the authority having jurisdiction that includes the following: (1) Name; address, email address and telephone number of each contractor or specialty contractor engaged to work upon the building, structure, or project; (2) Name of the responsible managing employee or authorized employee of each contractor or specialty contractor; (3) Phase or phases of work to be performed by each contractor or specialty contractor; SUPP. 15 (1-2024) 5-21