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B UILDING C ODE § 5A-1-1 <br />CHAPTER 5 <br />BUILDING <br />(Rep 2020, ord 20-61, sec 12.) <br />CHAPTER 5A <br />BUILDING CODE* <br />* Editor’s Notes: <br /> 1. Pursuant to section 107-28, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes (“HRS”), each County shall amend and adopt the Hawai‘i <br />State building codes and standards listed in HRS, section 107-25 within two years after adoption by the State <br />Building Code council. If a County does not amend, adopt, and update a State code within this time frame, the <br />respective State code shall become applicable as an interim County code. <br /> 2. Chapter 5, “building code” was repealed by ordinance 20-61, section 12, and replaced with Chapter 5A. <br />Article 1. General Provisions. <br />Section 5A-1-1. Title. <br />This chapter shall be known as the “building code.” <br />(2020, ord 20-61, sec 3.) 5A-1-1 <br />Section 5A-1-2. Purpose. <br />The purpose of this chapter is to provide minimum standards to safeguard life or <br />limb, health, property and public welfare by regulating and controlling the design, <br />construction, quality of materials, use and occupancy, location and maintenance of all <br />buildings and structures within the County and certain equipment specifically <br />regulated herein. <br />(2020, ord 20-61, sec 3.) 5A-1-2 <br />Section 5A-1-3. Scope; exceptions. <br />This chapter shall apply to the design, construction, alteration, movement, <br />enlargement, replacement, repair, equipment, use and occupancy, location, removal and <br />demolition of buildings or structures or any appurtenances connected or attached to <br />such buildings or structures. <br />Exception: <br />Detached one- and two-family dwellings and multiple single-family dwellings and <br />townhouses not more than three stories above grade plane in height with a separate <br />means of egress and their accessory structures not more than three stories above grade <br />plane in height shall be permitted to comply with the residential building code, chapter <br />5B, Hawai‘i County Code if provided with debris impact protection in accordance with <br />Section 1609.2 Protection of Openings. Exception 3 in Section 1609.2 shall not apply. <br />(2020, ord 20-61, sec 3; am 2021, ord 21-61, sec 14.) 5A-1-3 <br />Section 5A-1-4. Administrative provisions. <br />Provisions relating to permitting, enforcement, inspection, and other <br />administrative procedures pertaining to this chapter are contained in chapter 5, the <br />construction administrative code. <br />(2020, ord 20-61, sec 3.) 5A-1-4 <br />SUPP. 11 (1-2022) <br />5A-1 <br /> <br />