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P LUMBING C ODE § 5F-1-1 CHAPTER5F PLUMBING CODE* * Editor’s Notes: 1. Pursuant to section 107-28, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes (“HRS”), each County shall amend and adopt the Hawai‘i State building codes and standards listed in HRS, section 107-25 within two years after adoption by the State Building Code council. If a County does not amend, adopt, and update a State code within this time frame, the respective State code shall become applicable as an interim County code. 2. Chapter 17, “plumbing code,” was repealed by ordinance 20-61, section 12, and replaced with chapter 5F. Article 1. General Provisions. Section 5F-1-1. Title. This chapter shall be known as the “plumbing code.” (2020, ord 20-61, sec 6.) 5F-1-1 Section 5F-1-2. Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the protection of the public health and safety by establishing minimum standards for the installation, alteration, or repair of plumbing, gas, and drainage systems and the inspection thereof in the County. (2020, ord 20-61, sec 6.) 5F-1-2 Section 5F-1-3. Scope; exceptions. This chapter shall apply to all new construction, relocated buildings, and to any alterations, repairs, or reconstruction within the property lines of the premises, within the County inland of the shoreline high-water line. Exceptions to these minimum requirements are listed below: This chapter shall not apply to: (1) Work or installations not covered by the Uniform Plumbing Code, 2012 Edition, as adopted by the Hawai‘i State Plumbing Code; (2) Work on buildings or premises owned by or under the direct control of the Federal government; (3) Work in public State or County road right-of-ways for utility installations and mechanical equipment not specifically regulated in this code where installed: (A) Outside the proposed premises or boundary lines in a subdivision under development; or (B) In an approved subdivision, where the work is in planned or actual roadways or other common infrastructure areas; (4) Pursuant to section 448E-13, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes, work by employees of a public utility within the State under a franchise or charter granted by the State which is regulated by the public utilities commission and community antennae television company, while so employed; (5) Plumbing work related to work regulated by chapter 397, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes, relating to boilers and pressure vessels; or SUPP. 11 (1-2022) 5F-1