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WHEREAS, pursuant to section 127A -13(b)(1) Hawai'i Revised Statutes the <br />Mayor has the authority to relieve hardships and inequities, or obstructions to public <br />health, safety or welfare found by the Mayor to exist in the laws of the County and to <br />result from the operation of federal programs or measures taken under Chapter 127A <br />Hawaii Revised Statutes, by suspending the county laws, in whole or in part, or by <br />alleviating the provisions of county laws on such terms and conditions the Mayor may <br />impose; and <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to section 127A -13(b)(2) Hawaii Revised Statutes the <br />Mayor has the authority to suspend any county law that impedes or tends to impede or <br />to be detrimental to the expeditious and efficient execution of, or to conflict with <br />emergency functions, including the laws by which Chapter 127A Hawaii Revised <br />Statutes, specifically are made applicable to emergency personnel; and <br />WHEREAS, due to the possibility of threat to the environment and public health <br />to residents of the District of South and North Kona, Hawai'i Island, and the need for <br />government agencies and representatives from the private sector to mobilize and <br />provide immediate services to our island residents, a state of emergency is authorized <br />pursuant to Chapter 127A Hawai'i Revised Statutes, and Chapter 7, Hawai'i County <br />Code. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY KIM, Mayor of the County of Hawaii, do hereby <br />proclaim and declare that an emergency contemplated by section 127A-14, Hawaii <br />Revised Statutes has occurred in the County of Hawaii and hereby proclaim an <br />emergency for the purposes of implementing the emergency management functions as <br />allowed by law, effective August 1, 2017, and continuing thereon for 60 days or until <br />further act by this office. <br />FURTHER DECLARE, that pursuant to sections 127A -13(b)(1) and (2) the <br />following County laws are suspended during the emergency period as they relate to the <br />grounds of Hale Kikaha Project located in the District of North Kona, County and State <br />of Hawaii: <br />1. Chapter 5 Building Code. <br />2. Chapter 25 Zoning Code. <br />3. Chapter 26 Fire Code. <br />IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of <br />the County of Hawai'i to be affixed. Done this 1st day of August, 2017 in Hilo, Hawaii. <br />/47 <br />HARRY KIM <br />Mayor <br />County of Hawai'i <br />County of Hawai 1 is an Pqual Opportunity Provider and Employer <br />