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Home My WebLink AboutCOM 0989.034 2018-2020 JNt-4 of hi$ VALERIE T. P INTE °° �;n ' �,y%';:; Phone: (808)961-8828 Council Chairwoman& Presiding Officer .* Fax: (808)961-8912 Council District I Email: vpoindexter a co.hawaii.hi.us t}q:� *rE•OFMl� HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL County of Hawai`i Hawai Y County Building 25 Aupuni Street, Suite 1 402 ? _7 Hilo, Hawai`i 96720 - c p-a DATE: August 5, 2020 TO: Aaron Chung, Council Chair {' and Members of the Hawaii County Council -- FROM: alerie T. Poindexter, Council Member SUBJECT: Proposed Amendments to Sections 5-3-2 through 5-3-5 and 5A-3-22 of Bill No. 179 Draft 2; An Ordinance Establishing a County Construction Code Relating to Building Construction and Related Systems Within a Building Under Construction by Amending the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as Amended), as follows: 1) Adopting New Chapters 5 (Construction Administrative Code), 5A (Building Code), 5D (Electrical Code), 5E (Energy Conservation Code), and 5F (Plumbing Code); 2) Amending Chapter 2, Section 2-39; Chapter 3, Sections 3-14 and 3-15; and Chapter 25, Sections 25-1-5, 25-4-10, and 25-4-60; and 3) Repealing Chapters 5 (Building Code), 9 (Electrical Code), and 17 (Plumbing Code). Please see below proposed amendments to sections 5-3-2 through 5-3-5 and 5A-3-22 (Appendix L; Factory-built Housing), of Bill No. 179, Draft 2. These amendments are illustrated in Ramseyer format with respect to the contents of Bill No. 179, Draft 2. Material to be deleted is bracketed and stricken; new material is underscored. 1. Section 5-3-2 of Bill No. 179, Draft 2, would be amended by renumbering it as follows: "Section [5-3-2.] 5-3-3. Relocation of buildings." 2. Section 5-3-3 of Bill No. 179, Draft 2, would be amended by renumbering it as follows: "Section [5-3-3.] 5-3-4. Temporary permits; required." W . Comm.ti 6 Ref.To• Hawai`i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer Ref.Dafe�—AUG 5 2020 I 1 3. Section 5-3-4 of Bill No. 179, Draft 2, would be amended by renumbering it as follows: "Section [5-3-4.1 5-3-5. Separate permit; required." 4. Article 3, division 1 of Bill No. 179, Draft 2, would be amended by adding a new section 5-3-2 to read as follows: i "Section 5-3-2. Factory-built housing. (a) No person shall perform any of the following work or cause or permit the same to be done on any factory-built housing in the County, without first obtaining a permit for this work from the authorijy having jurisdiction: (1) Manufacture, install, erect construct enlarge alter, repair, relocate improve, remove, convert, or demolish any factory-built housing; (2) Manufacture, erect, install, enlarge alter, repair, remove convertor replace any electrical work;, or (3) Manufacture, erect, install, enlarge, alter, repair, remove convert or replace any plumbing, fire sprinkler, gas or drainage piping work or any fixture, gas appliance, water heating or water treating equipment. (b) To obtain a permit, an applicant shall comply with sections: 5-4-1; 5-4-2 5- 4-3 5-4-4 5-4-5 5-4-6 5-4-7 and 5-4-8. (c) For the purposes of this section, "manufacture"means the process of making, fabricating, constructing, forming, or assembling a FBH at a place other than the building ite." 5. Section 5A-3-22 of Bill No. 179, Draft 2, would be amended to read as follows: "Section 5A-3-22. Appendix L; Factory-built Housing. Appendix L is added to read as follows: "APPENDIX L FACTORY-BUILT HOUSING SECTION L101 APPLICABILITY L101.1 Purpose. These provisions are applicable to the design, construction, installation,and transportation of factory-built housing (FBH) within the County. Unless otherwise specified this article shall be applicable only to FBH which is sold or offered for sale to first users as defined below. 2 3 i [Exeeptions Manufactured homes manufactured and eertified-mi St.,,,,a.fds as pfaffitilgaled by the United Stater Department of Foundation,Housing and Urban Development. exterior staifs> i A deptio of the International Building Code and International Residential Code far One and Two Family Dwellings.] All provisions of the building, housing, electrical=and plumbing codes shall be applicable unless indicated otherwise in this article. L101.2 Definitions. The following terms are defined for specialized use within this article. "Building official"means the director of the department of public works or the director's authorized representative. "Factory-built housing" means any structure or portion thereof designed primarily for residential occupancy by human beings, which is either entirely prefabricated or assembled at a place other than the building site. "First user" means a person, firm or corporation who initially installs FBH within this State. A person who subsequently purchases an installed FBH is not a first user within the meaning of this definition. "Insignia of approval"means a tag, tab, stamp, label or other device issued by the building official to indicate compliance with the statutes and these rules. "Installation"means the assembly of FBH on site and the process of affixing FBH to land, a foundation or an existing building. "Manufacture"means the process of making, fabricating, constructing, forming=or assembling a [pfad tet ffam raw, unfinished of semi fiiiished ffi teff is to padtiee] FBH[...] at a place other than the building site. "Site"means the parcel of land on which FBH is installed. L101.3 Building permit required. Cal No person shall [install FBH of cause the foregoing t„ be dere .tl at4 first obtaining „ building « ,-m t from the building offi^ia1 f f eaeh 121317.] perform any of the following;work or cause or permit the same to be done on any FBH in the County, 3 without first obtaining a permit for this work from the building official: (1) Manufacture, install, erect, construct, enlarge alter, repair, relocate, improve, remove, convert, or demolish anyFBH; (2) Manufacture, erect, install, enlarge alter, repair, remove convert, or replace any electrical work; or (3) Manufacture, erect, install, enlarge, alter, repair, remove convert, or replace any plumbing, fire sprinkler,gas, or drainage piping work, or any fixture, gas appliance, water heating, or water treating equipment. (b) To obtain a permit, an applicant shall comply with sections: 5- 4-1. 5-4-2 5-4-3 5-4-4 5-4-5 5-4-6 5-4-7 and 5-4-8 L101.4 Building permit fee. A fee for each building permit as set forth in section [5-3-5] 5-7-3 of[this] chapter 5, shall be paid to the building official. The fee shall be based of +>no <,nl„n+;,,„ of the 1,uild w (, ; plane plete ; „l„,�in the cost o fearport fences U Utll.tlllr, 1111�11 , , n lvv ar$, rte.] L101.5 Insignia of approval. (a) FBH manufactured in this County which is sold or offered for sale to first users within this County shall bear the insignia of approval issued by the building official indicating that the FBH is in compliance with this article. (b) FBH manufactured outside the [coin] County shall bear the insignia of approval issued by any governmental or inspectional agency approved by the building official. L101.6 Performance of building, electrical, and plumbing [MW eleetrz l] work. (a) All building, electrical,and plumbing work performed within [this-Mate}the State of Hawaii shall comply with State of Hawaii contracting and licensing laws and regulations. (b) All building, electrical,and plumbing work to be performed at the factory outside of this state must be accomplished: (1) Under the supervision of a licensed [supervi4ng] building contractor, licensed supervising electrician,or master plumber, respectively, of the [comity] state in which the factory is located, if the manufacturer submits a quality control manual which is approved by the building official; or 4 i i (2) By licensed building contractors, electricians=or plumbers,respectively, of the [Eery] state in which the factory is located. if the maiittfaettffo.,does not s..1, + quftlity -e-Afitlf-All M."AfflUal which is approved by the building official; vspeeffi i (a) T l 1 of three tits of !a-ns 1 specifications G `l4l For each model Vl FBH, (b) With each 71 .atio, fef a building permit, tb-fee sats o installation plans and speeifieations including the plot plan sha be s ub.fni4e (e) Pfepafation of plans and absefvatien of eenstfuetion shall be by State of Hawai'i. URN L101.7 Inspections. (a) Each and every FBH manufactured outside of[the] this County shall be inspected by [the building effieial within, the Ceunt<,] a governmental or inspectional agency approved by the building official in conformance with the quality assurance standards approved by the building official and in compliance with County of Hawaii codes and regulations. (b) All manufacturing work, including building, electrical, and plumbing, shall be inspected in the factory by the building official[...] to ensure compliance with the requirements of the construction code. It shall be the duty of the permit holder or their agent, to cause the work to remain accessible and exposed for inspection purposes. All inspections of FBH shall comply with sections 5-8-1, 5-8-2, 5-8-3, 5-8-4, 5-8-5, 5-8-6, and 5-8-7. [L101.9] L101.8 Manufacturer's label. [A m of ettifef's label the building, tnanufaewfe date, design lead efitefia, and third party stat..-. shall be securely fastened e the >~BB.] Lal Each and every FBH manufactured outside of this County shall have a manufacturer's label on a metal plate showing the manufacturer's name, serial number of the building, manufacture date, design load criteria, and an inspection stamp by a 5 governmental or inspectional agency approved by the building official securely fastened on the FBH; Each and every FBH manufactured in the County of Hawaii shall have a manufacturer's label on a metal plate showing the manufacturer's name, serial number of the building, manufacture date, design load criteria, and building official inspection stamp securely fastened on the FBH. [LI01:10] L101.9 Transporting Factory-Built Housing. The transportation of FBH shall be governed by the provisions of the County and State traffic codes." Due to the extensive length of Bill No. 179, Draft 2, a copy of the revised draft of this bill that would result if these proposed amendments to Bill No. 179, Draft 2 are adopted is not attached. VP/lc 6