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County of Hawai`i ?.•' +,, Phone: (808) 961-8564
Council District 9- ��`I'r''% (808) 887-2069
North and South Kohala Email: tim.richards(a?hau�aiico inty.gov
Chair: Committee on Agriculture,A '�..�
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HERBERT M. "TIM" RICHARDS, III
I-IAWAPI COUNTY COUNCIL
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DATE: August 5, 2020 a
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TO: Aaron S.Y. Chung, Council Chair
and Members of the Hawaii County Council
FROM: Herbert M. "Tim" Richards, III, Council Member
SUBJECT: Proposed Amendments to Section 5A-3-3 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'), 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 section 5A-3-3 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.
Section 5A-3-3 of Bill No. 179, Draft 2 (Amendments to Appendix C; Group U—
Agricultural Buildings), is amended by amending paragraph C 101.3.2 to read as
follows:
"C101.3.2 Barbed or razor wire fences. Barbed or razor wire shall not
be used for construction of any fence.
Exceptions:
(a) Barbed or razor wire may be used in fences enclosing the following
premises, provided that barbed or razor wire shall be placed along or AIU/-U
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above the height of 6 feet from the ground, subject to the approval of
the fire department:
(1) Any "public utility" as defined in section 269-1, Hawaii Revised
Statutes;
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(2) Premises in industrial zoned districts and used for storage or
handling of hazardous materials, and premises zoned I-2 or I-3,
intensive or waterfront industrial districts which are used for
industrial purposes and are not adjacent to premises used for other
purposes;
(3) Zoos for keeping animals and birds for public view or exhibition;
(4) Jails, prisons, reformatories, and other institutions which are
involved in law enforcement or military activities where security
against entry is an important factor.
(b) Barbed wire may be used in premises used for pasturing [ea-ttle or
faising-swine] livestock, including but not limited to: horses; cattle;
sheep; goats; camelids; and pigs, or to keep [pigs of tether] wild
animals out."
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 are adopted is not attached.
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