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BILL NO. 153
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 4, ARTICLE 4, SECTION 4-4-26, OF THE
HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2016 EDITION,AS AMENDED), RELATING TO
ANIMALS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 4, article 4, division 2, section 4-4-26 of the Hawai`i County Code
1983 (2016 Edition, as amended) is amended to read as follows:
"Section 4-4-26. Noisy dog; reasonable attempts to reduce noise; penalties.
(a) Any person disturbed by a noisy dog shall make a reasonable attempt to advise the
owner or custodian who keeps such dog of this fact. Reasonable attempts for
notification include by letter, email, visit to the owner or custodian, or any other
legal method. If the person disturbed by a noisy dog is unable to notify the owner or
custodian of the noisy dog, or after notifying the owner or custodian, the nuisance is
not abated, the person disturbed by the noisy dog may then notify the appropriate
enforcement agency.
(b) The owner or custodian of a noisy dog that causes a disturbance as provided in
section 4-4-25 shall be guilty of a violation of this section:
(1) If after being advised of the disturbance per subsection(a), the owner or
custodian of a noisy dog does not take immediate and effective action to abate
the nuisance; or
(2) If the appropriate enforcement agency is notified and responds to a complaint
of a noisy dog and the nuisance is not abated.
(c) There shall be a penalty of[$25] $50 for the first violation of this section. The
second violation has a penalty of[$-7-5-,] $100,the third [$100,] $200,and any
subsequent violation [$200.] $400."
SECTION 2. Material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New material is
underscored. In printing this ordinance, the brackets,bracketed and stricken material, and
underscoring need not be included.
SECTION 3. Severability. If any provision of this ordinance, or the application thereof
to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or
applications of the ordinance that can be given effect without the invalid provision or
application, and to this end the provisions of this ordinance are severable.
SECTION 4. This ordinance shall take effect upon its approval.
INTRODUC BY:
for
COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAI`I
, Hawai`i
Date of Introduction:
Date of 1st Reading:
Date of 2nd Reading:
Effective Date:
REFERENCE Comm. 823
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