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COUNTY OF HAWAI`I •i�`'=°-_�1••� STATE OF HAWAII '....??4„-6-,,:_.,.,3;:y BILL NO. 153 ORDINANCE NO. 24 46 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 4, ARTICLE 4, SECTION 4-4-26, OF THE HAWAI`I 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[$53] $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 Material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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.