HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0110.022 2024-2026Ashley L. Kierkiewicz
Council Member
District 4 Puna
Office: (808) 961-8265
Fax: (808) 961-8912
ashley. kierkiewicz@hawaiicounty.gov
HAWAI`I COUNTY COUNCIL
Hawaii County Building
25 Aupuni Street Hilo, Hawaii 96720
DATE: April 1, 2025
TO: Dr. Holeka Goro Inaba, Council Chair
and Members of the Hawaii County Council
FROM: Ashley L. Kierkiewicz, Council Member
SUBJECT: Proposed Amendments to Bill No. 24, Draft 2; AN ORDINANCE AMENDING
CHAPTER 25, ARTICLES 1, 2, 4, 5, AND 7, OF THE HAWAI`I COUNTY
CODE 1983 (2016 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO
TELECOMMUNICATION ANTENNAS AND TOWERS.
Transmitted herewith are proposed amendments to Bill No. 24, Draft 2. The amendments are
shown below in Ramseyer format with respect to the content of Bill No. 24, Draft 2; material to
be deleted is bracketed and stricken, and material to be added is underscored. A copy of the new
draft of this resolution that would result if these proposed amendments were adopted is not
attached, due to the limited scope of the amendments.
SECTION 5 of Bill No. 24, Draft 2, which amends chapter 25, article 2, division 7, section
25-2-74 of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended), is amended by
amending paragraph (7)(A) to read as follows:
"(A) Documentation of efforts to install, construct, or co -locate the proposed
facility on or within:
(i) Existing towers or feasible antenna support structures;
(ii) Sites that do not adversely impact significant public views, such as
beaches, shorelines, oceans, and natural areas;
[(4)] iii Industrial or commercial zoning districts;
[(iii)] CivLocations that are not highly visible from adjacent
roadways, public spaces, parks, schools, greenbelts, or other
visually sensitive areas; and
[(ice)] CvJ Areas unserved or underscrved with respect to broadband
access and infrastructure;"
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2. SECTION 5 of Bill No. 24, Draft 2, is further amended by amending paragraph (9) to read as
follows:
"(9) Documentation [of aeeess easefnefA t the building ing site i favor- f the ffawai'
;] demonstrating compliance with
the Hawaii State Fire Code and Standard No. 76, relating to the fire
protection of telecommunications facilities, of the National Fire Protection
Association which documentation must be submitted to the Hawaii fire
department,
SECTION 7 of Bill No. 24, Draft 2, which amends chapter 25, article 4, division 1, section
25-4-12, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended), is amended by
amending subsection (f) to read as follows:
"(f) The tower, together with the initial antennas or other equipment proposed to
be installed thereon, shall [have a hard s ability f r sustained winds f at,
least o ,,,,ndre,a thift , miles per- r,,,,,, ]-
(1) Comply with the building code; and
(2) Be equipped with:
(A) A redundant power supply capable of providing sufficient power
for no less than twenty-four hours; and
(B) Where feasible, secondary data transmission capabilities that can
support mass notification messaging during a disaster."
4. SECTION 7 of Bill No. 24, Draft 2, is further amended by deleting subsection (h) as follows:
:-
5. SECTION 7 of Bill No. 24, Draft 2, is further amended by redesignating subsections (i), (j),
(k) as (h), (i), and 0), respectively.
Mahalo nui.
AK:kj
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