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HAWAVI COUNTY COUNCIL
Hawaii County Building
25 Aupuni Street - Hilo,Hawaii 96720
DATE: June 3, 2025
TO: Dr. Holeka Goro Inaba, Council Chair
and Members of the Hawaii County Council
FROM: Ashley L. Kierkiewicz, Council Member
SUBJECT: Proposed Amendment to Bill No. 24, Draft 5; An Ordinance Amending Chapter
25, Articles 1, 2, 4, 5, and 7, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as
Amended), Relating to Telecommunication Antennas and Towers.
Transmitted herewith is a proposed amendment to Bill No. 24, Draft 5. The amendment is shown
below in Ramseyer format with respect to the content of Bill No. 24, Draft 5; material to be
deleted is bracketed and stricken, and material to be added is underscored. A copy of the new
draft of this bill that would result if this proposed amendment were adopted is not attached.
SECTION 2 of Bill No. 24, Draft 5, which amends chapter 25, article 1, section 25-1-5, of the
Hawaii County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended)by amending the definition of
"Telecommunications antenna", is amended by amending paragraph(2)to read as follows:
"(2) Does not include:
(A) Portable, handheld, and vehicular transceivers or radios;
(B) Industrial, scientific, and medical equipment operating at frequencies
designated for that purpose by the Federal Communications Commission
(FCC);
(C) Marketed consumer products, such as microwave ovens, citizens band radios,
ham radios, or remote-controlled devices;
(D) Facilities solely for the personal reception of these transmissions, such as
radio and television appliances; [and]
(E) Small wireless facilities, as defined by the Hawaii Revised Statutes, section
206N-I[-.], and
(F) Broadband services delivered through wireline technologies, such as digital
subscriber line, cable, and fiber-to-the-premises."
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