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COUNTY OF HAWAI`I :•4 _�- 'i•`1 STATE OF HAWAI`I
BILL NO. 189
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 14,ARTICLE 25, SECTION 14-151, OF THE
HAWAI`I COUNTY CODE 1983 (2016 EDITION,AS AMENDED),RELATING TO
CLEARING UNSAFE FLORA.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI`I:
SECTION 1. Chapter 14, article 25, section 14-151, of the Hawai`i County Code 1983
(2016 Edition, as amended),is amended by amending subsection(a)to read as follows:
"(a) If a majority of all the adult residents within a radius of five hundred feet from
any boundary of, or the property owner of a property adjacent to or abutting, any
occupied or unoccupied lot, in writing to the mayor requests that the lot be cleared
of refuse,uncultivated undergrowth, or unsafe flora,the mayor or a designated
depaLtuient shall investigate the complaint. If the mayor or the designated
department, in consultation with an appropriate expert, certifies that there is
refuse,uncultivated undergrowth, or unsafe flora on the lot complained about to
an extent that the lot poses or is likely to pose an imminent danger for fire,health,
safety,property damage, or crime hazard,the mayor shall notify the owner of the
lot to clear the occupied or unoccupied lot of the refuse,uncultivated
undergrowth, or unsafe flora."
SECTION 2. New material is underscored. In printing this ordinance,the underscoring
need not be included.
SECTION 4. Severability. If any provision of this ordinance, or the application hereof
to any person or circumstance,is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or
applications of this ordinance that can be given effect without the invalid provision or
application, and to this end the provisions of this ordinance are severable.
SECTION 5. This ordinance shall take effect upon its approval.
IN ODUCED BY:
Pt
DENNIS ONISHI
Council Member
,Hawai`i
Date of Introduction:
Date of 1st Reading:
Date of 2nd Reading:
Effective Date:
REFERENCE Comm. 1041 •
IflllIII IHI III II
2 LRB 26-048 D3