HomeMy WebLinkAboutBIL 250 Draft 02 2002-2004 COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII
BILL N0.25o
(Draft 2)
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 21, OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (1995
EDITION), RELATING TO SEWER CONNECTION REQUIREMENTS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OP HAWAFL
SECTION 1. Chapter 21, article 2, section 21-5, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (1995
Edition), is amended to read as follows:
Section 21-~. Connection to sewer required.
(a) [eE] Owners of all dwellines, buildings, or properties used for human occupancy,
employment, recreation, or other purposes, which [is] are accessible to a sewer [and
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If, due to rock, wastewater collection system depth, or other construction problems, a
buildin>; cannot be practically served, the owner shall install, operate and maintain a
residential pumping station.
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The director may~rant a variance/exemption of the foregoing connection requirements to
owners of single-family dwellings existing at the time of installation of the public
wastewater system, if the following is found:
There are special or unusual circumstances applying to the subject realproperty
which exist that render the ability to connect to a wastewater system an extreme
physical or financial hardship: and
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There are no other reasonable alternatives; and
The variance is consistent with the general purpose of the chapter and will not be
materially detrimental topublic health, safety, or welfare.
To obtain a time extension under the provisions of subsection (al of this section, owners
must file a written request to the connection requirement before the expiration of the
aforesaid one hundred eighty days. The written request shall document the need for the
extension and the requested amount of time.
~ Time extensions granted pursuant to subsection (d) of this section shall be for a period
not to exceed two e
~f An appeal from the decision of the director in subsection (c) or (d) may be filed with the
environmental management commission within 30 days of receipt of the decision. A
person is aggrieved by a decision of the director if:
The person has an interest in the subject matter of the decision
that is so directly and immediately affected, that the person's
interest is clearly distinguishable from that of the general
public; and
The person is or will be adversely affected by the decision.
An appeal shall be in writing, in the form prescribed by the environmental
management commission, and shall specify the person's interest in the subject matter
of the appeal and the grounds of the appeal. Any such appeal shall be accompanied
by a filing fee of $50. The person appealing a decision of the director shall provide a
copy of the appeal to the director and to the owners of the affected property and shall
provide the environmental management commission with the proof of service.
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The appellant, the owners of the affected property, and the director shall be parties to
an appeal. Other persons may be admitted as parties to an appeal, as permitted b
environmental management commission.
The director and the environmental management commission shall adopt rules to
implement this section.
SECTION 2. Material to be repealed is bracketed. New material is underscored. In printing this
ordinance, the brackets, bracketed material and underscoring need not be included.
SECTION 3. If any provision of this ordinance, or the application thereof to any person or
circumstance, is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the
ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end, the
provisions ofthis ordinance are declared to be severable.
SECTION 4. This ordinance shall take effect upon its approval.
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C UNC L ME141BEI . C LINTY OF HAWAII
Hilo, Hawai' i
Date of Introduction:
Date of 1" Reading:
Date of 2id Reading:
Effective Date:
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