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FRED C. HOLSCHUH, M.D. rPt,~~'~ Phone No.: (808) 961-8264
Council Member Fax No.: (808) 961-8912
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HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL
County of Hawai `i'
Hawaii County Building
25Aupuni Street
Hilo, Hawaii 96720 '
November 1, 2006 r~
TO: Stacy K. Higa, Council Chair h,
and Council Members
FROM: Fred C. Holschuh, M.D'~B-Q-13C
Council Member
RE: Bill No. 258, Draft 2/Communication No. 798.7
Proposed Amendments
Submission of Bill 258, Draft 3
Based on discussion and decision making during the Council meeting of 10/31/06, I would like to
submit Draft 3 of Bill 258, a proposed animal control ordinance to replace Chapter 4, Animals, Hawaii
County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended) in its entirety.
All proposed amendments that received a favorable vote during said Council meeting have been
incorporated into Bill 258, Draft 2 to create Draft 3 of said Bill for Council consideration at Second
Reading.
Ramseyered text appears in this transmittal communication to indicate any changes to Draft 2 of Bill
258.
Article 2. Animal Nuisance
1. Section 4-5. Definitions.
"Animal nuisance," for the purposes of this section, shall include but not be limited to any
animal, farm animal, or poultry which:
(1) Makes noise continuously and/or incessantly for a period of twenty minutes;
(2) Barks, whines, howls, crows, cries, or makes any other unreasonable noise as
described in section 4-7(b) of this article; or
(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 142-75, Hawaii Revised Statutes, or any
other applicable law, bites, or stings a person.
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(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 142-75, Hawaii Revised Statutes, or an
other applicable law, noxious and/or offensive odors shall be deemed a prohibited
nuisance in accordance with HRS 322-2.
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3. Section 4-8. Complaint forms for private citizens.
The animal control contractor, in consultation with the Hawaii County police
department, shall develop a complaint form with respect to the keeping of animals, farm
animals, or poultry. The form may be obtained by private citizens from the animal control
contractor, at the Humane Society Offices, or the office of information and complaints.
Article 3. Dog License.
4. Section 4-16. License fee.
(b) [ if the lieeHOe fee : not paid when due, a enalt y often pereeR4 thereof shall he
added to and beeo me pai4 ef the fee.
The full amount of the fee shall be paid for any fraction of any year for which a
license is issued.
5. Section 4-17. Disposition of fee.
All moneys received by the director of finance under this article shall be [paid i"te
the ge«er.l h,«a of the Ge.,«t.. of u,......:<:] deposited into the Spay/Neuter Fund.
Article 5. Cat Identification Program.
6. Article [3]6. Cat Identification Program.
Article 8. Dog, Cat, and Animal Pounds
7. Section 4-44. Pound established for dogs, cats, and small domesticated animals.
There may be established pounds for the purpose of impounding, sheltering, and
disposing of unlicensed, lost, stray, homeless, or diseased dogs, for the destruction or other
disposition of seized dogs, not redeemed, and for the sheltering and disposing of lost, stray,
unclaimed, or diseased cats and other small domesticated animals [in the a:..tr:ets of K4°,:
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8. Section 4-49. Agreement between County and animal control contractor required.
An agreement containing, but not limited to, the extent of services rendered or to be
rendered by the animal control contractor and methods of reporting and accounting shall be
entered into between the contractor and the County before any payments may be made to the
contractor under this chapter. Any Contract/Agreement shall be reviewed by the Finance
Committee and then approved by the Hawaii County Council.
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