HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP PWIRC 027 07/09/2007 2006-2008 REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS & INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
DATE: July 9, 2007 Re: Comm. No. 491/Bill No. 116
PLACE: Council Chambers
Ben Franklin Bldg., 2"d Floor
333 Kilauea Avenue
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
Council Chair and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Your Committee on Public Works & Intergovernmental Relations, to which was referred Bill No. 116,
reports as follows:
Bill No. 116, transmitted by Council Chairperson Pete Hoffmann, via Communication No. 491, dated
June 19, 2007, amends Chapter 5, Chapter 9, & Chapter 17 of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005
Edition), as amended in order to exempt Habitat for Humanity Hilo and Habitat for Humanity Kona
from the requirement to pay building, electrical, and plumbing permit fees, except for penalty fees
when applicable. Amendments are as follows:
SECTION 2. Chapter 5, article 1, subsection 5-1.0.12(d), Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005
edition), as amended, relating to "Exemption," is amended to read as follows:
"(d) Exemptions.
The County, all agencies of the County, and contractors with the County, shall
be exempt from the requirement of paying any permit fee.
Habitat for Humanity Hilo and Habitat for Humanity Kona shall be exempt from
the requirement of paving any permit fee. This exemption shall not apply to
penalty fees when required under this chapter."
SECTION 3. Chapter 9, article 5, division 2, section 9-42, Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005
edition), as amended, relating to "County exception," is amended to read as follows:
"Section 9-42. [C-eunt~esceeptien] Permit fee exemptions.
The County and all contractors performing work under authority of the County
shall be exempt from the requirements to pay permit fees.
Habitat for Humanity Hilo and Habitat for Humanity Kona shall be exempt from
the requirement of paying any permit fee. This exemption shall not apply to
penalty fees when required under this chapter.
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SECTION 4. Chapter 17, article 2, division 5, section 17-28, Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005
edition), as amended, relating to "Permit fees," is amended by adding a new subsection (d) to read as
follows:
Habitat for Humanity Hilo and Habitat for Humanity Kona shall be exempt from the
requirement of paving any permit fee, except for fees imposed pursuant to subsection (b), when
applicable. This exemption shall not apply to penalty fees when required under this chanter. "
Habitat for Humanity Hilo and Habitat for Humanity Kona are Hawaii 501(c)(3)nnn-profit
organizations that work with economically disadvantaged people to provide affordable housing units in
the County of Hawaii. The proposed fee exemptions for Habitat construction projects will reduce
costs for the Habitat participants who will occupy these affordable homes. Penalty fees which may be
assessed on Habitat projects are specifically excluded from the permit fee exemptions.
Your Committee on Public Works & Intergovernmental Relations is in accord with the purpose and
intent of Bill No. 116, and recommends it pass first reading.
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