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Home My WebLink AboutORD 1914-059County of Hawaii, Territory of Hawaii Ordinance No. 59 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDI- NANCE NUMBER 51 OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII, AS AMEND- ED BY ORDINANCE NUMBER 55 OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII, RE- LATING TO THF, ERECTION, CONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION, REPAIR AND REMOVAL OF BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUC- TURES IN THE CITY OF HILO COUNTY OF HAWAII. Be it ordained by the Board of Sup- ervisors of the County of Hawaii. Section 1. Section 14 of Ordinance Number 51 of the County of Hawaii, as amended by Ordinance Number 55 of the County of Hawaii, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Alteration of Existing Buildings. "Section 14. It shall be unlawful to enlarge, build upon, or add to any bolding unless such work shall con- form to the provisions of this Ordi- nance; Provided, however, that when any part of an existing building with- in the fire limits is taken for public use by condemnation or otherwise, it shall be lawful to repair the remain- ing portion of such building with ma- terials similar to those of which the building was originally constructed. It shall be unlawful to make repairs or alterations, excepting painting, paper- ing or replasteri:,? upon any frame building within the fire limits to an extent in all, including repair thereto- fore made, greater than forty per cent of its assessed value." Section 2. Paragraphs 3 and 4 of Section 8 of Ordinance Number 55 of the County of Hawaii are hereby amended so as to read as follows: "Studding on the exterior and in- terior walls of the buildings shall not be placed more than 24 inches from centers. "The underpinning of buildings shall be at ]east 1 inch thicker than the studding of the story immediately above and shall be placed not more than 32 inches from centers from sills of 3x4 inches are used and not more than 36 inches from centers when sills of 4x4 inches are used and not more than 60 inches from centers when sills of 4x6 inches are used and not more than 84 inches from centers when sills of 6x6 inches are used." H. J. LYMAN, Supervisor of Puna.