HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1943-131BY AUTHORITY
COUNTY OF HAWAII
TERRITORY OF HAWAII
ORDINANCE NO. 131
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING
POI SHOP
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN
AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
HAWAII:
Section I. PERMITS REQUIR-
ED FOR POI SHOPS. No Poi
shop or shop for the manufacture
of poi or paiai for sale shall be
erected, maintained, used or op-
erated within the County of Ha-
waii except under a permit there-
for as hereinafter provided.
The treasurer of the County of
Hawaii is hereby authorized, em-
powered and directed to issue, up-
on the receipt of a fee of one dol-
lar, a permit for such shop, upon
the recommendation, in writing, of
the Board of Supervisors of the
County o£ Hawaii.
No such permit shall be recom-
mended by the Board of Supervi-
sors unless such shop shall be
properly ventilated, laid with ce-
ment side walls to a height of at
least three feet and draining to a
trap connected with a cesspool,
sewer or such other means for the
proper disposal of drainage as may
be approved by the building and
plumbing' inspector; nor for any
such shop in any place where
there is not available an adequate
supply of pure water or which is
incanable of proper drainage, or
which is in such close proximity
to sleeping compartments, stable,
laundry, abattoir or other placa
where any business or process is
carried on or condition maintain-
ed which, in the opinion of the
Board of Supervisors, might be a
source of contamination or infec-
tion to the poi or paiai manufac-
tured threat. No such shop shall
be maintained, used, or operated
for any other purpose than the
manufacture of poi or paiai, nor
unless only pure water shall be
used thereat and proper drainage
maintained therefor, nor unless it
shall be kept so screened as to
prevent flies and insects from en-
tering therein, nor unless all im-
plements, tools, machinery, con-
tainers, and all other utensils used
for or in connection with the man-
ufacture, distribution or storage of
poi or paiai shall be sterilized each
time before being used, nor if any
person or individual is employed
or engaged 1n or about such shop
or building who is afflicted with
zny contagious or infectious dis-
ease or any disease whioh in the
oI'inion of the Board of Supervi-
sors, may contaminate or infect
the poi or paiai.
SECTION II. TERM OF POI
SHOP PERMIT. Each permit so
issued shall be for a term of one
year and shall be subject to revo-
cation at any time by the treasurer
on the recommendation of the
Board of Supervisors when it ap-
pears that the place for which it
is issued or the manner in which
such place is maintained, used or
operated does not comply in all
respects with the conditions and
restrictions of Section I.
SECTION III. Any person now
operating in the County of Hawaii
poi shop or shop for the manu-
facture oP poi or paiai for sale
shall obtain the permit as provid-
ed herein within ninety days after
the enactment of said Ordinance.
SECTION IV. REQUIRED AN-
ALYSIS FOR POI. Poi, which on
analysis is found to contain less
than thirty per cent of total solids,
shall be deemed unfit for human
food, and it is hereby provided
that the sale of such poi shall be
prohibited.
SECTION V. PENALTY. Any
person who violates or fails to com-
ply with any provision of the sec-
tions herein provided, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall be pun-
ished by a fine of not less than
twenty-five dollars, nor more than
five hundred dollars, or by im-
prisonment for not more than
three months, or by both such fine
and imprisonment. Further, if
such person has a permit, the
same shall be forfeited.
SECTION VI. This Ordinance
shall take effect from and after
its approval.
Introduced by:
(SgdJ T. M. CUNNINGHAM
Supervisor, 1st Representative
District.
Date of Introduction;
August 20, A. D. 1943.
Hilo, Hawaii.
TERRITORY OF HAWAII) ss.
COUNTY OF HAWAII )
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the
foregoing Ordinance was regularly
considered at a meeting of the
Board of Supervisors of the Coun-
ty of Hawaii held at the County
Seat upon the 1st day of Septem-
ber, A. D. 1943, and upon being put
to vote said Ordinance was adopted
by a majority of the Supervisors
at said meeting.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of the County of Hawall
upon this 1st day of Sept. A. D.
1943.
(SEAL)
(SgdJ ALFRED K. KUMALAE,
County Clerk of the County
of Hawaii.