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COUNTY OF HAWAII
TERRITORY OF HAWAII
Ordinance No. 136
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO
THE CONSTRUCTION OFSIDE-
V.'ALKS, CURBS, STREETS,
AVENUES. ALLEYS, WATER
AND SEVrER MAINS. IN ADDI-
TIONS AND SUBDIVISIONS OF
REAL ESTATE WITHIN THE
COUNTY OF HAII'AII, FOR THE
PURPOSE OF THE SALE OF
BUILDING LOTS THEREIN BE-
FORETAE SAME ARE OFFERED
FOR SALE, AND PRESCRIBING
THE CONDITIONS FOR SAID
CONSTRUCTION, AND PROVID-
ING PENALTIES FOR THE VI-
OLATION THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PEO-
PLE OF THE COUNTY OF HA-
WAII:
Section 1. Any person, firm or
corporation, the owner of, or pos-
sessed of any interest in, land, de-
siring Lo lay out an addition in the
County of Hawaii, or to subdivide
land within said County for the
purpose of sale of building lots
therein, shall submit to the Depart-
ment of Public Works a plat of the
addition or subdivision desired,
showing the location of all sidewalks,
curbs, streets, avenues, alleys, watec
and sewer mains therein, as desired,
and their relation to existing side-
walks, curbs, streets, avenues, alleys,
water and sewer mains, over adja-
cent ]ands, together with written or
printed speciftcations of the materi-
als and the proposed kind and meth-
od of construction to be used in the
construction of said sidewalks, curbs,
streets, avenues, alleys, water and
sewer mains, in said addition or
subdivision. Said plat shall have all
dimensions of sidewalks, curbs,
streets, avenues, alleys, water end
sewer mains, and lots plainly marked
thereon.
The Department of Public Works
may, if it deems it for the conve-
nience of the inhabitants of the said
County and the public, grant to such
person, firm or corporation, the right
to lay out such addition or subdivi-
sion according to said proposed spe-
cifications of materials, method and
kind of construction of the proposed
sidewalks, curbs, streets, avenues,
alleys, water and sewer mains, in
said addition or subdivision, or may
modify said plat and said specifica-
tions in such manner as it may be
deemed best for the public interest.
Section 2. After the approval of
said plat and said specifications as
submitted or modified, and before it
shall be ]awful to dispose of or offer
for sale any lots or tract of land in
said addition or subdivision, such
person, firm or corporation shall
cause the sidewalks, curbs, streets,
alleys, water and Sewer mains, as
they appear on the approved plat of
said addition or subdivision to be
accurately surveyed and all street
lines marked on the ground and pro-
tected by cast iron monument frames
and covers, and, shall ]ay. and con-
struct in accordance with the spe-
cifications approved by the Depart-
ment of Public Works all sidewalks,
curbs, streets, avenues, alleys, watet•
and sewer mains, set forth in said
plat as approved by the Department
of Public Works.
Monuments marking street lines
shall be properly co-ordinated to
Government Survey Triangulation
Stations and the true azimuths and
distances between them marked on
said plat. Said plat shall be filed in
[he office of the Department of Pu6-
]ic Works.
Section 3. It shall be unlawful for
any person, firm or corporation, to
lay cut an addition or subdivision in
the County of Hawaii, or subdivide
any tract of lend within said Coun-
ty of Hawaii, for the purpose of the
sale of building lots therein, without
complying with the provisions of this
ordinance.
Section 4. IL shall be unlawful for
any owner or other person to sell or
offer for sale or contract for the sale
of any ]ot or tract of land in any
addition or subdivision in the Coun-
ty of Hawaii hereafter platted,
which shall not be laid out, platted,
and all sidewalks, curbs, streets,
avenues, alleys, water and sewer
mains, constructed in conformity
with the provisions of this ordinance,
and of the grant of the Department
of Public Works permitting the ad-
dition or subdivision.
Section 5. The Board of Supervi-
sors of the County of Hawaii shall
not take over, receive by dedication,
or otherwise, or do any repair or
construction work upon or in any
way accept as public highways any
streets, avenues, alleys, water and
sewer mains, in anY addition or sub-
division hereafter opened or platted
in the County of Hawaii except upon
a compliance with the provisions of
this Ordinance, and of the grant of
the Department of Public Works
permitting the addition or subdivi-
sion.
Provided, however, that the grant
to any person, firm or corporation,
by resolution, of the right to lay out
such addition or subdivision accord-
ing to said plat and said speciflca-
tions, as submitted or amended, shall
not be construed to operate as an
acceptance or adoption of such side-
walks, curbs, streets, avenues, alleys,
water and sewer mains, by the Board
of Supervisors, or the Department
of Public Works.
Section 6. Any person, firm or cor-
poration who shall violate any of
the provisions Af this Ordinance
shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor, and, upon conviction
thereof, shall be punished by a fine
of not less than Twenty-five Dollars
/§25.00) nor more than Five Hun-
dred Dollars ($500.00) for each vi-
olation.
Section 7. This Ordinance shall
take effect from and after the date
of its approval.
Introduced by;
(SgdJ JAMES KEALOHA
Supervisor,
Ist Representative District.
Date of Introduction:
November 13, 1944
Hilo, Hawaii.
TERRITORY OF HAWAII )
COUNTY OF HAWAII ) ss.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the
foregoing Ordinance was regularly
considered at a meeting of the
Board of Supervisors of the Coun-
ty of Hawau held at the County
Seat upon the 22nd day of November,
A. D. 1944, 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 Hawaii
upon this 22nd day of November,
A. D. 1944.
SEAL)
(SgdJ ALFRED K. KUMALAE
County Clerk oT the County
of Hawaii.