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COUNTY OF HAWAII
TERRITORY OF HAWAII
ORDINANCE N0. 36
AN ORDINANCE TO COMPEL THE CLEARING OF REFUSE AND UNCULTIVATED
UNDERGROWTH FROM UNOCCUPIED LOTS IN THE CITY OF HILO.
BE iT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
Section 1. Evart' owner of any. unoccupied lot the frontage of
which abuts or adjoins any public street or highway within the
City of Hilo, shall clear such lot of all.. ref use and uncultivated
undergrowth thereon to a depth of not exceeding 100 feet from any
street or highway adJoining, whenever on auoh lot there is refuse
or uncultivated undergrowth to such an extent that such lot has
becb me or 1s likely to become a fire, health or crime hazard.
Section 2. If a mafority of all the adult residents within
a radius of 500 feet from any boundary of any rich lot, shall, in
writing to the Board of Supervisors, request that such lot be
cleared, then the Board of Supervisors shall refer the complaint
to the Chief of the Hilo Fire Department, the Administrative
Officer of the Board of Health on the Island of Hawaii, and the
Sheriff of the County of Hawaii, for examination and report. If
any one of the three, to wit, the thief of the Hilo Fire Department,
the Administrative Officer of the Board of Heelth, or the Sheriff
of the County of Hawaii, shall certify to the Board of Supervisors
that on the lot so complained about there is refuse or uncultivated
undergrowth to such an extent that such lot hex become or is likely
to become either a fir®, health or crime hazard, then the Board of
Supervisors shall notify the owner thereof to clear such unoccupied
lot of such refuse and/or uncultivated undergrowth.
Section 3. If any such owner, after notice to clear any such
lot has bean mailed to such owner and posted by the Board of
Supervisors, as provided herein, shall fail or refuse to comply with
such order for not less than thirty (30) days after such notice, ?
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then and thereupon the County of Hawaii may proceed to clear such
lot at the expanse of the owner. The expense shall be a lien on the
property so cleared, and the County of Hawaii. may recover the amount
of the lien and the expense end coats of the same by action at law
in assumpsit, or by any action allowed by law in equity or that may
be prescribed by statute, including any proceeding allowed for the
foreclosure of tax li.ena. .
Section 4. That notice to the property owner required herein
shall be sent to such property owner by mailing it to his last known
place of abode or address and by posting a copy of the notice upon
such lot of the owner as regi.iires such clearing.
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