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Home My WebLink AboutORD 1949-085COUNTY OF HA4YAII -TERRITORY OF H.4tiYAII ORDINANCE PiO._~~ API ORDINANCE AbtENDING ORDI?dAb?CE N0. 58 OF THE R,VISED ORDTNANr,FJS OF TffB COt?A?TY OF fiA?YAII 1947, AS A?TENIJED, PER'P.4INING TO THE REGULATION OF TfiE SUBDIVISION OF REAL ESTATE IN Tl~ COUIQTY OF ffA~VAII. FIG IT ORDAI1dED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN Af1D FOR TffE COUfdTY OF ffANIAII Section 1, Sections 2, 5, 6 and 9 of Ordinance No, 58 of the Re- wised Ordinances of the County of Hawaii 1947, as amended, are hereby amended to read as follows: "Section 2. Definitions: • n I, The words 'single family dwelling' mean any detached building designed for or occupied primarily by one family. K. The words 'apartment house' mean ar~p house or building or portion thereof which is desip~ed, built, rented, leased, let or hired out to be occupied or which is occupied as the residence of three or more families living independently of each other and doing their cooking in the building. DR, The word 'hotel' means ar~v building or portion thereof designed or used for the supplying of shelter and/or food to residents or guests and containing six (6) or more sleeping rooms for guests. "Section 5. Procedure for approval and recordation at Bureau of Conveyances: B, The subdivider shall submit one (1) copy each of the preliminary subdivision plat to the chief engineer, the manager, and the sanitary engineer, and at least three (3) copies to the camniasion, or as many additional copies as may be required by the commission, which shall not be leas than eight and one-half by thirteen (Sz x 13) inches nor more than thirty-six by forty-two (36 x 42) inches in size. Such preliminary plat shall show the general layout of the proposed subdivision and the in- formation required in Section 6. D, The preliminary plat shall then be examined by the com- mission, the chief engineer, and the manager or their authorized representatives; thereupon the chief enp~.neer and the manager or their authorized representatives shall advise the camatsaion if said subdivision ronforms to the engineering standards required by this ordinance, If the plat conforms to all the provisions of this ordinance, it shall be stamped by said commission: s. y: ~r Dit~ V o.- --~-•-----------•----•-.. File No.-.-._.-•------•~----- 315-------------- M. B. No.,ll ~~~ ~-• • 'Subdivider authorized to prepare detailed dravring on plat as submitted. 'Recordation not authorized until approved for record at, a later date.' G. 'rJhen detail drawings, being the construction drawings, are completed as required, one (1) copy each shall be submitted to the commission, the chief engineer, and the manager for examination and approval.. 4Yhen such detail drawings bear the approval o£ the commission, the 'chief ~~., engineer, and the manager, the subdivider may proceed with the construction of all facilities shown on his drav.inga. I. When the construction work is complete, and is accepted in writing by the chief engineer, the subdivider maT ap- plg for approval of the subdivision map for recordation. The subdivider shall then file one (1) copy each o£ a).1 plane prepared and accepted with the chief engineer, the 'manager, and the sanitary engineer, and at least three (3) copies with the commission. Whereupon tt}e con¢nission shall stamp the copies of the subdivision map: 'S U H D I V I S I O N N U M B E R A P P R O V E D F O R R E C O R D A T I 0 IQ' and such approval shall bear the signatures of the chair- man and director of the commission. The commission shall then retain one (1) copy and forward one (1) copy each to the $ilo Tax Office and the subdivider. ' "Section 6. Information to be shown on preliminary plat and accom- panying pa ers: • I. When required ''.by the commission, the preliminary plat shall be accompanied by profiles showing existing ground surface, natural water courses and drainage channels, and proposed grades of streets, including extensions for a reasonable distance beyond the limits of the proposed grading, roadway and sidewalk, and the preliminary plan of proposed water meine, sanitary and storm sewers, with r grades and sizes indicated. This plan shall be approved by the chief engineer and the manager, or their authorized representatives, before construction begins. All eleva- tions shall be based on official government bench marks. The commission may require that true elevations be sub- mitted." "Section 9. Requirements and standards of subdivision: E, Lot sizes. No building permit shall be issued to anyone to construct a single family dwelling, duplex 'duelling, apartment house, lodging house or hotel on any lot within a business, light industry, or industrial district within the city of Hilo or in any area outside the city o~ Hilo having an area of less than 5,000 square feet per unit; nor shall said permit be -2- issued to anyone to construct a single family dwellinP, du- plex dvreLling, apaztment house, lodging house or hotel on any lot in any of the aforesaid districts where there i~ al- ready located theroon a b~,ildi.ng or structure, the lot. sines for each unit to be ncot less than 5,000 squaxe feet. G. ':Vater. 11ny subdivision hereafter to be laid out within the Ceui}ty of Nawaii shall be provided with water mains in accordarn e with the recommendations of the iiawaii FYre Rating Bureau. ~.. 1. The standard minimum size of mains used for fare hydrants supply within the city of Hilo shall be as follows: (g) Residential Districts - S"; 6" to be used where it completea`a good gridiron connec- tion and•in no case in blocks 600 feet or more in length. (b) bercantile Districts - 8" and 12"; the former to be used only in the sections where it com- pletes a good gridiron and the latter by long lines not cross-connected. 2. Fire hydrants shall be spaced not more than 300 feet apart in mercantile areas and not more than 600•feet apart in other areas within the city of Hilo; pro- vided, however, that fire hydrants shall be spaced not more than 600 feet apart in any subdivision out- side the city of llilo. The water mains and fire hy- drants shall he of materials standard for such work as installed by the County of Hawaii; 'except when the area does not fall within the scope of any water sys- tem and when existing ,conditions are such that the public may be properly served with water and with fire protection without full and strict compliance of the foregoing requirements, such modification thereof as is reasonably necessary or expedient and not contrary to law or the intent and purpose of this ordinance may be made by the commission upon the recommendation of the chief engineer or the manager or their authorized representatives. 3. The subdivider shall provide each lot in a subdivi- sion wlth a service lateral from the water main to the sidewalk area adjacent to the lot. As an alter- nate, one service lateral may be installed for each two lots. 4. rJhere a proposed subdivision does not lie within the scope oY an adequate water aupplq, the plot plan of the said subdivision shall so state." Section 2. Section 2 of Crdinance No. 58 of the Revised Ordi- nances of the County of Hawaii 1947, as amended, is hereby amended by adding thereto a new subsection N as follows: -3- "Ili. The ward 'manager' means the man~per of the Board of Muter .supply of the ;.ouczty of llzr~aii." , Section 3. Paragraph 1, subsection A of erection 9 of Ordinance No, 58 of the Revised Ordinances of the County of Hawaii 1947, as amended, is~~hereby amended by adding thereto a new subparagraph (f) as follows: "(f) A dead-end (cul de sac) street may be designed in case of geographical obstrt:ctions such as large streams, ravines, precipice, or lands set aside for public purposes which cannot be expected to be subdivided. A dead-end (cul~ de sac) street shall not be considered as such when the end of such street is terminated at the property line adjacent to another property owner who can be expected at any time in the future to subdivide the adjacent property. In such case, this street shall be classed as a minor street except when a proposed future subdivision will provide a connection between two major streets, then said street shall be classed as a secondary street. This section shall not prohibit the use of dead-end (cul de sac) streets where the com- mission, upon the recommendation of the chief engineer, adopts or approves a plan for a com- munity or neighborhood area." Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect upon its approval. Dated at Hilo, Hawaii, this S ~ day of,~~, A. D. 1949. Introduced by: • ~ ~~~~~ Superviso ,,~ epresentative District. ~%~~=~ ~ iy ~~ -4-