HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1953-133COUNTY OF HAWAII - TERRITORY OF HAWAII
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ORDINANCE N0. /..33
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO SE'WF:K Sr.'~:VICE CH:~1tGES UY tHE COUNTY OF HAWAII,
TERRITORY OF HAWAII.
BE IT ORDAINEll BY THE BO:1RD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. UEFINITIUNS, Whenever in this ordinance the following terms
are used, they shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this
section.
(a) "Sanitary Sewage" is hereby defined as the waste from water closets,
lavatories, sinks, bath tubs, showers, household, laundries, bars, soda foun-
tains, cuspidors, refrigerator drips, drinking fountains and such other wastes
of similar origin and nature.
(b) "Industrial Wastes" are hereby defined as being the liquid and
semi-liquid waste resulting from any commercial, manufacturing, or industrial
operation or processes.
(c) "Sanitary Sewage System" is hereby defined as being any one of the
systems of lateral sewers, trunk sewers, intercepting sewers, pumping stations,
force mains, outfall sewers and other appurtenances for conveying, pumping
and disposing of "Sanitary Sewage" and "Industrial Wastes" in the County of
Hawaii, Territory of Hawaii.
(d) "Bureau of Sewers" as herein used is hereby defined as referring to
Bureau of Sewers and Sanitation, Department of Public Works, County of Hawaii.
(e) "County" as herein used is hereby defined as referring to the County
of Hawaii, Territory of Hawaii.
(f) "Dwelling Units" as herein used is hereby defined as any building or
part of a building or vehicle designed for or occupied by one or more persons
as a single housekeeping unit, and shall include duplexes, apartments, trailers,
and other similar dwellings or structures.
(g) "Owner" as herein used is hereby defined to include a holder in
fee, life tenant, executor, administrator, trustee, guardian or other fiduciary,
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lessee, holding under any government lease or license and lessee for a term of
one year or more.
SECTION 2, DECLAI:ATION OF POLICY, It is hereby determined and. declared
to he necessary and conducive to the protection of the public health, safety,
welfare, and convenience of the County of Hawaii, to construct, establish, and
provide a sanitary sewerage system, and to establish, levy, assess and collect
sewer service charges upon all lots, lands, buildings, dwelling units and
premises served by connections, either directly or indirectly, with the
sanitary sewerage systems, as hereinafter provided,
SECTION 3, SCHEDULE OF [LSTES, The tenant or owner of each lot, parcel
of land, building, dwelling unit or premises shall be responsible and liable
severally and pointly for the payment of the sewer service charge based upon
the following schedule of rates:
a, Quarterly charge for sewer privilege shall be computed on the basis of
the number of fixtures and shall be the sum of the quarterly charges for fixtures,
provided, however, the minimum charge shall be $1,00 per quarter per sewer
privilege plus $,50 for every fixture in excess of four,
SECTION 4, COLLECTION. The sewer service charge levied and assessed
pursuant to this ordinance shall he collected by the i3ureau of Sewers.
The Board of Supervisors of the County shall prescribe and the Chief Engineer,
Department of public Works shell enforce such by-laws and regulations as may
be deemed necessary for the regulating, collecting, rebating and refunding of
the sewer service charges provided for in this ordinance.
SECTION 5. PENALTY, Any person who shall violate or fail to comply with
any of the provisions of this ordinance, or who shall counsel, aid or abet any
such violation or failure to comply upon conviction, shall be deemed guilty of
a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $50,00 or by imprison-
went not to exceed 30 days, either or both penalties to be imposed at the
discretion of the court.
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SFxTION 6. SEVERABILITY. If any section or provisions of parts thereof in
this ordinance shall be adjudged invalid or unconstitutional, such invalidity or
unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity of the ordinance as a whole or
of any other section of provisions or part hereof.
SECTION 7. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith be
and the same are hereby repealed.
SECTION 8. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and
after its adoption,
Dated at Hilo, Hawaii, this 15th day of July, 1953.
Introduced by:
Supervisor, 2nd epresentative
District.
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