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COUNTY OF HAWAII - STATE OF HAWAII
ORDINANCE N0. 24
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE SUBDIVISION OF REAL ESTATE IN THE
COUNTY OF HAWAII, PRESCRIBING CONDITIONS FOR THE SALE, LEASE
OR RENTAL OF REAL ESTATE TO BE SUBDIVIDED; PROVIDING PENALTIES
FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN AND FOR THE
COUNTY OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Title:
This ordinance shall be known as the "Subdivision Ordinance,"
and may be cited as such.
SECTION 2. Definitions:
G. The City of Hilo shall be defined as all of that
portion of the district of South Hilo, County of Hawaii, which
is described as follows: Bounded on the south by the district
of Puna; bounded on the west by the districts of Kau and North
Hilo; on the north by the Ahupuaa of Paukaa in the district of
South Hilo; and on the east by the sea.
H. The words "access street" mean any street that leaves
the main highway and provides access by persons to property off
the main highway.
I. The words "single family dwelling" mean any detached
building designed for or occupied primarily by one family.
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The following words and terms when used in this ordinance
shall, for the purpose thereof, have the meanings respectively
ascribed to them in this section, unless it shall be apparent
from the context that a different meaning is intended.
A. The word "subdivision" means any division of a tract,
lot or parcel of land into smaller lots, plots, or parcels for
the purpose, whether immediate or future, of sale, lease or rent
for all except agricultural lands in excess of twenty (20) acre
plots.
B. The word "commission" means the Planning and Traffic
Commission of the City of Hilo and the County of Hawaii.
C. The word "director" means the director of the Planning
and Traffic Commission.
D. The words "chief engineer" means the chief engineer of
the Department of Public Works of the Countycf Hawaii.
E. The word "subdivider"
any interest in land, desiring
County of Hawaii.
means the owner or possessor of
to subdivide land within the
F. The word "lot" means a portion of a subdivision or
`l other parcel of land intended for sale, lease or rent.
date:
J. The words "duplex dwelling" mean any detached building
designed for or occupied by two families.
K. The words "apartment house" mean any house or building
or portion thereof which is designed, 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.
L. The words "lodging house" mean a building with not more
than ten (10) quests where lodging is provided for compensation.
M. The word "hotel" means any building or portion thereof
designed or used for the supplying of shelter and/or food to
residents or guests and containing more than six (6) sleeping
rooms for guests.
N. The word "manager" means the manager of the Board of
Water Supply of the County of Hawaii.
SECTION 3. Subdivisions to conform to provisions of
ordinance:
In order to provide for adequate light, air, fire protection,
traffic safety and to insure the proper sanitation and drainage
of lands within the County of Hawaii, any subdivision of land
within the County of Hawaii shall comply with the provisions and
procedure hereinafter set forth.
SECTION 4. Recognition and recordation of substandard
subdivisions•
No person shall sell, lease or rent any real property
which is not in conformity with the area and lot width require-
ments of the Zoning and Subdivision Ordinances, and not recorded
with the Commission, or the Bureau of Conveyances of the Territory
of Hawaii prior to May 24, 1.948. Said restriction as to sale,
lease, and rental of real property shall, however, not apply to
real property excepted by the Commission as hereinafter provided.
Any owner of any real property which is not in conformity
with the area and lot width requirements of the Zoning and
Subdivision Ordinances, and not recorded or approved by any
government agency prior to May 24, 1948, shall be given a period
of one (1) year from November 21, 1951, to present such evidence
of recordation or approval to the Commission. If the Commission
finds that the recordation or approval is proper and bona fide
then the said real property shall be recorded with the Commission
and shall thereafter come within the above exception.
SECTION 5. Proced
vision a.t Bureau o
Before any subdivider or his agent sells, leases or rents
any subdivision of land or any part thereof within the County of
Hawaii, the subdivider or his agent shall secure the approval
of the commission of such subdivision.
The following procedure shall be followed in securing the
approval of a subdivision:
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A. Ali drawings and profiles shall conform to standard
engineering practices.
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
commission, or as many additional copies as may be required by
the commission, which shall not be less than eight and one-half
by thirteen (8~ 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 informa-
tion required in Section 6.
C. The preliminary plat must be submitted to the director
at least five (5) days prior to the next meeting of the commission
in order to be considered at that meeting.
D. The preliminary plat shall then be examined by the
commission, the chief engineer, and the manager or their authorized
representatives; thereupon the chief engineer and the manager or
their authorized representatives shall advise the commission if
said subdivision conforms 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:
"Subdivider authorized to prepare detailed drawing on plat
as submitted.
"Recordation not authorized until approved for record at
a later date."
E. If no action is taken by the commission within forty-
five (45) days from the date of its filing with the commission
of the preliminary plat, or such longer period as may have been
agreed upon, the preliminary plat shall be deemed approved, and
it shall be the duty of the commission to endorse its approval
of the preliminary plat upon the face thereof.
F. If the preliminary plat contains all of the information
necessary for the subdivision, as hereinafter set forth, it shall
be deemed to be the subdivision map as required in Section 7-A.
G. When detail drawings, being the construction drawings,
are completed as zequired, one (1) copy each shall be submitted
to the commission, the chief engineer, and the manager for
examination and approval. When such detail drawings bear the
approval of the commission, the chief engineer, and t2e manager,
the subdivider may proceed with the construction of all facilities
shown on his drawings.
- H. Upon the filing of a bond, certified check or other
guarantee in such form, sufficiency, and in such amount as shall
be satisfactory and acceptable to the commission, which security
shall be filed with the Department of Public Works and held by
said department as a realization in whole or in part for the
correction of any defective or improper work called for on the
original plan, the subdivider may apply for approval of the
subdivision map for recordation. At the same time he shall file
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with the Department of Public Works prints of all plans prepared.
Upon the completion and acceptance of the work, the bond,
certified check or other guarantee shall be returned to the
subdivider.
I. When the construction work is complete, and is accepted
in writing by the chief engineer, the subdivider may apply for
approval of the subdivision map for recordation. The subdivider
shall then file one (1) copy each of all plans prepared and
accepted with the chief engineer, the manager, and the sanitary
engineer, and at least three (3) copies with the commission.
Whereupon the commission shall stamp the copies of the subdivision
map:
"S U B D I V I S I O N N U M B E R
APPROVE D F O R R E C O R D A T I O N"
and such approval shall bear the
director of the commission. The
one (1) copy and forward one (1)
and the subdivider.
signatures of the chairman and
commission shall then retain
copy each to the Hilo Tax Office
J. No change in a subdivision, or in the plan of a
subdivision already approved, can legally be made without the
approval of the commission.
K. Land shall not be offered for sale, lease orient until
after recordation of the approved subdivision map; provided,
however, bona tide options or agreements for the purchase, sale,
leasing or rental of land, which options or agreements are
specifically made subject to the approval of the subdivision by
the commission, may be made prior to the recordation of the
subdivision map; provided, further, that upon the filing of a
bond as required by Paragraph H of this section, land may be
offered for sale, lease or rent. For the purposes of this
ordinance, the holder of any option or agreement may act as and
perform all the duties of the owner of the fee simple title.
L. During the making of the improvements, and installation
of the facilities and utilities and the carrying on of other
work proposed to be done by the subdivider, the work shall at
all times be subject to inspection by the chief engineer or his
authorized representative.
M. In case of a subdivision which involves no streets,
drains or utilities, the preliminary plat may be approved by
the commission for recordation without the further development
of the plan into details.
SECTION 6. Information to be shown on preliminary plat
and accompanying papers:
The preliminary plat shall show all or such of the following
information as the commission may require:
A. Name and address of the owner of record, subdivider and
surveyor or engineer;
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B. Date, north point and scale, tax key;
C. The title
recorded, with the
author of the plan
the opinion of the
technical skill of
may require that s
engineer;
under which the proposed subdivision is to be
name and address of the technical adviser or
and a notation stating the acreage. Where in
commission the construction plan requires the
a qualified, registered engineer, the commission
uch plan be prepared by a qualified, registered
D. The names of subdivisions immediately adjoining; also
the location and names of adjacent streets and other public
places or spaces on immediately adjoining properties;
E. The approximate location in the adjoining streets or
property of existing sewers and water mains, culverts and drain-
pipes, electric conduits or lines proposed to be used on the
property to be subdivided and invert elevations of sewers at
points of proposed connections;
F. The location of then existing property lines, streets,
buildings, water courses, railroads, utilities, and other similar
features;
G. The names, locations, widths and other dimensions of
proposed streets, easements, parks and other open spaces, reserva-
tions, lot lines, building lines and utilities;
H. All parcels of land proposed to be dedicated to public
use, and the conditions of such dedication, if any;
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 mains, sanitary and storm
sewers, with grades and sizes indicated. This plan shall be
approved by the chief engineer and the manager, or their authorized
representatives, before construction begins. All elevations shall
be based on official government bench marks. The commission may
require that true elevations be submitted.
J. The preliminary plat shall be accompanied by a plan
indicating the use of the lots proposed by the subdivider,
whether for one family dwellings, multi-family dwellings, hotel
and apartment use, business, industrial, light industrial, noxious
industry purposes, or agricultural purposes; and copies shall be
submitted of the proposed documents or instruments whereby the
use, building line, open space and other restrictions as proposed
by the subdivider shall be shown;
K. A brief written outline specification of the construction
details for any or all of these improvements, pavement, curb, side-
walk, catch basins, storm drains, water mains, sewer lines, street
lighting and gutters, if such improvements are required by the
commission.
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SECTION 7. Filing and form of subdivision map:
A. Prints of the subdivision map referred to in Section 5
shall be submitted to the commission in quadruplicate within
one (1) year after the approval of the preliminary plat. Other-
wise the approval of the preliminary plat shall become null and
void, unless an extension of time is applied for and granted by
the commission.
B. The subdivision map shall conform in size and scale
to standard engineering practices. When more than one (1)
sheet is required, an index sheet of the same size shall be
filed showing the entire subdivision on one (1) sheet, with
lot numbers or block and lot numbers.
SECTION 8. Data required on subdivision map:
The subdivision map shall comply with and shall contain the
data specified in the following paragraphs:
A. Name and address of the owner of record, subdivider and
surveyoz or engineer;
B. Date, title, north point and scale, and tax key. The
title shall include the name of the subdivision under which it
is to be recorded;
C. The locations of all proposed streets, easements, parks
and other open spaces, reservations, lot lines, building lines,
water lines, sewer lines, electric conduits, street lighting,
catch basins, storm drains and gutters; also names and lines of
all adjoining or existing streets;
D. The length and true azimuths of all straight lines,
radii, chords and central angles of all curves along the property
lines of each street, all dimensions and true azimuths along the
lines of each lot, and also any other data necessary for the
location of all building lines proposed to be improved by the
subdivider;
E. All subdivisions shall be shown to have been accurately
surveyed, coordinated to. the State survey triangulation stations,
tied to State street monuments or other authentic street monuments,
and permanently monumented on the ground with approved survey
monuments;
F. The names of all subdivisions immediately adjoining;
or, when adjoining property is not a recorded subdivision, the
names of the owners thereof;
G. The boundary of the subdivided tract, with courses and
distances marked thereon. Such boundary shall be determined by
survey in the field, which shall be balanced and closed, made by
a qualified, registered land surveyor and certified to be correct;
H. If the real estate to be subdivided is not within an
azea which has been zoned, a plan showing the proposed use, yard,
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area, and other restrictions on each l.ot within the subdivision
shall accompany the subdivision map, and a statement of the
provisions and instruments whereby such buildings, building lines,
minimum yards, and use restrictions will be imposed.
SECTION y. Requirements and standards of subdivisions:
The requirements and standards of any proposed subdivision
shall be as follows:
A. Streets
1. Relation of streets to adjoining street system
(a) Subject to the regulations hereinafter
specified regarding definite minimum widths, the arrangement of
streets in subdivisions shall provide for the continuation of the
principal streets existing in the adjoining subdivision, or of
their proper projection when adjoining property is not subdivided,
and shall be of a width at least as great as that of such adjoining,
or proposed projected streets.
(b) Streets that are continuous shall bear the
same name throughout their :Length.
(c) Where, in the opinion of the commission, a
topographical condition makes such continuance of, or conformity
to, existing streets impracticable, or where the commission itself
adopts a plan for a community or neighborhood area of which the
subdivision is a part, and such plan provides for coordination
with the street system of the County of Hawaii, different from
that of said continuations or projections of existing streets,
and the subdivider's plan conforms to such community or neighbor-
hood plan of the commission, the commission may approve the
subdivider's plan.
(d) Where the preliminary plat submitted covers
only a part of the subdivider's tract, a sketch of the prospective
future street system of the unsubmitted part shall be considered
in the light of adjustments and connections with the street system
of the part not submitted.
(e) Where a tract is subdivided into larger
parcels than for building lots, the commission may require an
arrangement of lots and streets such as to permit a later resub-
division in conformity with the street requirements specified in
this ordinance.
(f) Dead-end (cul de sac) street.
i. A dead-end (cul de sac) street may be
designed in case of geographical obstructions 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.
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ii. This section shall not prohibit the use
of dead-end (cul de sac) streets where the commission, upon the
recommendation of the chief engineer, adopts or approves a plan
for a community or neighborhood area.
iii. A dead-end (cul de sac) street shall be
provided at the closed end with a turn-around having a diameter
of at least eighty (80) feet, except that a T-turn around shall
be permissible, if in the opinion of the commission this type of
turn-around meets the requirements of the situation.
iv. Except in unusual instances or due to
topograph of the land being subdivided, no dead-end (cul de sac)
street shall exceed eight hundred (800) feet in length.
2. Access
There shall be no reserve strips controlling access to
streets, either existing or proposed, except where the control of
such strips is definitely placed in the jurisdiction of the County
of Hawaii. The subdividing of the land shall be such as to
provide each lot, b~ means of either a public street or easement,
of approved width, with satisfactory access to an existing public
street as shown on an official map.
3. Street widths
The minimum width of thoroughfares and streets within
the city of Hilo shall conform to the following requirements:
Classification Right-of-way Pavement
Major Thoroughfare 100 feet 64 feet
Major Street 80 feet 40 feet
Secondary Street 60 feet 20 feet
Minor Street 40 feet 16 feet
Dead-end (cul de sac) Street 4U feet 14 feet
The commission may, with the approval of the chief
engineer, modify the minimum width of streets outside the city
of Hilo to conform to the following requirements:
Classification
Secondary Street
Minoz Street
Dead-end (cul de sac) street
Right-of-way Pavement
40 feet 16 feet
30 feet 16 feet
30 feet 14 feet
As used in this ordinance:
A "major thoroughfare" or "boulevard"shall mean a
street 100 feet or more in width which is intended to serve as a
major traffic artery for inter-communication between districts in
the county.
A "major street" shall mean any highway eighty (80) feet
or more in width which is primarily a traffic artery for inter-
communication between various zones within the city of Hilo.
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A "secondary street" shall mean a street sixty (60)
feet or more in width connecting various sections within a zone.
A "minor street" shall mean any street primarily for
access to abutting owners.
A "dead-end (cul de sac) street" shall mean a street
designed to have one (1) end permanently closed, having a turning
area at the closed end with a diameter of not. less than eighty
(80) feet.
4. Acute Angles:
As far as practicable, acute angles between streets at
their intersections are to be avoided.
5. Rounding street corners:
To permit the construction of curbs having a minimum
radius of twenty (20) feet at street corners, without decreasing
the sidewalk area to less than normal width, the property line at
such street corners shall be rounded or otherwise set back
sufficiently to permit such construction. A larger radius may
be required by the commission when, in its opinion, such design
is advisable.
6. Grade and alignment of streets:
Grades of all streets shall be a reasonable minimum
but shall in no case be less than one-half of one (0.5) per cent,
and shall not exceed seven (7) per cent for main thoroughfares
and ten (10) per cent for minor streets. No grade shall be less
than one-half of one (0.5) per cent at the gutter.
Vertical and horizontal curves must be so designed as
to give visibility in accordance with the following table:
Vertical Horizontal
Classification Curves Curves
Major thoroughfare 750 feet 1000 feet
Major street 750 feet 750 feet
Secondary street 500 feet 500 feet
Minor street 300 feet 300 feet
Dead-end (cul de sac) street 300 feet 300 feet
Variations from these grades or curves may, however, be
permitted by the commission and the chief engineer where advisable
to meet topographical conditions.
Hawaii:
7. Pavement of streets and roads within the County of
All streets and roads hereafter constructed within
the County of Hawaii shall have an approved six (6) inch base
course and three (3) inch asphalt macadam pavement or two (2)
inch asphalt concrete pavement which shall conform to the standards
as set forth by the Department of Public Works.
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B. Sidewalks
The commission shall have authority to recommend and the
Board of Supervisors may, when in its judgment a necessity exists
for such improvement, require the construction of sidewalks which
shall be constructed in accordance with specifications of the
Department of Public Works.
C. Location and regulation of utilities
In general, all utilities shall be located in the street
right-of-way, but not under the sidewalk.
If, in the opinion of the commission, the most suitable and
reasonable location for any of the utilities, such as sewers,
storm drains, water and gas pipes, and electric pole lines and
conduits, which are likely to be required within a subdivision,
either for the service thereof, or for the service of areas in
the surrounding territory, do not lie wholly within the streets,
the commission may require provisions to be made for the location
of such utilities on routes elsewhere than within said streets.
All plans prepared for subdivisions sha:L1 be referred to
the Board of Health for their approval as required by Section
46-16, Revised Laws of Hawaii 1955.
D. Block length and width
1. Block length
No block shall be longer than thirteen hundred (1,300)
feet, or less than four hundred (400) feet.
Blocks over one thousand (1,000) feet in length shall
have an easement near the center of the block. unless the commission
deems it advisable to waive this provision because of the existence
of some unusual condition. The right-of-way for such an easement,
to be used for crosswalk anti utility purposes, shall not be less
than ten (10) feet in width.
2. Block width
The width of blocks shall not exceed two (2) tiers of
lots unless the commission deems it advisable to waive this
provision because of the existence of some unusual condition.
E. Lot sizes and minimum lot widths
1. Lot sizes:
No lot shall be subdivided for purposes of constructing
a single family dwelling, duplex dwelling, apartment house,
lodging house or hotel on any lot within a business, light industry,
or industrial district having an area of less than 5,000 square
feet of lot area for each of the above-mentioned structures.
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The minimum lot size of subdivisions in any area outside
the city of Hilo for residential and agricultural uses shall be
seven thousand five hundred (7,500) square feet. There may be
one or more single family dwelling, duplex dwelling, apartment
fifteenlthousando(15,000)osquare feetlor moreng Thereeshall not
be less than seven thousand five hundred (7,500) square feet of
lot area for each of the above-mentioned structures.
2. Minimum lot width:
The minimum lot width for all lots in any future
subdivision shall be as follows:
50 feet for lot sizes from 5,000 to 7,499 square feet,
except for business, light industrial, and general industrial uses;
60 feet for lot sizes from 7,500 to 9,999 square feet;
70 feet for lot sizes 10,000 square feet and over.
F. Monuments
Approved street monuments shall be placed and properly
coordinated with the State survey triangulation stations at all
angle points, points of curvature in streets and at such inter-
mediate points as shall be required by the commission.
G. Water
Any subdivision hereafter to be laid out within the County
of Hawaii shall be provided with water as follows:
1. Wherever the public water system and supply are
adequate both in size, volume, and pressure, and the proposed
subdivision is within one thousand (1,000) feet: from a public
water main, the subdivider shall provide means for supplying water
for both fire protection and domestic purposes within the subdivision.
2. Wherever the public water system and supply are
adequate in size, volume, and pressure for only domestic purpose,
and the proposed subdivision is within one thousand five hundred
(1,500) feet from the public main, the subdivider shall provide
means for supplying water for domestic purpose within the
subdivision.
and within3thewsubdivisionain accordancenwithhthe rulessandled to
regulations of the Board of Water Supply, enacted in conformity
with Part VIII, Chapter 146, Revised Laws of Hawaii 1955.
4. The standard minimum size of mains and spacing of
fire hydrants where fire protection is required shall be as follows:
eight-inch (6")aor largerfwatersmainseforbanyls~bdivisionnintended
for business, industrial, hotel or apartment uses, and six-inch
(6") or larger mains for any residential use.
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(b) Hydrant spacing. Fire hydrants shall be
spaced not more than three hundred (300) feet apart for any
subdivision intended for business, industrial, hotel or apartment
uses, and not more than six hundred (600) feet apart for any
residential use. The spacing of hydrants shall be measured
along the centerline of the street, and in case of dead-end
streets or at either end of the subdivision street the distance
from the last hydrant to the end of the street shall not be
greater than one hundred fifty (150) feet for any business,
industrial, hotel or apartment uses nar greater than three hundred
(300) feet for any residential use.
(c) These provisions do not apply to any agricul-
tural subdivisions, except in an area zoned as a residential,
hotel and apartment, business and industrial district.
5. Where the proposed subdivision does not lie within
the scope of an adequate water supply, the p.Lot plan of the said
subdivision shall so state.
6. When conditions pertaining to any subdivision are
such that the public may be properly served with water and/or
with fire protection without full and strict compliance with
these provisions, or where the subdivision site or layout is
such that the public interest will be adequately protected, or
when the Board of Water Supply advises that there are immediate
plans for the development and/or improvement of the public water
system and supply in the vicinity of the proposed subdivision,
such modification thereof as is reasonably necessary or expedient
and not contrary to law or the intent and purpose of these
provisions may be made by the commission.
H. Sewer
In any subdivision hereafter to be laid out within the city
of Hilo, there shall be installed sewer lines where such subdivi-
sion comes within the scope of the sewer system of the city of
Hilo or which may within a reasonable time be served by such
system; provided, however, in subdivisions where the construction
of sewers is not applicable or possible under the requirements
of this ordinance the subdivider shall obtain from the Board of
Health a certificate authorizing the construction of cesspools in
lieu of sewer lines.
I. Building restrictions
The commission may dis<pprove a preliminary plat or a
subdivision map where buildings already located or proposed to be
erected on real estate fail to conform to the provisions of
Ordinance No. 39 known as the "Building Code,"
J. Zoning restrictions
The commission may disapprove a preliminary plat or a
subdivision map where the subdivider has failed to comply with
the provisions of Ordinance No. 23 known as the "Zoning Ordinance.
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of buildings on unacce
No building permit shall be issued for a.ny building to be
erected on any lot within the area covered by any proposed
subdivision unless the street giving access to the lot shall have
been accepted or opened as, or shall have otherwise received the
legal status of a public street, or unless such street corresponds
in its location and lines with a street shown on a subdivision
map approved, or with a street plan adopted by the commission, or
with a street located or accepted by the Board of Supervisors
after submission to and approved by the commission, or in case
of the commission's disapproval, located or accepted by the affirm-
ative vote of not less than five (5) members of the Board of Super-
visors; provided, however, that as a condition precedent to the
issuing of any building permit for, or to the erection of any
building on an unaccepted street, such street shall have been, or
satisfactory bond, with the amount and surety approved by the
chief engineer, shall be given that such street will within a
reasonable time be, suitably improved to the satisfaction of the
chief engineer in accordance with specifications approved by him
substantially the same as those used by the County of Hawaii or
required of other persons for comparable streets. No building
shall be erected in violation of this section, and the County
Attorney may, in the name of the County, bring appropriate action
to enjoin the erection or maintenance of such building.
SECTION 11.
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The Departure
cut a curb, tap a
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subdivision until
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SECTION 1L.
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Zt of Public Works shall not issue a permit to
water or sewer line or install any water,
facilities in the area covered by a proposed
such subdivision has been approved as required
of this ordinance.
Inspection by chief engineer and inspection
A. The chief engineer is hereby charged. with the duty of.
inspecting the construction of the work which later would become
part of his duty to maintain to insure proper construction in
conformity with this ordinance.
B. Prior to the approval of a subdivision map, an applicant
desiring approval of said map shall be requized to pay a fee of
one-tenth of one (U.1) per cent of the estimated cost of the
construction work to be done in the subdivision but not less than
twenty-five dollars ($25.00) to cover the costs of inspection;
provided, however, that said fee shall be returned to the applicant
if the subdivision map is not approved. Fees received from
applicants shall be deposited in the Treasury of the County of
Hawaii and are hereby appropriated for the purpose of defraying
the costs of such inspection.
SECTION 13.
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The Board of Supervisors shall not take over, receive by
dedication, or otherwise, or do any repair or. construction work
upon streets or pavements, water lines, street lighting systems,
sewer repairs, or in any way accept as public highways any
streets, avenues or alleys, in any subdivision hereafter opened
or platted in the County of Hawaii, except upon a compliance with
the provisions of this ordinance.
SECTION 1:i.U1. Filing Fees:
Each application for a subdivision is subject to the payment
of a tiling fee of ten dollars ($lU.UU) and an additional charge
of one dollar ($1.UU) for each lot noted on the initial preliminary
map and for each additional lot resulting from any subsequent
amendment of the initial tentative map, exclusive of any lots set
aside for roadway or easement purposes.
SECTION 14. Modification of requirement=:
Whenever the land embraced by any subdivision is of such
size or shape, or is affected by such location of topographical
conditions, or rs to be devoted to such usage: that it is impossible
or impracticable in the particular case for the subdivider to
conform fully to the provisions of this ordinance, such modifica-
tions 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.
Modification under this section may be allowed by the
commission in all proposed subdivisions outsi-de the city of Hilo
when such modification does not conflict with plans by the County
of Hawaii for the development, either existing or proposed, of
any city, village, or settlement within the <:ounty.
SECTION lb. Application for approval by the Board of
The grounds of the disapproval of any subdivision plan shall
be stated in the minutes or other records of the commission. If
the commission shall disapprove any such subdivision plan the
applicant for such approval may present the same to the Board of
Supervisors for approval after the disapproval thereof by the
commission by filing such subdivision plan 171 the office of the
clerk of the County of Hawaii, and the Board of Supervisors may
approve such subdivision plan but only by they affirmative vote
of at least five (5) of its members.
SECTION 16. Penalty:
Any person, firm or corporation, violating or failing to
comply with the provisions of this ordinance, shall be punished
by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00). The
continuance of any such violation after conviction shall be
deemed a new offense for each day of such continuance.
SECTION 17. Validity:
Should any section, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of
this ordinance be declared invalid or unconstitutional foz any reason,
the remainder of this ordinance shall not be affected thereby.
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