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AN ORDINAPICE TO CO'EL `1:His CLE,I;?C Ol~' b'LI'USE ARD UNCULTIVATED
UNDERGRO[~JTH FROiI UNGCCUFIEL LO:~S Iic? THE CITY OF HILO.
BE IT ORDAINED BY T~I~; BOli~2D OP' SUi'I~i'VISCiZS OF TI-lE COUNTY OF
HAG7A I I
SECTION 1. Every ownc;r of any unoccupied lot the frontage
of which abuts or adjoins any public street or highway within the
City of Hilo, shall clear such 1o of all refuse: and uncultivated
undergrowth thereon to a depth of- not exceeding 100 feet from any
street or highway adjoining, `rhenever on such lot there is refuse
or uncultivated undergrowth to such an extent that such lot has
become or is likely to become afire, health or crime hazard,
SECTION 2. If a majority of all the adult residents within
a radius of 500 feet from any boundary of any such lot, shall, in
writing to the Board of Supervisors, request that such lot be cle ared,
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 Chief of Police of the
County of Hawaii, for examination and report, If any one of the
three, to wit, the Chief of the Hilo Fire Department, the Adminis-
trative Officer of the Board of Health, or the Chief of Police of
the County of Hawaii, shall certify to the Boarcl of Supervisors that
on the lot so complained about tl-e re is refuse cr uncultivated
undergrowth to such an extent that such lot has become or is likely
to become either a fire, 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 nctice to clear any
such lot has been mailed to such owner and posted by the I3oard of
Supervisors, as provided herein, shall fail or refuse to comply
with such order for not less than thirty (30) days after ;such
notice, then and thereupon the County of 'rlawaii may proceed to clear
such lot at the expense of the owner. The expense shall be alien
on the property so cleared, and the County of Hawaii may recover
the amount of the lien and the expense and costs 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 liens,
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 ocaner as requires such clearing.
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