HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1984-019 1984-1988BILL NO. 1050
(Draft 2)
COUNTY OF HAWAII - STATE OFpp HAWAII
ORDINANCE N0.8~ 1-7
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 20, AR
20-22, an6 20-23, HAWAII COUNTY CODE
CLEARING UNOCCUPIED LOTS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE
SECTION 1. Chapter 20, article
20-22, and 20-23, Hawaii County Code
reaa as follows:
PICLE 2, SECTIONS 20-21,
1983, RELATING TO
COUNTY OF HAWAII:
2, sections 20-21,
1983, are amended to
"Section 20-21. Removal of refuse and undergrowth
required. Every owner of any unoccupied lot the
frontage of which abuts or adjoins any public street or
highway within the [City of Hilo) County, shall clear
the lot of all refuse and uncultivated undergrowth
thereon to a depth of not exceeding one hundred feet
from any street or highway adjoining, whenever on the
lot there is refuse or uncultivated undergrowth to an
extent that the lot has become or is likely to become a
fire, health, or crime hazard.
"Section 20-22. Complaint by adjacent owners;
request to clear. If a majority of all the adult
residents within a radius of five hundred feet from any
boundary of any unoccupied lot, in writing to the
(council] mayor, requests that the lot be cleared, the
[council] ma or shall [refer] investigate the complaint
[to the chief of the fire department, the
aaministrative officer of the State department of
health in the County, and the County chief of police
for examination and reportJ. If [any one of these
public officers] the mayor certifies [to the council]
that there is refuse or uncultivated undergrowth on the
lot complained about to an extent that the lot has
become or is likely to become a fire, health, or crime
hazard, the [council] mayor shall notify the owner of
the lot to clear the unoccupied lot of the refuse or
uncultivated undergrowth.
"Section 20-23. Clearance by County; costs.
(a) If any owner, after notice to clear any
unoccupied lot has been mailed to the owner and posted
by the [council] mayor fails or refuses to comply with
the oraer within thirty days after the notice, the
County may proceed to clear the lot at the expense of
the owner.
(b) The expense of clearing any lot shall be a
lien on the property so cleared, and the County may
recover the amount of the lien and the expense and
costs of the clearing 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 2. Material to be repealed is bracketed; new
material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall take effect upon its
approval.
Introduced by:
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CO[1d~CIL MEMBER, COUI~Y OF HAWAII
Hilo, Hawaii
Date of Introduction: February 21, 1984
Date of 1st Reading: February 21, 1984
Date of 2nd Reading: March 21, 1984
Effective date: March 28, 1984