HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1986-006 1984-1988COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII
BILL NO. 117
ORDINANCE NO. 86 6
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 10, SECTION 10-18(x)(2),
OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983, RELATING TO EROSION AND
SEDIMENTATION CONTROL.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF T'HE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 10, Section 10-18(a)(2), Hawaii County
Code 1983, shall be amended to read as follows:
"(2) Cut Slopes. Under the following soil conditions, no
cut may be steeper in slope than the ratio of its horizontal to
its vertical distance as shown below:
1/2 horizontal to 1 vertical in unweathered rock.
[1/2] 1-1 2 horizontal to 1 vertical in decomposed rocks or
rock and soil mixture;
2 horizontal to 1 vertical in low plasticity soils.
3 horizontal to 1 vertical in high plasticity soils for cuts
up to five feet in vertical depths. Slopes for cuts exceeding
this depth shall be as recommended in the engineer's soils report."
SECTION 2. Material to be repealed is bracketed. New
material is underscored. In printing this ordinance, the
brackets, bracketed material, and underscoring need not be
included.
SECTION 3. If any provision of this ordinance or the
application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid,
such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications
of the ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid
provision or application, and to this end, the provisions of this
ordinance are declared to be severable.
SECTION 4. This ordinance shall take effect upon its
approval.
INTROD
Hilo, Hawaii
Date of Introduction:
Date of 1st Reading:
Date of 2nd 'Reading:
Effective Date:
January 22, 1986
January 22, 1986
February 5, 1986
February 13, 1986
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