HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1987-046 1984-1988COUNTY OF HAWAII.;;Y~:^STATE OF HAWAII
Bill No.
ORDINANCE NO.
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343
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 11, ARTICLE 5, SECTION 11-43, OF THE
HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983, RELATING TO THE HOUSING CODE.
BE I4' ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 11, article 5, section 11-43, Hawaii
County Code 1983,_is amended as follows:
"Section 11-43. Electrical equipment requirements.
(a) All electrical equipment, wiring, and appliances shall
be installed and maintained in a safe manner in accordance with
all applicable laws. All electrical equipment shall be of an
approved type.
[(b) Where there is electrical power available within three
hundred feet of the premises of any building, the building shall
be connected to the electrical power. Every habitable room shall
contain at least two supplied electric convenience outlets or one
convenience outlet and one supplied electric light fixture. Every
water closet compartment, bathroom; laundry room, furnace room,
and public hallway shall contain at least one supplied electric
light fixture.]
(b) Where there is electric power supplied by a public
utility available within three hundred feet of the premises of any
building, the building shall be connected to such electrical
power, unless said building is supplied electrical power by a
system approved by a recognized testing agency, or an alternate
energy system recognized by the Energy Division of the Hawaii
State Department of Planning and Economic Development that is:
(1) Designed by an electrical engineer, licensed by the
State of Hawaii; or
(2) Designed by an architect licensed by the State of
Hawaii.
(c1 Every habitable room shall contain at least two su lied
electric convenience outlets or one convenience outlet and one
supplied electric light Fixture. Every water closet compartment,
bathroom, laundry room, furnace room, and public hallway shall
contain at least one electrical light fixture."
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 Material to be repealed is bracketed.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.
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SECTION 4. This ordinance shall take effect upon its
approval.
INTRODUCED ~Y: ~,~~
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MEMBER, COUNTY',OF HAWAII
Hilo, Hawaii
Date of Introduction: April 1, 1987
Date of 1st Reading: April 1, 1987
Date of 2nd Reading: April 15, 1987
Effective Date: April 23, 1987
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