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BILL NO. 27
(DRAFT 2)
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 4, ARTICLE 4, DIVISION 2, SECTION 4 -25
OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED),
RELATING TO NOISY DOG; PROCEDURE FOR ABATEMENT OF NUISANCE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 4, article 4, division 2, section 4 -25 of the Hawaii County Code
1983 (2005 Edition, as amended) is amended to read as follows:
"Section 4 -25. Noisy dog; [proeedure for abatement of nuison .) reasonable
attempts to reduce noise; penalties.
(a) Any person disturbed by a noisy dog shall make [a reasonable atte a
reasonable attempt to advise the owner or custodian who keeps such dog of
this fact. Reasonable attempts for notification include by letter, email, visit
to the owner or custodian, or any other legal method. If the person
disturbed by a noisy dog is unable to notify the owner or custodian of the
noisy dog, or[,] after notifying the owner or [keeper custodian, the
nuisance is not abated, the person disturbed by the noisy dog may then
notify the [p ollee depai appropriate enforcement agency.
(b) [
l o f th o f thi ..l-•apte e h b iti eh v iola ti on. it L ll b �e a
ViOlatk) iff the A-V,Tner- of ettstedian fails to abate the nuisance within one
hetir- after- being advised by the poliee depaftment-]
The owner or custodian of a noisy dog that causes a disturbance as provided
in section 4 -24 shall be guilty of a violation of this section:
If after being advised of the disturbance per subsection (a), the owner
or custodian of a noisy dog does not take immediate and effective
action to abate the nuisance; or
If the appropriate enforcement agency is notified and responds to a
complaint of a noisy dog and the nuisance is not abated.
(c) There shall be a penalty of $25 for the first violation of this section. The
second violation has a penalty of $75, the third $100, and any subsequent
violation $200."
SECTION 2. Material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New material is
underscored. In printing this ordinance, the brackets, bracketed and stricken 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 does 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 to be severable.
SECTION 4. This ordinance shall take effect upon its approval.
INTRODUCED BY:
COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAII
Hawaii
Date of Introduction:
Date of 1 St Reading:
Date of 2 nd Reading:
Effective Date:
REFERENCE, C.enVj 100.3
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