HomeMy WebLinkAboutBIL 176 Draft 01 2016-2018PWPRC-23 August 21, 2018
ORDER OF RESOLUTIONS
BILLS FOR ORDINANCES
Bill 176: AMENDS CHAPTER 5, ARTICLE 2, DIVISION 3, SECTION 5-25, OF THE
HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2016 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING
TO THE BUILDING PERMIT PROCESS
The amendment would exempt privately -owned single family residences from
structural review and requirements to provide structural calculations when an
applicant seeks a building permit, provided that drawings are signed and sealed by a
professional architect or a structural engineer who is licensed and insured in the State
of Hawaii.
Reference: Comm. 1023
Intr. by: Ms. Ruggles
POSTPONED TO THE CALL OF THE CHAIR:
Ayes: Committee Members Chung, Eoff, Kanuha,
Lee Loy, O'Hara, Poindexter, Richards, and
Acting Chair David — 8.
Noes: None.
Absent: Committee Chair Ruggles —1.
Excused: None.
ADJOURNMENT —12:31 p.m.
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Members will be present at the following location:
• Hilo Council Chambers, Hawaii County Building, 25 Aupuni Street, First Floor, Room 1401.
(Pursuant to HRS §92-7 and Council Rule No. 2, Council Members Susan L. K. Lee Loy and
Eileen O'Hara will be participating from the Hilo Council Chambers.)
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BILL NO. 176
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 5, ARTICLE 2, DIVISION 3, SECTION 5-25,
OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2016 EDITION,AS AMENDED), RELATING
TO THE BUILDING PERMIT PROCESS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The purpose of this ordinance is to streamline the building permit process.
This amendment will remove one impediment to affordable housing construction, while
maintaining safe building standards.
SECTION 2. Chapter 5, article 2, division 3, section 5-25, of the Hawai`i County Code
1983 (2016 edition, as amended), is amended to read as follows:
"Section 5-25. Construction documents required.
(a) Two sets of plans and specifications shall be submitted for dwelling (R-3
Occupancy) and accessory structures for dwellings. Three sets of plans and
specifications shall be submitted for all other occupancies.
(b) Plans, specifications, engineering calculations, diagrams, soil investigation reports,
code search, special inspection and structural observation programs and other data
shall constitute the submittal documents and shall be submitted in one or more sets
with each application for permit.
(c) All plans and specifications relating to work which affects the public safety or
health and for which a building permit is required shall be prepared, designed and
stamped by a duly registered professional engineer or architect in accordance with
chapter 464, Hawai`i Revised Statutes. For residential (R-3 Occupancies) and
accessory (U Occupancies) only, plans and specifications shall be designed and
stamped by a professional architect or structural engineer when any of the following
applies:
(1) Single story structure and more than 600 square feet of floor area for R-3
Occupancy.
(2) Single story or two-story structure of mixed occupancies (R-3 and U
Occupancies) with more than 1,200 square feet of total floor area. Item#1
criteria applies.
(3) Structures of R-3 or U Occupancies that are three or more stories in height.
(4) Flood Zone.
(5) Structural members are concrete, masonry or steel.
(d) All plans for retaining walls over 4 feet in height shall be designed and stamped by
a professional architect or engineer in the structural or civil branches, pursuant to
chapter 464, Hawai`i Revised Statutes.
(e) All plans for post and pier type construction with/without perimeter foundation
walls of R-3 Occupancies shall be designed and stamped by a professional architect
or structural engineer.
(f) All U Occupancies greater than 600 square feet shall be designed and stamped by a
professional architect or structural engineer.
(g) All wood trusses of more than 24'-0" spans shall be designed and stamped by a
professional architect or structural engineer. All pre-engineered trusses and metal
trusses shall be designed and stamped by a professional architect or structural
engineer.
(h) The building official may require plans, computations, and specifications to be
prepared and designed by an engineer or architect licensed by the State of Hawai`i
to practice as such. This requirement may be imposed when prescriptive
requirements of the building code are not being adhered to.
(i) All privately owned single family residences shall be exempt from structural review
and applicants shall not be required to provide structural calculations for a building
permit as long as drawings are signed and sealed by either a professional architect
or structural engineer, both of whom must be licensed and insured in the State of
Hawai`i."
SECTION 3. New material is underscored. In printing this ordinance, the underscoring
need not be included.
SECTION 4. Severability. If any provision of this ordinance, or the application
thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the 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 severable.
SECTION 5. This ordinance shall take effect upon its approval.
INTRODUCED BY:
C• '111A CIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAII
, Hawai`i
Date of Introduction:
Date of 1st Reading:
Date of 2nd Reading:
Effective Date:
1023
REFERENCE Comm.
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