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HONORABLE CHAIRMAN AARON CHUNG `= "w.
AND MEMBERS OF THE HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL
HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL
HILO, HAWAII 96720
SUBJECT: New Building Construction Code with 2017 National Electrical Code Amendments, 2012
Uniform Plumbing Code Amendments, and a Tiny Homes Article
Transmitted herewith for the Council's consideration and approval is a bill to create a new construction
code for the County of Hawaii. This code includes an administrative section that supports a one-permit
process and would repeal chapters 5 (building), 9 (electricity), and 17 (plumbing)and adopt the following
new chapters:
-5A, the building code (International Building Code)
-5D, the electrical code (National Electrical Code)
-5E, the energy conservation code (International Energy Conservation Code)
-5F, the plumbing code(Uniform Plumbing Code)
(Chapters 5B and 5C are RESERVED for the future adoption of the residential building code and the
existing building code.)
The building division hopes to adopt the bill in advance of the State Building Council's August 21, 2020
deadline for Counties to adopt the state electrical and plumbing codes. If the County does not adopt its
own updated versions of the electrical and plumbing codes prior to this deadline, the State Building
Council's versions will automatically become effective in Hawaii County.
In order to gather public input during the pandemic, the division published a draft for public review and
also reached out to various contractors and members of the architectural, engineering and real estate
sectors. As a result, the division received 125 comments and proposed amendments to the administrative
code, electrical code, plumbing code, and tiny homes. The comments received by the division's deadline
were evaluated and many were incorporated into these proposed amendments.
Thank you for your consideration of this bill.
David Yama /oto ROY as gor
Director of Public W rks
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