Revised Ordinances of Honolulu(Link to original Word Processing Version)
RELATING TO BUILDING PERMITS.
BE IT ORDAINED by the People of the City and County of Honolulu:
SECTION 1. The purpose of this ordinance is to make more consistent with
other types of structures the length of time allowed for a building, electrical,
plumbing or sidewalk permit for construction, alteration or maintenance work on a single-family
dwelling.
SECTION 2. Section 18-5.3, Revised Ordinances of Honolulu 1990, is amended to read
as follows:
“ Sec. 18-5.3 Validity.
(b) The issuance of a permit shall not prevent the building official from thereafter
requiring the correction of errors in the plans and specifications or from halting
building operations when in violation of the provisions of said chapters and this
chapter or of any other law; nor shall it prevent the institution of
criminal action and the imposition of penalty as prescribed under Section 18-7.1 hereof
for violation of any of the provisions of said chapters and this chapter.
(c) Every permit shall be valid for a period of three years from the
date of its issuance, subject to satisfactory work progress as contained in Section
18-5.4; provided, that wherever time limit and appeal provisions are specified by other
ordinances or regulations, such ordinances or regulations shall govern. Any building or structure
that is not completed within the period of validity shall fall within the
purview of unfinished buildings or structures.
[(d) Exception. The three-year limit for completing work under a permit shall not apply
to:
(1) Construction, alteration or maintenance work on a single-family dwelling which is not part
of a larger development, subject to satisfactory work progress as provided in Section
18-5.4; provided, however, that the permit for such work shall only be valid
for a period of five years from the date of its issuance; or (2) Work such as painting, interior work or installation of exterior fenestration.]” SECTION 3. Ordinance material to be repealed is bracketed. When revising, compiling, or printing this ordinance for inclusion in the Revised Ordinances of Honolulu, the revisor of ordinances need not include the brackets or the bracketed material.
SECTION 4. This ordinance shall take effect upon its approval.
INTRODUCED BY:
Duke Bainum
February 4, 2009
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
APPROVED this day of , 20___.
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