REPORT TITLE: 
Noise


DESCRIPTION:
Exempts small construction projects from the permit requirements
of the noise pollution law.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           737
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                     A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO NOISE.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  Chapter 342F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated
 
 3 and to read as follows:
 
 4      "�342F-      Projects exempt from noise permit requirements.
 
 5 (a)  Except as provided in subsection (b), any construction
 
 6 project:
 
 7      (1)  Of a dwelling; or
 
 8      (2)  With a total cost of less than $250,000 based on the
 
 9           value of the project listed on the building permit,
 
10 shall be exempt from the noise permit requirements of section
 
11 342F-4.
 
12      (b)  The exemption in subsection (a) shall not apply to any
 
13 construction project which:
 
14      (1)  Emits noise in excess of the maximum permissible sound
 
15           levels established under the state community noise code
 
16           adopted by the department which occur:
 
17           (A)  Before 7:00 a.m. and after 6:00 p.m. on Monday to
 
18                Friday;
 
19           (B)  Before 9:00 a.m. and after 6:00 p.m. on Saturday;
 

 
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 1                and
 
 2           (C)  On Sunday and holidays; or
 
 3      (2)  Utilizes hoe-rams or pile drivers.
 
 4      (c)  As used in this section:
 
 5      "Construction" means any or all activities, including but
 
 6 not limited to those activities necessary or incidental to the
 
 7 erection, demolition, renovation, or alteration of buildings.
 
 8      "Dwelling" means a room or rooms connected together
 
 9 constituting an independent housekeeping unit for an individual
 
10 or a family, and containing facilities for bathing and cooking,
 
11 or both."
 
12      SECTION 2.  New statutory material is underscored.
 
13      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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15                           INTRODUCED BY:  _______________________