Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-07-26
BY AUTHORITY
ORDINANCE NO. IA.
AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING
THE ERECTION OR MAINTE-
NANCE OF NEW TENEMENT
HOUSES IN ANY RESIDENCE
PORTION IN THE CITY AND
COUNTY OF HONOLULU.
BE 1T ORDAINED by THE PEG
PIE OF THE CITY AND COUN-
TY OF HONOLULU.


PIE OF THE CITY AND C0UN-
TY OF HONOLULU.
Section 1. This Ordinance shall
he known as the Tenement Ordiu-
ance."
Section 2. Tenement House De-
fined. The term Tenement House"
in this Ordinance shall be taken to
mean every house, building, struc-
ture or portion thereof, which is de-
signed for use or adapted to be used
or used as q dwelling by more than
three families living independently
of one another and having COM
mon right in the stairways, veran-
das, yards, water supply, or privies,
or by more than two families above
the first story so living and having
a right in common to use the con-
venlences aforesaid.
A family living in tenement
may consist of one or more persons.
Section 3. New Tenement House
Defined. An existing tenement
house is any building erected Us
tenement house or converted TO such
use or altered for such use, or so
used before the passage of this Or
dinance, or any building adapted
for such use, provided that permit
was issued for the erection of said
building before the passage of this
Ordinance.
i on FLOR
erected is any tenement house other
than an existing tenement house as
above defined
Section 4. Prohibiting New Ten
ement Houses in Residence Districts.
1t shall not be lawful for any person
to locate, build, construct, maintain
or keep new tenement house in
any locality within the City and
County of Honolulu in which two
thirds of the buildings located as
whole or in part within five hun
dred feet of such tenement house,
are devoted or adapted to exclusive
residence purposes.
Provided, however, that this Or
dinance shall not be applicable in
any locality where the owners Of a
majority of the lots which are To-
Gated as n whole or In part within
1--WE hundred feet OF such tenement
} house, consent in writing TO such
location OF such tenement house.
J Said written consent shall be APP
proved by acknowledgment in like
manner as signatures to convcyance3
) Lof real property and shall be filed
I with the Clerk of the City and
| County of Honolulu. 1t shall be the
Q duty of the Clerk to file said consent
: and to keep record in book to be
r called a Register Of New Tenemcnts.
/, containing brief summary OF the
: contents, of such consent. The
clerk may require such written con-
| sent to be prepared in accordance
e with and upon forms adopted or ap-
proved by him.
Section Any person who shat
violate any of the provisions of this
!. Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of
n misdemeanor and upon conviction
t thereof shall be punished by fine
e not exceeding Two Hundred Dol
d lars, or by imprisonment for term
r not exceeding three months, or by
/ both such fine and imprisonment.
d Section G. The continuance OF
any violation of this Ordinance shall
|. be n new ofrense for each day on
which the same is continued.
Section Z. This Ordinance shat
= take effect from and after the date
OF its approval.
Introduced by Supervisor
+, DANIEL LOGAN.
Date of introduction, July goth
. 1909.
al The foregoing Ordinance was, nj
regular meeting of the Board Of
Supervisors of the City and Counts
l of Honolulu, held on Tuesday, july
20, 1909, passed to print on the fol
lowing vote of the said Board:
| Ayes: AHA, Aylett, Cox, Kane
| Logan, Quinn. Total: 6.
Noes: None.
| Absent and not voting: McClcl
Ian. Total: 1.
d. KALAUOKALANI, JR.,
Clerk. City. and County of Honolulu
43GS-July %, 23, "a, 90, 81.