Bill Text: HI HCR327 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Native Hawaiian Building Code

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-24 - (H) The committees on HAW recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Carroll, Shimabukuro, Bertram, Brower, Nishimoto, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Mizuno, Yamane. [HCR327 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-HCR327-Introduced.html

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.C.R. NO.	327
TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2010
STATE OF HAWAII

HOUSE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

 

 

urging the counties to adopt native hawaiian building codeS.

 

 

 

     WHEREAS, Native Hawaiian architecture is unlike any localized styles seen in Hawaii today; and

 

     WHEREAS, despite superficial similarities to forms that existed prior to Western contact in 1778, the present styles lack the spiritual and metaphysical identity that made the traditional, indigenous, pre-contact architecture uniquely Native Hawaiian; and

 

     WHEREAS, in enacting Act 310, Session Laws of Hawaii 2006, the Legislature sought to allow the use of the techniques, styles, and customs of Native Hawaiian architecture to be employed in present-day construction in the State by requiring each county to adopt ordinances allowing the exercise of Native Hawaiian architectural practices, styles, customs, techniques, and materials in the county's building code; and

 

     WHEREAS, Act 310 also permitted the application of Native Hawaiian architecture in all zoning districts, if consistent with the intent and purpose of a uniquely designated, special, or historic district; and

 

     WHEREAS, despite the Legislature's intentions, a full revival of Native Hawaiian architecture as a viable way of life has not occurred; and

 

     WHEREAS, Native Hawaiian architecture is currently employed only on a "showcase" basis, and is not regarded as a form of architecture that fosters a restored traditional, economical, efficient, and simple lifestyle that meets the spiritual and material needs and interests of Native Hawaiians; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-fifth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2010, the Senate concurring, that each county is urged to establish a Native Hawaiian building code, separate from its standard building code, that protects and promotes the exercise of indigenous Native Hawaiian architectural practices, styles, customs, techniques, and materials employed by Native Hawaiians; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that each county is urged to allow the application of Native Hawaiian architecture in all zoning districts, rather than only in uniquely designated, special, or historic districts; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that each county is urged to adopt or amend its ordinances no later than March 31, 2011; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Mayor and the Chairperson of the Council of each county.

 

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title: 

Native Hawaiian Building Code