§132-9  Submission of building plans for
approval.  Before work commences upon the construction of any building of
the types hereinafter enumerated, or upon an alteration or addition to any
building, the plans and specifications for the work shall be submitted to the
county fire chief.  Neither the person causing the construction, alteration, or
addition to be made, nor the person's architect or agent, shall authorize,
order, or permit the work thereon to start and no contractor, builder, or other
person may start the work, before approval of the plans and specifications by
the county fire chief.



The foregoing provisions shall be applicable to
buildings, the whole or any part of which are being, or intended to be, used
as:



(1)  Hospitals, sanitariums, asylums, children's
nurseries, and other such institutions;



(2)  Hotels, apartment houses, rooming houses, and
tenement houses; provided that when any such building to be constructed or upon
which alterations or additions are to be made, is only one story high, with
living accommodations permanently designated and intended for less than
twenty-five persons, this section shall not apply;



(3)  Schools, churches, auditoriums, halls,
gymnasiums, dance halls, nightclubs, factories, office buildings, stores, and
all other such buildings where persons work, congregate, or assemble; provided
that when any such building to be constructed, or upon which alterations or
additions are to be made, is only one story high, and is permanently designated
and intended for a total accommodation at any one time of less than one hundred
persons, this section shall not apply.



This section shall be applicable to the State
and the counties, and other municipal subdivisions, and their officers, as well
as to private persons. [L 1945, c 166, §1; RL 1955, §184-10; am L 1963, c 3,
§1; HRS §132-10; am and ren L 1978, c 241, §2(11); gen ch 1985]