BUILDING DIVISION

Department of Public Works, County of Kauai

4444 Rice Street, Suite 175, Lihue, HI 96766

Phone: 808-241-6655 Fax: 808-241-6806

To obtain a building permit, an applicant shall first file an application and contractor’s statement provided by the Building Division with all applicable items on the forms completed. The application and the attached contractor’s statement shall be signed by the permittee, his authorized agent, or his successor in interest, which agent or successor may be required to prove such agency or successor.

The plans (traditionally referred to as blueprints) are a graphic representation of the building. Plan, building section and detail drawings should be provided and drawn to scale. Building section and detail drawings need to of an adequate scale to clearly show details . A complete set of plans should include:

  1. Plot Plan

  2. Floor Plan

  3. Foundation Plan

  4. Framing Plans: 

    5. bulletFloor Framing Plan
    bulletRoof Framing Plan with Roof Trussed Detail

  5. Elevation Plans:

    6. bulletExterior Elevations of Building Interior
    bulletElevation of Kitchen and Bathroom

  6. Building Sections and Details

EXAMPLE OF THESE ARE SHOWN ON ATTACHED DRAWINGS.

Five (5) complete set of plans shall be submitted for permit. For public, hotel and commercial buildings an additional plan and specification shall be submitted and all sets shall include complete electrical and plumbing drawings and a Commercial UBC Check List.

All plans shall be prepared, designed, approved and stamped by a duly registered professional licensed structural engineer or architect as required by Chapter 464, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Commercial plans may require the electrical and mechanical plans to be stamped by a licensed electrical or mechanical engineers when required by their respective codes. A single story wood framed residential plans with an estimated valuation of less than $50,000 or a two story wood framed residential building valuation of less than $45,000 may not require being stamped accordingly.

ALL PLANS SHALL BE REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE FOLLOWING AGENCIES:

COUNTY AGENCIES:

  1. Planning Department, 4444 Rice St., Ste. 473, Lihue, HI 96766

  2. Department of Water, 4398 Pua Loke, Lihue, HI 96766

  3. Engineering Division, 4444 Rice St., Ste. 175, Lihue, HI 96766

  4. Fire Department, 4444 Rice St., Ste. 295, Lihue, HI 96766
    (Fire Department approval: Commercial Project Only)

  5. Wastewater Management, 4444 Rice St., Ste. 200, Lihue, HI 96766

  6. Building Division, 4444 Rice St., Ste. 175, Lihue, HI 96766

STATE AGENCY:

  1. Environmental Health Services, Department of Health, 3040 Umi St., Lihue, HI 96766

FOR SIMULTANEOUS PLAN REVIEW FOR COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS
VERIFY REQUIREMENTS WITH THE BUILDING DIVISION

 

THE FOREMENTIONED REQUIREMENTS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE, FOR MORE CONCLUSIVE INFORMATION, IT IS THE APPLICANT RESPONSIBILITY TO VERIFY WITH ALL REVIEWING AGENCIES FOR ALL AND/OR ANY ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS