I live on Hanapepe Place in Portlock and there is a beeper on the driveway security gate of the rented house next door. Apparently there is a law or ordinance that requires a beeper to warn pedestrians that a vehicle will be exiting. The problem is the renter leaves for work about 4:30 and the beeper wakes me up as the gate opens when she leaves.
What can I do?
ANSWER:Buy ear plugs, sleep on the other side of your home, or appeal to the property owner to remove the beeper.
Kokua Line was not able to find a law requiring the beeper on the security gate and was not able to find a noise violation from it.
The beeper would need to sound continuously for two minutes during a 20-minute period or for 120 beeps during a 20-minute period in order to be a noise violation, according to Jerry Haruno, head of the Noise and Radiation Branch of the state Department of Health.
Sandra Sakuma, property manager for the homeowner, had the beeper checked to make sure it was set at the lowest sound possible. It had been set at the lowest level years ago and has not malfunctioned.
Some homeowners in your area have security gates with beepers to alert fishermen and other early-morning ocean users walking in the area that an exiting vehicle is crossing the sidewalk.
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