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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 24,ARTICLE 8, AND CHAPTER 25, ARTICLE 1 AND ARTICLE 4, DIVISION 5, OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2016 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO PROVIDING, MAINTAINING,AND DEDICATING PARKING SPACES AND CHARGING STATIONS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES. E IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: SECTION 1. Purpose. Section 291-71, Hawaii Revised Statutes, requires all places of public accommodation with at least one hundred parking spaces for use by the general public to have at least one parking space equipped with an electric vehicle charging system. Section 291-73, Hawaii Revised Statutes, authorizes each county to adopt an ordinance to enforce the requirements of section 291-71. Further, section 291-72, Hawaii Revised Statutes, provides that it shall be a traffic infraction subject to fines to park non-electric vehicles in spaces reserved for electric vehicles or to park in a parking space equipped with an electric vehicle charging system while not actively charging an electric vehicle. The purpose of this ordinance is to enforce the requirements of sections 291-71 and 291-72, Hawaii Revised Statutes. SECTION 2. Chapter 24, article 8, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended) is amended by adding a new division 7 to read as follows: "Division 7. Parking for electric vehicles. Section 24-245.4. Definitions. As used in this division: ""Electric vehicle"means: (1) A neighborhood electric vehicle as defined in this section; (2) A vehicle, with four or more wheels, that draws propulsion energy from a battery with at least four kilowatt hours of energy storage capacity that can be recharged from an external source of electrics . ; or (3) A fuel cell electric vehicle." "Electric vehicle charging system"means a system that: (1) Is capable of providing electricity from a non-vehicle source to charge the batteries of one or more electric vehicles; (2) Meets recognized standards, including standard SAE J1772 of SAE International; and (3) Is designed and installed in compliance with chapter 5D of the Hawaii Coun1y Code; provided that the term shall not include facilities or systems for refueling the hydroen storage tank of a fuel cell electric vehicle." `"`Fuel cell electric vehicle"means a zero-emission electric vehicle that uses a fuel cell to convert hydrogen gas and oxygen into electricity that is used in a vehicle powertrain for propulsion." 6