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""Neighborhood electric vehicle"means a self-propelled electrically powered motor vehicle to which all of the followingapply: (1) The vehicle is emission free; (2) The vehicle is designed to be and is operated at speeds of twenty-five miles per hour or less; (3) The vehicle has four wheels in contact with the round; (4) The vehicle has a gross vehicle weight rating of less than three thousand pounds; and (5) The vehicle conforms to the minimum safetyquipment requirements as adopted in the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 500, Low Speed Vehicles (49 C.F.R. 571.500)." Section 24-245.5. Parking privileges. (a) Only electric vehicles may be parked in a parking space designated and marked as reserved for electric vehicles. (b) Only electric vehicles that are plugged in with the intent to charge may be parked in a parking space equipped with an electric vehicle charging system that is designated and marked as reserved for this purpose. Section 24-245.6. Penalties. Any person who uses a parking space in violation of section 24-245.5, shall beuilt�of a traffic infraction and fined according to chapter 291D and section 291-72, Hawaii Revised Statutes." SECTION 3. Chapter 25, article 1, section 25-1-5 of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended) is amended by adding the following definitions to be appropriately inserted and to read as follows: ""Alternating current Level 2 charging station," commonly referred to as "Level 2 charging station,"means an electric vehicle charging system that utilizes alternating current electricity providing at least six kilowatts per plug;and 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 and protocols including but not limited to Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) J1772TM of SAE International and Tesla protocol; and (3) Is designed and installed in compliance with chapter 5D of the Hawaii County Code." ""Direct current fast charger"means an electric vehicle charger that: (1) Utilizes direct current electricily providing at least fifty kilowatts orgreater; (2) Is network-capable; (3) Meets recognized standards and protocols, including but not limited to SAE Combined Charging System, Tesla protocol, and CHAdeMO protocol, (4) Is safety certified by a nationally recognized testing laboratory (5) Is designed and installed in compliance with chapter 5D of the Hawaii County Code; and (6) Contains ports to support at least two industry standard charging protocols for more equitable distribution and access to charging. 7