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SECTION N 2. Chapter 20, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2016, as amended), is <br /> amended by adding a new article to read as follows: <br /> "Article 7. Disposal of Vehicles and Similar Materials. <br /> Division 1. Abandoned and Derelict Vehicles. <br /> Section 20-07-01. Disposition of abandoned or derelict vehicles. <br /> (a) No person shall leave, abandon, or place any wrecked or nonoperational automobile or <br /> construction equipment or part or portion of a wrecked or nonoperational automobile or <br /> construction equipment, or scrap iron, or other similar material, upon aM part of a public <br /> highway, public property, or private property of another. <br /> (b) The department shall take into custody and dispose of abandoned or derelict vehicles in <br /> accordance with chapter 290, Hawaii Revised Statutes. <br /> (c) The removal of abandoned or derelict vehicles shall be subject to the following_ <br /> (1) The department shall only remove abandoned or derelict vehicles that are located on or <br /> within ten feet from the edge of any public or private road; <br /> (2) The department shall not remove abandoned or derelict vehicles from any area if the <br /> director determines that the area is unsafe for a tow truck to traverse,• <br /> (3) A notice shall be affixed to an abandoned or derelict vehicle stating that the vehicle <br /> must be moved beyond a radius of one mile from its location within twenty-four hours <br /> of the notice being affixed; <br /> (4) If an abandoned or derelict vehicle has not moved beyond a radius of one mile from its <br /> location within twenty-four hours of a notice being affixed, the vehicle will be <br /> classified as abandoned and subject to removal; and <br /> (5) All decisions to tow shall be subject to the discretion of the director. <br /> (d) The director shall develop and implement a public outreach program to educate residents, <br /> community associations, road corporations, tow companies, and the public about the <br /> disposition of abandoned or derelict vehicles including the procedures for reporting <br /> abandoned or derelict vehicles. <br /> (e) The department shall adopt rules regarding the disposition of abandoned or derelict vehicles <br /> that are in accord with chapter 290, Hawaii Revised Statutes. <br /> Division 2. Vehicle Disposal Assistance. <br /> Section 20-07-21. Vehicle disposal assistance program. <br /> (a) The department shall establish a vehicle disposal assistance program to assist <br /> Hawaii County residents with disposal of vehicles. Assistance shall be contingent <br /> on the availability of funds within the County's vehicle disposal fund and at the <br /> discretion of the director. <br /> (b) Applications for assistance. <br /> To apply for disposal assistance, a property owner or registered vehicle owner shall apply to <br /> the department to have the department dispose of a vehicle from the property owner or <br /> registered vehicle owner's property <br /> (c) The property owner shall ensure that the vehicle is accessible for towing." <br /> 2 <br />