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Section 6- Applicability. This article shall apply to all commercial bicycle tours on any public highway, or any designated portion thereof. Section 6- Annual registration. (a) Prior to the first day of each January, any business or person operating a commercial bicycle tour in the County shall register annually with the director of finance, which registration shall be made in such form as prescribed by the director of finance and shall include: (1) The name,business address, mailing address,phone number, and e-mail of the registrant; (2) The name and contact information of any representatives authorized to act on behalf of the registrant; (3) Locations, areas, and routes to the utilized for bicycle tours, tour schedule, and the maximum number of participants per tour group; (4) Written and notarized permission from any property owner whose property the commercial bicycle tour traverses; and (5) A description of all moveable structures, including trailers or mobile containers, used in conjunction with the bicycle tour business. (b) A registration fee shall accompany the annual registration, which shall be $500 for the initial registration and $250 for each subsequent registration,provided that failure to register shall incur a fine of$1,000 for each unregistered year and the first registration thereafter shall be considered the initial registration. Section 6-_ Authority to restrict. (a) The council may by ordinance prohibit commercial bicycle tours on designated portions of public highways due to unsafe road conditions. (b) The council may not enact any such prohibition until having requested the respective opinions of the chief of police, the director of public works, and other public officials deemed appropriate as to whether the operation of commercial bicycle tours compromises public safety on the highways, or portions thereof, identified in the proposed prohibition. The chief of police and director of public works shall provide their respective opinion within thirty days of the request by the council. (c) With respect to any prohibition considered by the council, unsafe road conditions include, but are not limited to, narrow pavement widths, unpassable shoulders, limited sight distances, steep grades, one-lane bridges, and winding or hilly terrain. Section 6- Prohibited highways for commercial bicycle tours. In accordance with section 6- and when signs are erected giving notice thereof, commercial bicycle tours shall not operate on the following public highways: (a) Ham�akua' (b) iNorth Hilo (c) South Hilo, 2