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JUN -15-2004 TUE 08:42 PM CCRPORATION COUNSEL FAX N0, 9618622 P. Ol <br />01 <br />^l.x.,. Lincoln S.T. Ashida <br />-•7! Corporation Counsel <br />Gerald Takase <br />{tit Assistant Corporation <br />y+ Counsel <br />COUNTY OF HAWAII <br />OFFICE OF THE CORPORATION COUNSEL <br />101 AUpUM Street, Suite 325 • Milo. Hawaii 96720-4262 • (608) 961.8251 • Fax (808) 961-8622 <br />June 15, 2004 <br />To: J. Curtis Tyler III <br />Councilman, Hawaii County Council <br />Fm: Diane Noda 0^r" <br />Deputy Corporation Counsel <br />Re: Bill 280 (Draft 5) re: Sign Code <br />1. You requested alt interpretation of the phrase "bounded by, and adjacent to" as set <br />forth in the definition of the "Kailua Village core" in Section 3-3 (19) of the proposed <br />sign code. Therc is no definition found in Hawaii statutes or case law. Therefore, an <br />interpretation must be gleaned from the common definition of these words. <br />a. "Bounded by": <br />1) "bound," verb: to delineate a property boundary <br />(Black's Law Dictionary. 7th edition, 1999) <br />2) "bounds," noun: land within boundary lines <br />(Random House Dictionary Unabridged Edition, 1966) <br />b. "Adjacent to": <br />1) "adjacent", adjective: Lying near or close to, but not necessarily touching <br />(Black's Law Dictionary) <br />2) "adjacent", adjective: lying near, close, or contiguous; adjoining; <br />neighboring; abutting, juxtaposed, touching. (Random House Dictionary) <br />As we discussed last week, the common interpretation of this is any real <br />property that is within the four bordering streets, or on the outermost edges of <br />these four bordering streets, that is, whose property line is on the northern side of <br />Palani Road, the southern side of Hualalai Road, the eastern side of Alit Drive, or <br />the western side of Kuakini Highway. <br />Comm. No, 82.10(0 <br />Ref. To: Prese tZ <br />Ref. Dote <br />