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M1v Os p~ <br /> rPa,~~ lei <br /> <br /> Stephen K. Yamashiro Richard Wurdeman <br /> Mayor Corporation Counsel <br /> •s:~~ <br /> ~~'.....':t1 <br /> R OF NA <br /> ~nixnf~r n~ ~ttfuttii <br /> OFFICE OF THE CORPORATION COUPrSEL <br /> 101 Aupuni Street, Suite 325 • Hilo, Hawaii 96720.4262 • (808) 961.8251 . Fax (808) 961-8622 <br /> 31 August 1998 <br /> TO: DOMINIC YAGONG, Member <br /> Hawaii County Council <br /> FROM: RICHARD D. WURDEMAN ~;G ~ <br /> Corporation Counsel <br /> SUBJECT: BILL 280 - RELATING TO SIGNS <br /> In your memorandum of August 26, 1998, you asked whether the <br /> provision of Bill 280 which exempts real estate signs from <br /> the provisions of the Bill makes it constitutionally <br /> questionable. <br /> In Corporation Counsel Opinion 96-03, relating to election <br /> signs, (copy attached), I pointed out that when sign <br /> restrictions are based on content, rather than other more <br /> legitimate reasons, th:- Courts are very unlikely to uphold <br /> them. <br /> We recommend, therefore, that the exemptions for real estate <br /> signs be eliminated, and that they be treated as all other <br /> signs. <br /> Attachment <br /> ~ N., ''I . a•O <br /> RDW:1929Lbre A'Qe Ne._^ 1~{CC R10 <br /> itef. Tn,__C.n~v,e:1 p~o.a.,f~ <br /> R.S. Date $EP 0 1 1998 <br /> <br />