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COUNTY OF HAWAIII STATE OF HAWAII RESOLUTION NO. 25 04 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT TO CONDUCT AN AMNESTY PROGRAM REGARDING DERELICT VEHICLE RECYCLING AND DISPOSAL FROM PRIVATE PROPERTY. WHEREAS, derelict vehicles contribute to blight in neighborhoods island-wide, which increases the likelihood of various crimes as well as illegal dumping. WHEREAS, the beneficial scrap metal recovery market has reduced costs of recycling scrap metal for the last year, providing funding for expanded derelict vehicle collections. WHEREAS, Hawaii County Code, Chapter 25-1-5 (b)- 61 provides the definition of a junkyard as anything more than two hundred square feet, which translates to anything more tha two inoperable vehicles. WHEREAS, derelict vehicles are an environmental and safety hazard primarily due to leaking petroleum products and other fluids.. WHEREAS, derelict vehicles also collect sitting water, providing a breeding ground for mosquitoes, as well as vermin, and cgrrying the risk of transmitting various diseases. WHEREAS, the Vehicle Disposal Fund was created in 1994, collecting an annual fee frc all vehicles at the time of their yearly registration, for the express purpose of appropriate dispo! at the end of a vehicle's useful life. WHEREAS, Ordinance 94-101 amended Hawaii County Code, Chapter 24, Section 24 199 (b) Vehicles and Traffic. It declares that abandoned and derelict vehicles on public or priv, streets are a public nuisance. WHEREAS, the County Council finds that there is a public purpose in reducing the nun of derelict cars on private roads, roads in limbo, and private properties. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI'l, that an amnesty program for the removal and recycling of derelict vehicles on privy properties be instituted for the Fiscal Year 2005-2006, beginning on July 1, 2005.