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A or N1 <br /> COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII <br /> BILL NO. 357 <br /> ORDINANCE NO. <br /> <br /> A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 24, ARTICLE 10, DIVISION 8, <br /> SECTION 24-293, SCHEDULE 41, HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS <br /> AMENDED), REGARDING VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC, TO RESTRICT THE USE OF <br /> THE WAIPI`O VALLEY ACCESS ROAD TO FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLES. <br /> BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: <br /> SECTION 1. Purpose. The Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended) <br /> currently restricts access to the Waipi`o Valley Access Road to all-wheel drive vehicles only. <br /> However, there are multiple signs at the entrance to this road indicating that access is restricted <br /> <br /> to four-wheel drive vehicles only. Several members of the immediate community in Waipi`o <br /> have reported that all-wheel drive vehicles have been entering the valley only having to be towed <br /> out. This is due to both the inordinately steep slopes of this access road coupled with inclement <br /> conditions as well as rough terrain, high water, muddy roads and other considerations within the <br /> valley itself. Thus, all-wheel drive vehicles have been rendered incapacitated both on the access <br /> road itself and also within the valley at different points. The inability ofall-wheel drive vehicles <br /> to successfully navigate the difficult terrain of this road creates unsafe conditions as well as an <br /> unnecessary and significant burden to the already relatively heavy traffic the Waipi`o Valley <br /> Access Road endures. Furthermore, as the code is currently written, those with four-wheel drive <br /> vehicles are not permitted to traverse the Waipi`o Valley Access Road as all-wheel drive and <br /> four-wheel drive are wholly different in concept, capacity and definition. <br /> SECTION 2. Chapter 24, article 10, division 8, section 24-293, schedule 41, Hawaii <br /> County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended), relating to Vehicles and Traffic, is amended to <br /> read as follows: <br /> "Section 24293. Schedule 41. Use of certain streets by certain vehicles restricted. <br /> The following classes of vehicles are precluded from the use of the designated <br /> streets when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected: <br /> (a) Hamakua <br /> (1) Pakalana Street, from Lehua Street to Mamane Street, makai bound only: <br /> (A) Any vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of more than ten <br /> thousand pounds shall not travel in the makai-bound direction. <br /> (B) This restriction shall be lifted during emergencies as may be declared by the <br /> office of civil defense. <br /> (2) Waipi`o Valley Access Road. <br /> (A) Restricted to [all-wkreel] four-wheel drive vehicles only. <br /> (B) Any vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of more than ten <br /> thousand pounds shall not travel on this road. This restriction shall not be <br /> applicable to utility, emergency or delivery vehicles providing services to <br /> business establishments and residents [ea] in Waipi`o Valley. <br /> (C) Vehicle shall be engaged in [all-wheel] four-wheel drive mode. <br /> <br />