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vv or <br /> ~y <br /> COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII <br /> q~, o,'N~'I~ <br /> BILL NO. 283 <br /> ORDINANCE NO. <br /> <br /> AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 24, ARTICLE 8, DIVISION 1, <br /> SECTION 24-199 HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED), <br /> <br /> RELATING TO ABANDONED SPECIAL MOBILE EQUIPMENT, VEHICLES, <br /> <br /> TRAILERS, AND EQUIPMENT ON WHEELS. <br /> BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: <br /> SECTION 1. Purpose. The purpose of this ordinance is to preserve and protect the <br /> <br /> quality of life, natural beauty, and rural character of our unique island community from adverse <br /> impacts caused by abandoned special mobile equipment, vehicles, trailers, and equipment on <br /> <br /> wheels. <br /> SECTION 2. Chapter 24, article 8, division 1, section 24-199, Hawaii County Code 1983 <br /> (2005 Edition, as amended), is amended to read as follows: <br /> "Section 24-199. Abandoned special mobile equipment, vehicles, trailers, and <br /> equipment on wheels prohibited; disposition. <br /> (a) No person shall abandon any special mobile equipment, vehicle, trailer, or <br /> equipment on wheels, whether operational or nonoperational, on the public <br /> highway. <br /> (b) For the purposes of this section, any special mobile equ~ment, vehicle, <br /> trailer, or equipment on wheels, whether operational or nonoperational, left <br /> unattended on any public or private street or thoroughfare which is subject to <br /> this chapter for more than twenty-four hours shall be deemed abandoned and <br /> may immediately be taken into custody by the police department. All such <br /> vehicles are declared to be public nuisances. <br /> (c) Such special mobile equipment, vehicles, trailers, or equipment on wheels <br /> shall be disposed of as required by chapter 290, Hawaii Revised Statutes, as <br /> amended. <br /> (d) Where the registered owner of the abandoned special mobile equipment, <br /> vehicle, trailer, or equipment on wheels can be located, the registered owner <br /> of such special mobile equipment, vehicle, trailer, or equipment on wheels <br /> shall be subject to a fine of [~5] $250 and all reasonable expenses incun•ed <br /> by such removal. <br /> (el The department of environmental management shall notify and provide an <br /> accounting to the director of finance of the per incident total reasonable <br /> expenses attributable to registered owners. <br /> (f) The director of finance shall collect all related fines and expenses from the <br /> registered owner at any time the registered owner (whether solely or jointly <br /> owned) registers for vehicle registration or renewal. Related unpaid fines and <br /> <br />