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COUNTY OF HAWAII <br />RESOLUTION NO. <br />STATE OF HAWAII <br />653 <br />OS <br />RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL <br />MANAGEMENT TO CONTINUE AN AMNESTY PROGRAM REGARDING <br />DERELICT VEHICLE RECYCLING AND DISPOSAL FROM PRIVATE PROPERTY. <br />WHEREAS, derelict vehicles contribute to blight in neighborhoods island-wide, which <br />increases the likelihood of various crimes as well as illegal dumping; and <br />WHEREAS, the beneficial scrap metal recovery mazket has reduced costs of recycling <br />scrap metal over the last two yeazs, providing funding for expanded derelict vehicle collections; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, Hawaii County Code, section 25-1-5 (b) provides the definition of a <br />" junkyazd" as anything more than two hundred squaze feet,, which translates to anything more <br />than two inoperable vehicles; and <br />WHEREAS, derelict vehicles are an environmental and safety hazard primarily due to <br />leaking petroleum products and other fluids; and <br />WHEREAS, derelict vehicles also collect sitting water, providing a breeding ground for <br />mosquitoes, as well as vermin, and carrying the risk of transmitting various diseases; and <br />WHEREAS, the Vehicle Disposal Fund was created in 1994, collecting an annual fee <br />from all vehicles at the time of their yeazly registration, for the express purpose of appropriate <br />disposal at the end of a vehicle's useful life; and <br />WHEREAS, Ordinance 94-101 amended Hawaii County Code, chapter 24, section 24- <br />199 (b) Vehicles and Traffic. It declares that abandoned and derelict vehicles on public or private <br />streets aze a public nuisance; and <br />WHEREAS, the County Council finds that there is a public purpose in reducing the <br />number of derelict cars on private roads, roads in limbo, and private properties and the program <br />has proven its benefit to the residents and County in its first year; and <br />