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SECTION 4. Chapter 29 of the 1- Iawai`i County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended) is amended by adding a new article to read as follows: "Article 2. Public Water Spigots. Section 29 -5. Authority; Applicability; Use of Public Water Spigots. (a) Public water spigot areas and water spigots shall be maintained by the department of public works. (b) Public water spigots may be used by the public to obtain potable water, subject to the provisions of this section. This section shall not apply to any commercial water filling stations operated by the department of water supply. (c) Public water spigot areas shall be for the loading of water only. All other use and activity shall be strictly prohibited. (d) Use of public water spigots shall be limited to the maximum legal weight capacity of the transporting vehicle. At least one public water spigot at each public water spigot area shall be reserved for users drawing fifty -five gallons of water or less. (e) The civil defense agency shall have jurisdiction over public water spigots in the event of impending or declared disaster, and may restrict access as conditions allow. The civil defense agency may authorize any agency or individual to control public water spigots. The civil defense agency shall determine when the need for emergency access to water has subsided to the degree that any restrictions placed on access to public water spigots are thus rescinded and shall provide notification to the public of such rescission. Section 29 -6. Penalty. Any person convicted of any offense under this article shall be sentenced to pay a fine not to exceed $500 or imprisonment for a term of not more than thirty days." SECTION 5. Material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New material is underscored. In printing this ordinance, the brackets, bracketed and stricken material and underscoring need not be included. SECTION 6. Severability. If any provision of this ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, such invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are to be severable. SECTION 7. This ordinance shall take effect July 1, 2010. 2