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COUNTY OF HAWAII ORDINANCE NO. STATE OF HAWAII BILL NO. 116 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 29, WATER USE AND DEVELOPMENT, OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO COUNTY WATER SPIGOTS. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNTIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: SECTION 1. Chapter 29, Article 2. Public Water Spigots, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended), is amended to read as follows: 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 used for the loading of potable water drawn from public water spigots only. Commercial use, the washing of cars, boats, etc., and IA]all other use and activity [shall e] is strictly prohibited and shall be a violation of this section. (d) [Use-ef ]The maximum quantity of water drawn from public water spigots per transporting vehicle shall be limited to fifty-five gallons or the maximum legal weight capacity of the transporting vehicle, whichever is less. The drawingquantity of water from a public water spigot that exceeds the amounts described in this section shall be a violation of this section. [A4 lblie water spigot at o eh p4lie 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access to water has subsided to the degree that any restrictions placed on access to public water spigots are thus rescinded and shall provide notification to the public of such rescission.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 2. Material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New material is underscored. In printing this ordinance, the brackets, bracketed material and stricken material and underscoring need not be included.