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COUNTY OF HAWAII <br />ORDINANCE NO. <br />STATE OF HAWAII <br />BILL NO. 293 <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 15, ARTICLE 1, SECTION 15-3, AND <br />ARTICLE 2, SECTION 15-21, OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, <br />AS AMENDED), RELATING TO PROHIBITION OF COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES AT <br />HONAUNAU BOAT RAMP. <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: <br />SECTION 1. Purpose. Section 15-21 of the County Code allows a person to engage in <br />commercial activity at any County park area if that person obtains from the County a permit, <br />contract, or other form of a written agreement to do so. The purpose of this ordinance is to prohibit <br />all forms of commercial activity at the 1-16naunau Boat Ramp to ensure that this County park area is <br />free from solicitation and acts of business at all times. This ordinance is not intended to restrict the <br />use of 1-16naunau Boat Ramp for canoe club activities, or restrict usage of the boat ramp by persons <br />possessing a Commercial Marine License as duly issued by the State of Hawaii Department of <br />Land and Natural Resources, providing such use is restricted to launching and landing of vessels, <br />and any other legitimate and legal action related to the licensed and regulated harvesting of aquatic <br />resources. Business transactions at H6naunau Boat Ramp involving the harvested aquatic resources <br />are prohibited by this ordinance. <br />SECTION 2. Chapter 15, article 1, section 15-3 of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 <br />Edition, as amended), is amended to read as follows: <br />"Section 15-3. Definitions. <br />As used in this chapter: <br />(1) "Authorized person" means any person authorized to enforce the provisions <br />of this chapter. <br />(2) "Camper" means any person who remains in a park area between the hours <br />of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. <br />(3) "Camping" means the act of remaining in any park area between the hours <br />of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. <br />(4) "Commercial" or "commercial activity" means a use or purpose designed <br />for profit, which includes but is not limited to the exchange or buying and <br />selling of commodities; the providing of services relating to or connected <br />