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4oJNty as M��' <br />\,i Jif <br />COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII <br />art O; NA <br />BILL NO. 241 <br />ORDINANCE NO. 16 107 <br />AN ORDINANCE RENUMBERING CHAPTER 26, OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE <br />1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO THE HAWAII STATE FIRE <br />CODE, REPEALING CHAPTER 14, ARTICLE 5, AND ADDING AN AMENDED <br />VERSION OF THIS ARTICLE, RELATING TO FIREWORKS, INTO CHAPTER 26. <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: <br />SECTION 1. Chapter 26 of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended) <br />is amended by placing sections 26-1 to 26-56 into'a new article 1, entitled "Hawai`i County fire <br />code, and renumbering these sections 26-1-1 through 26-1-56." <br />SECTION 2. Chapter 14, article 5 of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as <br />amended), entitled "Fireworks," is repealed. <br />SECTION 3. Chapter 26 of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended) <br />is amended by adding a new article to read as follows: <br />"Article 2. Fireworks Code. <br />Division 1. General Provisions. <br />Section 26-2-1. Title. <br />This article shall be known as the fireworks code and shall apply to the importation, <br />storage, possession, sale, purchase, transfer, and discharge of fireworks within the County. <br />Section 26-2-2 Definitions. <br />Whenever used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: <br />"Aerial device" means any fireworks: <br />(1) Containing one hundred thirty milligrams or less of explosive materials that produces <br />an audible or visible effect and is designed to rise higher than twelve feet into the air <br />and explode or detonate in the air, or to fly about above the ground; <br />(2) That are prohibited for use by any person who does not have a display permit issued <br />by the County under section 132D-16, Hawaii Revised Statutes; and <br />