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YY O/ M DOMINIC YAGONG ~yW'% Phone: (808) 961-8261 Councilmem6er - - r ear CO[I?~;`1•Y COCII~CIL County of Hawaii Hawaii County Building 25 Aupuni Street Hilo, Hawaii 96720 cv January 27, 1997 ~ 0 ail Mr. Richard Wurdeman, ~Z' m ` 1 Corporation Counsel , ~ , Office of the Corporation Counsel = ~ , ~ ~ 101 Aupuni Street, Suite 325 ~ 'f Hilo, Hawaii 96720 ~ ui Dear Mr. Wurdeman: Subject: Request for Legal Opinion regarding Hilo Woman's Club Application for Sidewalk Use Permit for Pink Elephant Thrift Shop The Hilo Woman's Club (Applicant) has applied to the Council for a sidewalk use permit. This application, Communication No. 1407, has been referred to the Council's Public Works and Parks Committee for discussion. Your advice is requested regarding the following: 1) Does Chapter 22, Division 5, of the Hawaii County Code regulate the placing of sandwich board signs on County property? 2) If Chapter 22, Division 5, does not apply to this situation, please inform us whether the proposed use is otherwise regulated by County law and identify such laws. Backgt•ow7d.• The Applicant seeks a sidewalk use permit to place a 24" by 30" sandwich board sign on the sidewalk in front of their Pink Elephant Thrift Shop, located at 216 Kamehameha Avenue. The application indicates that the date(s) of use requested are presently Wednesday through Saturday. In her testimony before the Committee on Human Services and Public Works, on November 13, 1996, Marlene Lundquist of the Pink Elephant Thrift Shop states that the sign will not be placed on the sidewalk, but on a gravel area approximately 6 feet wide. In a letter to the Committee, received on December 12, 1996, she indicates that this gravel area is located "across from the sidewalk" and encloses a picture of the site. )~4 5.03 F11e T(o. fief. To: ~WP~. ftei• Grp MAR o s lssa