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V EHICLES AND T RAFFIC§ 24-1 CHAPTER 24 VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC Article 1. General Provisions. Section 24-1. Title. This chapter may be cited as the Hawai‘i County traffic code. (1983 CC, c 24, art 1, sec 24-1.)24-1 Section 24-2. Scope and applicability of chapter and of Statewide Traffic Code. (a) The provisions set forth in this chapter are to provide for the regulation of traffic in the County of Hawai‘i, upon the following: (1) The public streets of the County; (2) Such private streets, highways, and thoroughfares: (A) Which have been continuously used by the general public for more than six months, and designated by the council, or (B) Which are intended for dedication to the public use as provided in section 264-1, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes, and are open for public travel but have not yet been accepted by the County; and (3) Such private properties which have been designated and identified as a special parking stall for disabled persons pursuant to section 24-243, Hawai‘i County Code. (b) Private streets, highways, and thoroughfares used primarily for actual agricultural and ranching purposes shall be exempt from this chapter. An agricultural zoning designation pursuant to the County zoning code, in and of itself, shall not constitute a sufficient indication that a street, highway, or thoroughfare is primarily used for actual agricultural and ranching purposes. (c) Pursuant to the authority delegated to the County by Act 173 of 1995, all streets that have been used by the general public for a period of more than six months are hereby designated by the council to be subject to the provisions of chapter 291C of the Hawai‘i Revised Statutes, known as the “Statewide Traffic Code,” and this chapter. (d) The County shall not be responsible for the maintenance and repair of any private street, highway, or thoroughfare when it imposes or enforces traffic regulations and highway safety laws or places or permits to be placed appropriate traffic control devices on that private street, highway, or thoroughfare. (e) No adverse or prescriptive rights shall accrue to the general public when the County imposes or enforces traffic regulations and highway safety laws or places appropriate traffic-control devices on any private street, highway, or thoroughfare. (1983 CC, c 24, art 1, sec 24-2; am 1995, ord 95-129, sec 1; am 1998, ord 98-97, sec 1.)24- 2 24-1