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3 <br /> I <br /> pJNtYaoe qty. <br /> i <br /> HAWAII �:J STATE OF HAWAVI <br /> 'ftE OF•Np� <br /> I <br /> BILL N . 120 3 <br /> ORDINANCE N . <br /> AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 24, ARTICLE 8, AND CHAPTER 25, <br /> ARTICLE 1 AND ARTICLE 4, DIVISION 5, OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 <br /> (2016 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO PROVIDING, MAINTAINING, AND <br /> DEDICATING PARKING SPACES AND CHARGING STATIONS FOR ELECTRIC <br /> VEHICLES. <br /> BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: <br /> SECTION 1. Purpose. Section 291-71, Hawaii Revised Statutes, requires all places of <br /> public accommodation with at least one hundred parking spaces for use by the general public to <br /> have at least one parking space equipped with an electric vehicle charging system. This section <br /> authorizes each county to adopt an ordinance to enforce the requirements of section 291-71. <br /> Further, section 291-72, Hawaii Revised Statutes,provides that it shall be a traffic infraction <br /> subject to fines to park non-electric vehicles in spaces reserved for electric vehicles or to park in <br /> a parking space equipped with an electric vehicle charging system while not actively charging an <br /> electric vehicle. The purpose of this ordinance is to enforce the requirements of sections 291-71 <br /> and 291-72, Hawaii Revised Statutes. <br /> SECTION 2. Chapter 24, article 8, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as <br /> amended) is amended by adding a new division 7 to read as follows: <br /> "Division 7. Parking for electric vehicles. <br /> Section 24-245.4. Definitions. <br /> As used in this division: <br /> ""Electric vehicle"means: <br /> (1) A neighborhood electric vehicle as defined in this section; <br /> (2) A vehicle, with four or more wheels that draws propulsion energy from a battery <br /> with at least four kilowatt hours of energy storage capacity that can be recharged from <br /> an external source of electricity, or <br /> (3) A fuel cell electric vehicle." <br /> ""Electric vehicle charging system"means a system that: <br /> (1) Is capable of providing electricity from a non-vehicle source to charge the batteries of <br /> one or more electric vehicles; <br /> (2) Meets recognized standards, including standard SAE J1772 of SAE International; and <br />