PD BACKGROUND & RECOMMENDATION REPORT (PL-CCI-2022-000001)

Home

{ (3) Is designed and installed in compliance with article 625 of the National Electrical Code; provided that the term shall not include facilities or systems for refueling the hydrogen storage tank of a fuel cell electric vehicle." ""Fuel cell electric vehicle"means a zero-emission electric vehicle that uses a fuel cell to convert hydrogen gas and oxygen into electricity that is used in a vehicle powertrain for propulsion." ""Neighborhood electric vehicle" means a self-propelled electrically powered motor vehicle to which all of the following; apply: (1) The vehicle is emission free; (2) The vehicle is designed to be and is operated at speeds of twenty-five miles per hour or less, (3) The vehicle has four wheels in contact with the round; (4) The vehicle has a gross vehicle weight rating; of less than three thousand pounds; and (5) The vehicle conforms to the minimum safetyquipment requirements as adopted in the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 500, Low Speed Vehicles (49 C.F.R. 571.500)." Section 24-245.5. Parkins privileges. (a) Only electric vehicles may be parked in a parking space designated and marked as reserved for electric vehicles. (b) Only electric vehicles that are activelyging may be parked in a parking; space equipped with an electric vehicle charging system that is designated and marked as reserved for this purpose. Section 24-245.6. Penalties. Any person who uses a parking space in violation of section 24-245.5, shall be guilty of a traffic infraction and fined accordingto o chapter 291D and section 291-71, Hawaii Revised Statutes." SECTION 3. Chapter 25, article 1, section 25-1-5 of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended) is amended by adding the following definitions to be appropriately inserted and to read as follows: ""Alternating current Level 2 charging station," commonly referred to as "Level 2 charging station," means an electric vehicle charging system that utilizes alternating current electricity providing at least three kilowatts and means a system that: (1) Is capable of providing electricity from a non-vehicle source to charge the batteries of one or more electric vehicles (2) Meets recognized standards and protocols including but not limited to Society oof Automotive Engineers (SAE) J1772TM of SAE International and Tesla protocol; and (3) Is designed and installed in compliance with article 625 of the National Electrical Code to appropriate Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories' standards." 2