Chapter 18 Public Transportation

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§ 18-1 H AWAI‘I C OUNTY C ODE (2) Any individual unable to perform one or more of the following functions necessary to effectively utilize public transportation facilities without significant difficulty: (A) Negotiate a flight of stairs; (B) Boarding or alighting from a public transit vehicle; or (C) Walking more than two hundred feet. (3) Any individual unable without special facilities, special assistance, and special planning or design to utilize the public transit system as effectively as persons who are not so affected. Supporting evidence of the handicap shall be required by a licensed physician or agency involved in physical or mental handicap programs. The handicap identification card issued by the County transportation agency shall be recognized for certified handicapped individuals. “Public highways” mean the same as the definition of public highways in section 264-1, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes, including both State and County highways, but operation upon rails is not transportation on the public highways. “Safety glass” means any product composed of glass, manufactured, fabricated, or treated so as to substantially prevent shattering and flying of the glass when struck or broken or any other or similar product as may be approved by the director of finance. “Senior citizen” means any individual age sixty and over who maintains a senior citizen identification card issued by the County department of parks and recreation, elderly activities division. “Student” means any individual currently attending an educational institution certified by the State and maintains supporting evidence of present enrollment such as a student identification card. “Taxi” or “taxicab” means a vehicle designed to carry not more than eight passengers operated by a taxicab driver, which is used in the movement of passengers for hire on the public highways and which is directed to a destination by the passenger for hire or on the passenger’s behalf and which operates on call or demand. (1983 CC, c 18, art 1, sec 18-1; am 1979, ord 464, sec 1; am 1982, ord 805, sec 1; am 1986, ord 86-15, sec 1; am 1990, ord 90-19, sec 2; am 2008, ord 08-107, sec 2; am 2009, ord 09-74, sec 2.) 18-1 Section 18-2. Safety glass required. No person shall sell any new motor vehicle nor shall a reconstructed motor vehicle be registered which is designed or to be used for the purpose of transporting passengers for compensation or as a school bus unless the vehicle is equipped with safety glass wherever glass is used in doors, windows, and windshields. (1983 CC, c 18, art 1, sec 18-2.)18-2 18-2