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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 15, ARTICLE 2, DIVISION 1, SECTION
15-26, OF THE HAWAI‘I COUNTY CODE 1983 (2016 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO USE OF VEHICLES AND PARKING RESTRICTIONS AT COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I:
SECTION 1. Chapter 15, article 2, division 1, section 15-26 of the Hawai‘i County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended) is amended to read as follows:
“Section 15-26. Vehicles; [Parking] parking restricted.
(a) No [unauthorized] vehicle shall be driven at, operated upon, or parked within a park or recreational facility [area] except on paved or unpaved roads and parking areas specifically
established [laid out] and provided for [public use.] park or recreational facility users while they are actively using or seeking to use the park or recreational facility in a manner
consistent with all applicable rules and regulations.
(b) Parking of [motor] vehicles shall be [in places designated by appropriate signs and] within marked stalls or in places designated for such use by appropriate signage as they may
be provided[.] or as otherwise permitted by the director.
(c) Use of electric vehicle charging station parking stalls shall only be allowed for persons with qualified electric vehicles, while they are actively using the park or recreational
facility and only while the vehicle is being charged.
(d) No person shall stop, park, or leave standing any motor vehicle, whether attended or unattended, except in areas lawfully designated for parking. No person shall stop, stand, or
park a vehicle on any landscaped or grassed areas; on walkways or trails; in a crosswalk; within any recreational facility; or in any location that obstructs an accessible route, park
entrance or exit; road or driveway; fire lane, emergency access route, maintenance access, or in a manner that impedes the operation of a door or gate.
(e) The director, or the director’s authorized representative, may authorize temporary access to and use of any park or recreational facility for vehicle access and parking for specific
uses, activities, events, or for construction purposes.
(d) This section shall not apply to any vehicle that is clearly and officially designated as a County vehicle or vehicles operated by the Hawai‘i police department, provided that the
operator of the vehicle is on duty.”
SECTION 2. Material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New material is underscored. In printing this ordinance, the brackets, bracketed and stricken material, and underscoring
need not be included.
SECTION 3. Severability. If any provision of this ordinance, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions
or applications of the ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this ordinance are severable.
SECTION 4. This ordinance shall take effect upon approval.
INTRODUCED BY:
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COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I
_______________, Hawai‘i
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