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BILL NO. 240
ORDINANCE NO. 23 12
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 15, ARTICLE 2,DIVISION 1, SECTION
15-26, OF THE HAWAII 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 HAWAII:
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 .] 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[meter] 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[7] 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 Hawaii 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 Material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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:
OUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAII
Hilo , Hawai`i
Date of Introduction: January 25, 2023
Date of 1st Reading: January 25, 2023
Date of 2nd Reading: February 8' 2023
Effective Date: February 22, 2023
REFERENCE Comm.
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OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK r t Li
County of Hawai`i
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Introduced By: Dr. Holeka Goro Inaba(B/R) ROLL CALL VOTE
Date Introduced: January 2 5, . 2023 AYES NOES ABS EX
First Reading: January 25, 2023 Evans X
Published: February 3 , 2023 Galimba X
Inaba X
REMARKS: Kagiwada X
Kaneali'i-Kleinfelder X
Kierkiewicz X
Kimball X
Lee Loy X
Villegas X
Second Reading: February 8, 2023 8 0 1 0
To Mayor: February 1 5 7 242.E
Returned: February 23, 2023 ROLL CALL VOTE
Effective: February 22, 2023
Published: March 10, 2023 AYES NOES ABS EX
Evans X
REMARKS, Galimba X
Inaba X
Kagiwada X
Kaneali'i-Kleinfelder X
Kierkiewicz X
Kimball X
Lee Loy X
Villegas X
9 0 0 0
I DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing BILL was adopted by the County Council published as
indicated above.
C UNCIL CHAIRPERSON
rApici-D-ovi/Disapproved this v day
of rx , 20 2, 7i. COUNTY CLERK •
240
Bill No.:
MAYOR, COUNTY OF HAWAII C-1086/PCHSW-2
Reference:
Ord No.: 23 12