HomeMy WebLinkAboutBIL 082 Draft 01 2024-2026COUNTY OF HAWAII
ORDINANCE NO.
STATE OF HAWAI`I
BILL NO. 82
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 24, ARTICLE 9, OF THE HAWAI`I
COUNTY CODE 1983 (2016 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO
PEDESTRIANS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI`I:
SECTION 1. Chapter 24, article 9, section 24-249, of the Hawaii County Code 1983
(2016 Edition, as amended) is amended to read as follows:
"Section 24-249. [ ] Certain acts by
pedestrians prohibited.
(a) Pi per-sen shall stand ; a r-aa&way for- the p,�ese-afl No person may enter a
roadway, obstruct traffic, or approach moving vehicles for the purpose of:
(1) Receiving or soliciting [ ] employment, [of] business, or another good
or service from the occupant of any vehicle[..-], unless the vehicle is legally
stopped, or
(2) Delivering or offering any employment, business, or other good or service to
the occupant of any vehicle, unless the vehicle is legally_ stopped.
For the purposes of this subsection:
"Good or service" does not include aid, assistance, or help provided or
rendered in an emergency or traffic accident.
(b) The provisions of subsection (a) do not prohibit an individual from:
(1) Using sidewalks, areas adjacent to a roadway, an other of the road
not ordinarily used for vehicular traffic, provided that the individual does not
obstruct traffic or approach moving vehicles; or
(2) Holding a sign or engaging in an other ther protected speech activity in a location
that does not obstruct traffic.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, a person convicted of a violation of
subsection (a) is subject to:
(1) For any violation not within one year of a previous violation:
(A) A fine not less than $250 and not more than $1,000;
(B) Community service no less than eighteen hours nor more than seventy-
one hours; or
C Both.
(2) For any violation within one year of a previous violation:
(A) A fine not less than $500 and not more than $1,000;
(B) Community service no less than thirty-six hours nor more than seventh
one hours, or
C Both.
rn-A (Q No person shall stand on or in proximity to a street or highway for the
purpose of soliciting the watching or guarding of any vehicle while parked or about
to be parked on a street or highway."
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 Material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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 its approval.
, Hawai`i
Date of Introduction:
Date of 1st Reading:
Date of 2nd Reading:
Effective Date:
REFERENCE Comm. 481
INTRODUCED BY:
COUN IL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAI`I
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