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COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII
BILL NO. 44
ORDINANCE NO. O5 4S
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 15 OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983
(1995 EDITION), REGARDING PARKS AND RECREATION.
BE IT ORDAINF,D BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
Section 1. The purpose of this measure is to amend Chapter 15, Parks and
Recreation, to establish the procedure to allow the Council to name open areas after a person or
persons.
Section 2. Chapter 15, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (1995 edition) is amended
to read as follows:
"Chapter 15
PARKS AND RECREATION
Article 8. Naming of Facilities.
Section 15-67. Naming of recreational facilities.
(a) The names of all recreational facilities shall be designated in accordance with
requirements set forth herein:
(1) Aesthetic areas: Any aesthetic area shall:
(A) Retain any existing name which has been historically accepted through
common usage; or
(B) Be named, preferably in the Hawaiian language, in a manner which describes
significant features or the geographic location of said aesthetic area.
(2) Open areas: Any open area shall:
(A) Be named for its neighborhood, community, region, district or other
identifying geographical location; or
(B) Be named for a former member of the Hawaiian monarchy; or
(C) Be named or re-named for a person or persons alive or deceased, who meet
one or more of the following criteria:
(i) The person has contributed significantly to the recreational programs
in the community in which the open area is located; or
(ii) The person has achieved significant recognition on the national or
international level; or
(iii) The person has been honored for service with the armed forces of the
United States of America; or
(iv) The person has accomplished significant achievements in other fields of
endeavor which have been of benefit to other persons.
{{E)}~ Where the use of a geographical name as described in subsection (2)(A)
would lead to duplication of an already existing name of a recreational facility,
the facility shall be named after the primary street which it abuts, or be given a
name in the Hawaiian language which describes its site.
(3) Special interest areas: Any special interest area shall:
(A) Be named for its neighborhood, community, region, district, or other
identifying geographic location; or
(B) Where the use of a geographical name as described in subsection (3)(A)
would lead to duplication of an already existing name of a recreational facility,
the facility shall be named after the primary street which it abuts, or be given a
name in the Hawaiian language which describes its site.
(4) Structures: Any structure shall:
(A) Be named for its neighborhood, community, region, district, or other
identifying geographic location; or
(B) Be named or re-named for a person or persons alive or deceased, who meet
one or more of the following criteria:
(i) The person has contributed significantly to the recreational programs in the
community in which the structure is located; or
(ii) The person has achieved significant recognition on the national or
international level; or
(iii) The person has been honored for service with the armed forces of the
United States of America; or
(iv) "the person has accomplished significant achievements in other fields of
endeavor which have been of benefit to other persons.
(b) Where the namc of any person or persons is proposed as the name for an open area or [a]
structure, pursuant to subsection {2)(C) or (4)(B), the following information shall be included in
the proposal:
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(1) The full name of the person; and
(2) "1'he date of birth and, if appropriate, the date of the death of the person; and
(3) The current or last residence of the person, including street address, town, and
district; and
(4) Association, if any, of the person with the open area or structure to be named; and
(5) A brief biography of the person, including all data relevant to the commemorative
naming.
SECTION 3. Material to be repealed is bracketed. New material is underscored. In
printing this ordinance, the brackets, bracketed material and underscoring need not be included.
SECTION 4. If any provision of this ordinance, or the application thereof
to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, such invalidity shall 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 declared to
be severable.
SECTION 5. This ordinance shall take effect upon its approval.
INTRODUCED BY:
OUNCIL BER, COUN J OF HAWAII
Hilo , Hawaii
Date of Introduction: March 16, 2005
Date of 1st Reading: March 16, 2005
Date of 2nd Reading: April 6, 2005
Effective Date: April 18, 2005
REi=ERENCF: Comm: 12-..~.~-...~
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OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK
County of Hawai `i [
Hilo, Hawaii t.c.J I li'ii 1Ji I F3 ~ i:i
Introduced By: Stacy Higa ROLL CALL VOTE
Date Introduced: March 16, 2005 ~ ~A~'ES NOES ABS EX
First Reading: March 16, 2005 Arakaki X
Published: N/A Higa X
Hoffinann X
REMARKS: Holschuh X
Ikeda X
Isbell X
Jacobson X
Pilago X
Safarik X
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Second Reading: April 6, 2005
To Mayor: April 11, 2005 ROLL CALL VOTE
Returned: April 19, 2005 AYES NOES ABS EX
Effective: April 18, 2005 Arakaki X
Published: April 22, 2005 Higa X
Hoffinann X
REMARKS: Holschuh X
Ikeda X
Isbell X
Jacobson X
Pilago X
Safarik X
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I DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing BILL was adopted by the County Council published as
indicated above.
APPROVED AS TO s~~3;~~~~I/ /~{~~t~y/
FORM AND LEGALITY: I/~
~i . J7 „ COUNCLL CHAIRMAN
DEPUTY CORPORATION COUNSEL
COUNTY OF HAWAII
G~PR 15 COUNTYC'LERK
Date
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Bill No.:
pprove Disapproved this ~ rd~ day C-127/PSPRC-Waived _
Reference:
of 20 t~ 5 Ord No.: O rJ YS
M ~ YOR, COQINTY OF HAWAII