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Home My WebLink AboutRES 202 Draft 01 2004-2006 . . ~r , g 5................................................................................................................ ";::::.i::: :::::i::i::::i :::::::::::::i'::::;:;:::;i:::i?'~.` ~.::::::::'~;:;i::;::::;:i;::''.''~v:ti:~::::::i~.':.::::~:~i:;::::';::::~:;'~%'::::::::::::::i::::i::::::::y+~2;:;::;:;:;:;:;:;:;:::;:':;:::`:::::;:;:':;:;:::;:;:;:;::::;:;:::::=:::`::::::i:::::::%:::i~:>:::;::::~;:::;:i~:::~:~:;:;i::::::'::::i:::::::`:::::::::::i:::::'::::::::::::::::'::`:::::::::::'::;~::':;:;:;:~::::'::i::::::::::::::::::: fY OS N4 COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII RESOLUTION NO. 2(i2 U5 A RESOLUTION REQUIRING THE COUNTY OFFICE OF ELECTIONS TO PROVIDE CANDIDATES FOR PUBLIC OFFICE WITH A COPY OF ORDINANCE NO.04-142 (HAWAI`I COUNTY SIGN CODE), SECTION 3-7(A), SIGNS PROHIBITED IN ALL DISTRICTS. WHEREAS, Hawaii County has an average motor vehicle-related fatality rate three times higher than the City and County of Honolulu and two times higher than Maui and Kauai Counties, as evidenced by the Motor Vehicle Crash Fatality Reduction Group Data Summary, dated 2003, sponsored by the North Ilawai'i Outcomes Project; and WHEREAS, a Junc 2004 summary report prepared by the North Hawaii Outcomes Project notes that the motor vehicle-related deaths for the first quarter of 2004 are nearly two times higher than the first quarter of 2003; and WHEREAS, Hawaii County has the highest rate ofinjury-causing motor vehicle crashes in the State when calculated both by population and by vehicle miles traveled; and WHEREAS, the practice of political campaigning and sign waving along roads in the County of Hawaii can lead to inattentiveness on the part o1 vehicle operators and distractions to both the drivers and sign-wavers themselves, which could contribute to vehicle accidents and related injuries or deaths. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the County of Hawaii that, effective immediately, the County Office of Elections must provide each individual who files for elective office with a copy of Section 3-7, Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Fdition), Signs prohibited in all districts. Specifically, prospective candidates should be made aware that according to Section 3-7: "Section 3-7. Signs prohibited in all districts. (a) No person shall erector maintain: (1) Any sign which by reason of its size, location, movement, content, coloring or manner of illumination, constitutes a traffic hazard or a detriment to traftic safety by obstructing the vision of drivers, or by obstructing, or detracting from the visibility of any officia] traffic control device, or by diverting or tending to divert the attention of drivers of moving vehicles from the traftic movement on the public streets and roads;" BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk of the County ofllawai`i shall transmit copies of this Resolution to the Office of the Governor, to the Office of the Mayor, and to the offices of all Federal, State, and County elected officials who represent constituents on the Island of Hawaii. Dated at , Hawaii, this day of _ , 2005. Introduced by: ~ - J ~ - - COUNCILMEMBER, T1~ OF AWAI`I COUNTY COUNCIL ROEECAEE VOTE _ County of Hawaii _ Avis Noes Ans I:x Hilo, Hawaii nanKA~a nlcA I hereby eertif} that Lhe foregoing Rh:SOLU I ION was by HOPPMANN the rote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COI iNCll. of ~hc County of Hawaii on HOLSCI IUI I IKI3DA ItiL3fa.l, ATTEST: IACOnSON P I I,A(i0 tiAPARII< Reference: C-529/PSPRC ` - - COUNTY CLERK CHAIRMAN & PRF.SiDING OFFICER RP:SOLUTION NO. 2U~+ U5