HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1943-132By Authority
OOUNTY OI' HAWAII
TERRTTORY OF fIAWAII
QTdinance No. 132
AN ORDINANCF. TO AMEND
ORDINANCE NO. 104 OF THE
COUNTY OF HAWAII EN-
TITLED "AN ORDINANCE
REGULATING TRAFFIC UP-
ON THE PUBLIC STREETS
AND HIGHWAYS OF TF3E
COUNTY OF HAWAII."
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN
AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
F-I A\NAII:
Section 1. Article I, Section 1
of Ordinance No. 104 is hereby
zunended by adding thereto at the
rnd thereof two new paragraphs
to read as follows:
"Sns. Every vehicle operat-
ing as common carrier of
passengers, as defined in
Act 186, Session Laws of
Hawaii 1941, excepting
motor vehicles operated
as taxicabs.
"Taxicab. A motor vehicle, oP
7 passenger capacity or
less, which is held for
hire at designated places
and has no regular sched-
ule or route, but operates
for the purpose of carry-
ing passengers at any
time to any point and
subject to call."
Section 2. Article V, Section
26 of Ordinance No. 104 is hereby
amended by repealing the same
and 1n lieu thereof the same to
read as follows:
"(a) It shall be unlawful for
the operator of any bus
to stand or park, e:.-
cepting between the
hours of 8:00 P.M. and
12 midnight on week
days and between the
hours of 5:30 P.M. and
midnight, and between
midnight and 6:00 P.M.
on Sundays and legal
holidays, upon any street
in any business district,
as defined herein, at any
place other than at a
b'us stop or bus station,
except that this provis-
ion shall not prevent the
operator of any such
vehicle from temporarily
stopping in accordance
With other stopping or
parking regulations at
any place for the pur-
pose of and while ar,-
tually engaged in load-
ing or unloading pas-
sengers.
"(b) It shall be unlawful for
the operator of any taxi-
cab to stop, stand or
park his vehicle upon
any street or highway in
•any business district, as
defined herein, for the
purpose of soliciting
fares."
Section 3. Article V, Section
29, Paragraph (a) is hereby a-
mended by,repealing the same and
1P ]]fll thereof the same to read
as follows:
"(a) Except when necessary
in obedience to traffic
regulations or traffic
signs or signals, the op-
erator of the vehicle
shall not stop, stand or
park such vehicle in a
roadway other than pa-
rallel with the edge of
the roadway, headed zn
the direction of traffic,
and with the curb-side
wheels of the vehicle
within twelve inches of
the edge oP the curb, ex-
cept as provided in the
following paragraph:
"(1) In places where,
and at hours when,
stopping for the
loading or unload-
ing of merchan-
dise or materials
is permitted, veP~i-
cles used for the
transportation of
merchandise or
materials may
back into the curb
to take on or dis-
charge loads, when
the owner of such
vehicle holds a
p e r m i t granting
him such special
privilege, and pro-
vided further that
such permit shall
be either in the
possession of the
driver or on the
vehicle at the time
such vehiGe is
backed against the
curb to take on or
discharge a load,
and it shall be un-
lawful for a n y
owner or driver to
violate any of the
special terms or
conditions of any
such special per-
mit."
Section 4. This ordinance shall
take effect from and after its ap-
proval.
Introduced by:
(Sgd.) T. M. CUNNINGHAM
Supervisor,
First Representative District
Date of Introduction:
December 7, 1943
Hilo, Hawaii
TERRITORY OF HAWAII)
COUNTY OF HAWAII ~ ss.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the
foregoing Ordinance was regularly
considered at a meeting of the
Board of Supervisors of the Coun-
ty of Hawaii held a.t the County
Seat upon the 18th day of Decem-
ber, A. D. 1943, and upon being
put to vote said Ordinance was
adopted by a majority of the
Supervisors at said meeting.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I
have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of the County of
Hawaii upon this 1Sth day of De-
cember, A. D. 1943.
(SEAL)
(Sgd.) ALFRED K. KUMALAE
County Clerk of the County
of Hawaii_