HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1970-321BILL NO. 702
COUNTY OF HAWAII -
ORDINANCE N0.
STATE OF HAWAII
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AN ORDINANCE REPEALING SECTION 13-10 (SPILLING LOADS ON
HIGHWAYS PROHIBITED) OF ORDINANCE NO. 39 (TRAFFIC CODE),
REVISED ORDINANCES OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII 1967, AND
SUBSTITUTING A NEW SECTION DEALING WITH THE SPILLING OF
LITTER ON THE HIGHWAYS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 13-10 of Ordinance No. 39, Revised
Ordinances of the County of Hawaii 1967, is hereby repealed
and the following section substituted therefor:
"SECTION 13-10. SPILLING LITTER ON HIGHWAYS PROHIBITED.
"(a) For the purposes of this section, the word
'litter' shall be defined to mean all waste material.
including putrescible animal and vegetable wastes
resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and
consumption of food; all putrescible and non-putrescible
solid wastes such as garbage, rubbish, ashes, street
cleanings, dead animals, abandoned automobiles, and
solid market and industrial wastes; all non-putrescible
solid wastes consisting of both combustible and non-
combustible wastes, such as paper, wrappings, cigarettes,
cardboards, tin cans, yard clippings, leaves, wood,
glass, bedding, crockery and similar materials.
"(b) No vehicle transporting a load of litter
shall be driven or moved on any highway unless such
load is adequately and securely contained so as to
prevent the contents of said load from dropping, sifting,
leaking or otherwise escaping from the vehicle.
"For the purposes of this section a load is
adequately and securely contained only if it is put
into a sealed bag, box or other container, or if it is
otherwise completely enclosed by a tarpaulin or like
covering; provided, that said container or covering is
sufficient to prevent the contents of said load from
dropping, sifting, leaking, or otherwise escaping from
the vehicle transporting it; and provided, further,
that said container or covering is securely fastened
so as to prevent it from cecoming loose, detached or
otherwise escaping from said vehicle.
"(c) The provisions of the above section shall
not apply to any person who has provided for the
pick-up of litter which may drop, sift, leak or
otherwise escape from an uncontained vehicle. The
pick-up must be accomplished during the time the
uncontained vehicle is in transit or immediately
thereafter by gleaners following said uncontained
vehicle within a reasonable distance.
"All pick-up vehicles shall be equipped with
four-way flashers which shall be in use while said
vehicles are in operation, and all gleaners shall be
required to wear orange reflectorized safety vests."
SECTION 2
approval.
This ordinance shall take effect upon its
INTRODUCED BY:
Hilo, Hawaii
Date of Introduction:
Date of Adoption:
April 22, 1970
May 20, 1970
ORDINANCE [~. 321
(Bill. No. 702-1970)
AN ORDINANCE R::PEALING Sr'3"..TIUN 13-10 (SPILLIiV,i LOADS ON HIGHWAYS PRO-
HIBITED) OF ORDINANCE N0. 39 (TRAFFIC CODE), REVISED ORDINANCES OF TH.E
COUNTY OF HAWAII 1967, AND SUBSTITUIING A NEW SECTION llEALING WITH THE
SPILLING OF LITTER ON THE HIGHWAYS.
Date Approved: May 20, 1970
Date Effective: May 28, 1970
Copies of the foregoing Ordinance, in full, are on file in the Office
of the County Clerk for use and examination by the public.
I hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance passed second and final
reading at the meeting of the County Council on May 20, 1970, by the
following aye and no vote:
AYES: Councilmen Carpenter, De Luz, Edwards, Greenwell, Matayoshi,
Souza, Yadao and Chairman Hisaoka - 8.
NOES: None.
A,BSEIJT: None.
EXCUScD FROM VOTING: Councilman Yamada - 1.
COUNTY CLERK
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