HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1987-131 1984-1988COUNTY OF HAWAII „~°K:STATE OF HAWAII
Bill No.
ORDINANCE NO.
87 131
443
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 15, ARTICLE 4, SECTION 15-42, OF THE
HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983, RELATING TO PARKS AND RECREATION.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Purpose. The purpose of this ordinance is to
amend the provisions of the Hawaii County Code which regulate
camping areas to require that quiet be maintained in camping areas
between eleven p.m. and six a.m.
SECTION 2. Chapter 15, article 4, section 15-42, of the
Hawaii County Code is amended to read as follows:
"Section 15-42. Regulations governing camping areas.
(a) The installation of permanent camping facilities is
prohibited.
(b) The digging or leveling of the ground at any campsite is
prohibited, except with the permission of the director.
(c) Camping equipment must be completely removed and the
sites cleaned before departure.
(d) Camping within twenty-five feet of any water hydrant,
main road, or well-defined water course, except upon the direction
of the director is prohibited.
(e) Quiet shall be maintained in all campgrounds between the
hours of [midnights eleven p.m. and six a.m.
(f) The gathering of wood for use as fuel in campgrounds or
picnic areas shall be limited to dead material on the ground,
except where such gathering is prohibited by the director by the
posting of appropriate signs."
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 Material to be repealed is bracketed.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.
Hilo, Hawaii
Date of Introduction:
Date of 1st Reading:
Date of 2nd Reading:
Effective Date:
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December 2, 1987
December 14, 1987
December 23, 1987
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