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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 24, DIVISION 8, SECTION 24-293,
SCHEDULE 41, HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983, RELATING TO THE USE OF CERTAIN
STREETS BY CERTAIN VEHICLES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Purpose. The purpose of this ordinance is to
restrict certain vehicles from using Kaiminani Street in the Kona
Palisades Subdivision, in order to insure the safety of the
residents in the area.
SECTION 2. Chapter 24, Division 8, Section 24-293, Schedule 41,
Hawaii Code 1983 is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 24-293. Schedule 41. Use of certain streets by
certain vehicles restricts.
(a) The following classes of vehicles are precluded from the use
of the designated streets when appropriate signs giving notice
thereof are erected: Vehicle with a capacity of three-quarters of a
ton or over:
(1) The Pakalana Street between Lehua Street and Kukui
Street in a northerly direction except that any vehicle equipped
with the brakes when the air pressure drops below sixty pounds per
square inch may be operated during the hours when Honokaa High and
Elementary School is not in session. All vehicles equipped with
safety brakes shall first be checked and approved by the Chief
Engineer of the Department of Public Works before they are operated
on such street. The approval of the Chief Engineer shall be valid
for a period of three months.
(2) Waipio Valley Road in Hamakua from the top of the
lookout to the bottom of the valley, restricted to four-wheel drive
vehicles only.
(3) Makai-bound traffic shall yield to mauka-bound traffic
on the access road into Waipio Valley, except at those areas
designated by the Chief Engineer with regulation signs noting
otherwise.
(b) The following classes of vehicles are precluded from the use
of designated streets when appropriate signs giving notice thereof
are erected: Vehicles with three (3) or more tons gross vehicle
weight:
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The provisions hereof shall not be applicable to utility,
emergency, or delivery vehicles and school buses providing services
to residents of the hereinafter designated streets. Further, these
restrictions shall be lifted during the period of any emergency
declared by the office of Civil Defense.
(1) Kupuna Street, in the North Kona District.
(2) Lako Street in the North Kona District.
(c) Any vehicle with five (5 )_ or more tons of gross vehicle
weight shall not be permitted to use Kamnani Street in the Kona
Palisades Subdivision as a through-street between the Hawaii Belt
Highway and the Queen Kaahumanu Highway. This restriction shall
become effective as soon as appropriate signs giving notice thereof
are erected.
This restriction shall not be app
or delivery vehicles and school buses
residents of the Kona Palisades and a
Further, these restrictions, shall be
emergency as may be declared by the o
cable to utility, emergenc
roviding services to
oining subdivisions.
ifted during periods of
ce of Civil Defen
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. In the event that any portion of the ordinance is
declared invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the other parts
of this ordinance.
SECTION 5. This ordinance shall take effect upon approval.
INTRODUCED BY:
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COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAII
Hilo, Hawaii
Date of Introduction: August 3, 1988
Date of 1st Reading: August 3, 1988
Date of 2nd Reading: August 25, 1988
Effective Date: September 6, 1988
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