HomeMy WebLinkAboutBIL 032 Draft 01 2010-2012COUNTY OF HAWAII
ORDINANCE NO.
STATE OF HAWAII
BILL NO. 32
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 7 OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983
(2005 EDITION), RELATING TO CIVIL DEFENSE, DISASTER CONTROL.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The purpose of this measure is to prohibit persons from
parking in disaster areas.
SECTION 2. Chapter 7, Article 2, of the Hawai'i County Code 1983 (2005
edition), relating to Civil Defense, Disaster Control, is amended by adding a new
section to read as follows:
Section 7- 12. Parking in designated area prohibited.
a) Except when authorized by an authorized person or specific traffic control device, no
person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within an impending disaster or disaster area
as described in a Mayor's and /or Governor's emergency declaration.
b) Any person found guilty of violating this section shall be guilty of a violation and subject
to a fine not exceeding $35 and the vehicle towed and stored at the owners expense
for each separate offense.
SECTION 3. New material is underscored. In printing this ordinance, the
underscoring need not be included.
SECTION 4. Severability. 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.
INTRODUCED BY:
Hawai'i
Date of Introduction:
Date of 1 st Reading:
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Effective Date:
COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAII
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