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Home My WebLink AboutORD 1996-041 1994-1996COUNTY OF HAWAII ORDINANCE NO. STATE OF HAWAII 96 41 BILL NO. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 24, OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (1995 EDITION), RELATING TO VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: 915 SECTION 1. Chapter 24, article 7, division 1, section 24-133, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (1995 edition), is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 24-133. Stop signs described; compliance; designated. (a) [Stop signs shall be octagonal in shape, shall have a red background and shall carry the word "Stop" in reflectorized white letters at least one-third the height of the sign. Its dimensions shall be not less than twenty-four inches by twenty-four inches.] Stop signs shall comply with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways as amended (b) Except when directed to proceed by a police officer or traffic -control signal, every driver of a vehicle approaching a stop intersection indicated by a stop sign shall stop before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, in the event there is no crosswalk, shall stop at a clearly marked stop line, but if none, then at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway before entering the intersection. (c) The intersections described in schedule 12, section 24-264 are stop intersections when marked by appropriate signs giving notice thereof. SECTION 2. Chapter 24, article 7, division 1, section 24-135, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (1995 edition), is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 24-135. Speed, turn lane, passing, and other [signs described.] regulatory signs described. [Speed limit, minimum speed, speed zone ahead, speed zone, turn prohibition, lane use control, do not pass, pass with care, slower traffic keep right, keep right, one way, reversible flow, periodic one way, walk on left, do not cross, keep off median, road closed, local traffic only, weight limit, and all other regulatory signs shall be rectangular in shape with black and/or red lettering on a white background.] All regulatory signs shall comply with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways, as amended. SECTION 3. Chapter 24, article 7, division 1, section 24-136, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (1995 edition), is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 24-136. Parking, bus stops, loading signs described. [Signs governing parking, bus stops, passenger and freight loading, etc., shall be rectangular in shape and mounted vertically, and shall be not less than twelve inches by eighteen inches. Prohibitive signs shall contain a red legend not less than one and one-half inches in height on a white background and permissive signs shall contain a green legend not less than one and one-half inches in height on a white background.] Signs governing parking, bus stops, loading zones, etc., shall comply with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways, as amended. SECTION 4. Chapter 24, article 7, division 1, section 24-137, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (1995 edition), is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 24-137. Yield sign described; compliance. (a) [The yield sign shall be an equilateral triangle with one point downward, having a black legend on a reflectorized yellow background. The sides of the triangle shall have a standard and minimum length of thirty inches.] The yield sign shall comply with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways, as amended. (b) The driver of a vehicle approaching a yield sign, if required for safety to stop, shall stop before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, in the event there is no crosswalk, at a clearly marked stop line, but if none, then at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway before entering the intersection. -2- SECTION 5. Chapter 24, article 7, division 1, section 24-139, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (1995 edition), is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 24-139. Warning signs described. [(a) Advisory speed limit signs shall be square, not less than eighteen inches by eighteen inches, with black lettering on a yellow reflectorized background. (b) Turn, curve, reverse turn, reverse curve, winding road, large arrow, cross road, side road, T symbol, Y symbol, stop ahead, yield ahead, signal ahead, merging traffic, pavement -width transition, road narrows, narrow bridge, divided highway, hill, bump, dip, pavement ends, soft shoulder, slippery when wet, school, crossings, double arrow, low clearance, and all other warning signs shall be diamond shaped and not less than twenty-four inches by twenty-four inches with black lettering on a yellow background.] All warning signs and advisory speed Plates shall comply with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways, as amended. SECTION 6. Chapter 24, article 7, division 1, section 24-141, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (1995 edition), is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 24-141. Warning signs required for livestock movement. (a) Any person who drives or herds any livestock across a public highway shall place warning signs adjacent to the public highway. [The signs shall be diamond shaped with thirty inch sides and ninety degree interior angles, with black lettering not less than four inches in height on a yellow field reading "Livestock Crossing."] The signs shall be posted immediately before and removed immediately after the livestock cross the highway. (b) In areas where the speed limit is more than thirty-five miles per hour, said signs shall be posted five hundred feet from the crossing point on each approach except when the crossing point is clearly visible within said distance. (c) In areas where the speed limit is thirty-five miles per hour or less, signs shall be posted two hundred fifty feet from the crossing point on each approach except when the crossing point is clearly visible within this distance. -3- SECTION 7. Chapter 24, article 8, division 1, section 24-189(a), of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (1995 edition), is hereby amended by adding a new item to be appropriately designated and to read as follows: i� The areas described in schedule 34, section 24-286 are designated as no stopping, standing, or Parking zone, and appropriate signs or marking giving notice thereof shall be erected. SECTION 8. Chapter 24, article 8, division 1, section 24-191, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (1995 edition), is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 24-191. Loading or unloading of passengers or merchandise in certain areas. (a) Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or a special traffic -control device, no person shall park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading merchandise or passengers at any place where official signs or markings prohibit parking. [(b) The areas described in schedule 36, section 24-288 are designated as no stopping, standing, or parking zone, and appropriate signs or marking giving notice thereof shall be erected.] [(c)] (b) No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under his control into any prohibited area as described in this section or away from a curb at a distance as is unlawful. SECTION 9. Chapter 24, article 8, division 1, section 24-192, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (1995 edition), is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 24-192. Parking not to obstruct traffic. No person shall park any vehicle: (a) On any street designated as "no parking on pavement zone" in a manner or under such condition that any portion of the vehicle extends over any portion of the roadway. The areas -4- described in schedule [279] 27 are designated as "no parking on pavement zones" and appropriate signs or markings giving notice thereof shall be erected, or (b) Upon a street, other than an alley, in a manner or under such condition as to leave available less than ten feet of the width of the roadway for free movement of vehicular traffic. SECTION 10. Chapter 24, article 8, division 1, section 24-197, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (1995 edition), is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 24-197. Parking prohibited during certain hours. (a) When official signs are erected giving notice thereof, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle any longer than is reasonably necessary to take on or discharge passengers or freight, upon any of the streets or portions thereof within the County, between the hours indicated on such signs, of any day, except Sundays and public holidays. (b) The areas of streets, described in schedule 29, section 24-281, are designated as narking prohibited during certain hours zones when appropriate signs or markings giving notice thereof are erected. SECTION 11. Chapter 24, article 10, division 1, section 24-256, schedule 4 (30 mile per hour limit), of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (1995 edition), is hereby amended by deleting subsection (h): [(h) State (1) Waimea/Kohala Road (FAP Route 19), Mamalahoa Highway to Opelo Road.] SECTION 12. Chapter 24, article 10, division 1, section 24-256(e), Kohala, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (1995 edition), is hereby amended by adding a new item to be appropriately designated and to read as follows: �Z Waimea/Kohala Road (FAP Route 19), Mamalahoa Highway to Opelo Road. -5- SECTION 13. Chapter 24, article 10, division 6, section 24-288, schedule 36 (freight loading zones), of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (1995 edition), is hereby amended by deleting subsection (g) (Puna), item (4): [(4) Old Volcano Highway, in Keaau Village, on the Puna side, beginning at a point four tenths mile northeast of the volcano Road and extending forty-four feet in the northeasterly direction towards the Keaau-Pahoa highway.] SECTION 14. Material to be deleted is bracketed. New material is underscored. In printing this ordinance, the brackets, bracketed material and underscoring need not be included. SECTION 15. 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 16. This ordinance shall take effect upon its approval. INTRODUCED BY: COUNCIL tIEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAII Hilo, Hawaii Date of Introduction: March 20, 1996 Date of 1st Reading: March 20, 1996 Date of 2nd Reading: April 3, 1996 Effective Date: April 12, 1996 GT/23011 COMM 976 _.)[PUT! cs to �-7--.?i^N COUNSEL CCUNTt Of ! Av'VAII Date---____—_-___�—_r..___...�. _..._ -6- OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK County of Hawaii Hilo Hawaii Introduced By: Brian De Lima Date Introduced: March 20, 1996 First Reading: March 20, 1996 Published: N / A REMARKS: I DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing BILL was adopted by the County Council and published as indicated above. COUNCIL C AIRMAN COUNTY CLERK Approved/Diff permed this / 2 day Of ,19'?,�. Y , COUNTY HAWAII Bill No.: 215 Reference: C-976/HSPWC-105 Ord. No.: 96 a• ROLL CALL VQTF1 AYES NOES ABS EX Arakaki X Bonk -Abramson X Childs X De Lima X Second Reading: To Mayor: Returned: Effective: Published REMARKS: April April April April April 3, 41996, 12 , 12, 22, 1996 1996 1996 1996 Rath X Ray X Smith X 9 0 0 0 I DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing BILL was adopted by the County Council and published as indicated above. COUNCIL C AIRMAN COUNTY CLERK Approved/Diff permed this / 2 day Of ,19'?,�. Y , COUNTY HAWAII Bill No.: 215 Reference: C-976/HSPWC-105 Ord. No.: 96 a• ROLL CALL VQTF1 AYES NOES ABS EX Arakaki X Bonk -Abramson X Childs X De Lima X Domingo X Osorio X Rath X Ray X Smith X 9 0 0 0 I DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing BILL was adopted by the County Council and published as indicated above. COUNCIL C AIRMAN COUNTY CLERK Approved/Diff permed this / 2 day Of ,19'?,�. Y , COUNTY HAWAII Bill No.: 215 Reference: C-976/HSPWC-105 Ord. No.: 96 a• ROLL CALL VOTE AYES NOES ABS EX Arakaki X Bonk -Abramson X Childs X De Lima X Domingo X Osorio X Rath X Ray X Smith X 9 0 0 0 I DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing BILL was adopted by the County Council and published as indicated above. COUNCIL C AIRMAN COUNTY CLERK Approved/Diff permed this / 2 day Of ,19'?,�. Y , COUNTY HAWAII Bill No.: 215 Reference: C-976/HSPWC-105 Ord. No.: 96 a•