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Meeting: Public Works and Parks and Recreation Committee — October 18, 2011
Action: Withdrawn per request from DPW via Comm. 398.1 dated
October It, 2011.
Re: Bill 116: Comm. 398 (2010-2102 term)
COUNTY OF HAWAII
ORDINANCE NO.
STATE OF HAWAII
BILL NO. 116
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 29, WATER USE AND DEVELOPMENT, OF THE
COUNTY OF HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO
COUNTY WATER SPIGOTS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNTIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 29, Article 2. Public Water Spigots, of the Hawaii County Code 1983
(2005 Edition, as amended), is amended to read as follows:
Section 29-5. Authority; Applicability; Use of Public Water Spigots.
(a) Public water spigot areas and water spigots shall be maintained by the department
of public works.
(b) Public water spigots may be used by the public to obtain potable water, subject to
the provisions of this section. This section shall not apply to any commercial water
filling stations operated by the department of water supply.
(c) Public water spigot areas shall be used for the loading of potable water drawn from
public water spigots only. Commercial use, the washing of cars, boats, etc., and IA]all
other use and activity [shall e] is strictly prohibited and shall be a violation of this
section.
(d) [Use-ef ]The maximum quantity of water drawn from public water spigots per
transporting vehicle shall be limited to fifty-five gallons or the maximum legal weight
capacity of the transporting vehicle, whichever is less. The drawingquantity of
water from a public water spigot that exceeds the amounts described in this section
shall be a violation of this section. [A4 lblie water spigot at o eh p4lie
less. ]
(e) The civil defense agency shall have jurisdiction over public water spigots in the
event of impending or declared disaster, and may restrict access as conditions allow.
The civil defense agency may authorize any agency or individual to control public
water spigots. The civil defense agency shall determine when the need for emergency
access to water has subsided to the degree that any restrictions placed on access to
public water spigots are thus rescinded and shall provide notification to the public of
such rescission.
SECTION 2. Material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New material is
underscored. In printing this ordinance, the brackets, bracketed material and stricken material and
underscoring need not be included.
SECTION 3. 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 4. This ordinance shall take effect upon its approval.
INTRODUCED BY:
COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAII
Hawaii
Date of Introduction:
Date of 1 st Reading:
Date of 2nd Reading:
Effective Date:
KFERMCFa Comm. 398