HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP PWPRC 023 2013/05/14 2012-1014 REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS AND RECREATION
REGARDING: Communication No 256/Bill No. 69
DATE: May 14, 2013
LOCATION: Council Chambers, Hilo, Hawai
TITLE: An ordinance amending Chapter 14, Article 1, Section 14-1, of the
Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended), relating to
intoxicating liquors prohibited in certain public places.
EXPLANATION:
Your committee on Public Works and Recreation, to which was referred Bill No. 61, reports as
follows:
Bill No. 69, transmitted by council member Karen Eoff, via Communication No. 256, dated
April, 19, 2013, amends Chapter 14, Article 1, Section 14-1, of the Hawai`i County Code 1983
(2005 Edition, as amended) relating to intoxicating liquors prohibited in certain public places.
The purpose of the amendment is to prohibit intoxicating liquors from county parking lots and
facilities including landscaping strips, stairwells and pedestrian passageways, internal roadways
and roadways for ingress to and egress from such parking lot or facility.
Your committee received testimonies in support of this measure from the Kailua Village
Business Improvement District (KVBID) executive director Debbie Baker and board member
Jim Moore, deputy prosecuting attorney Debbie Lawson, South Hilo Police Captain Robert
Wagner and Mr. Gill Robinson. All testifiers agree that this amendment will clarify ambiguity
and help enforcement of the statute by identifying specific areas where intoxicating liquors are
prohibited.
Council member Karen Eoff stated that the existing ordinance does not include the specific areas
sought to be added on the amendment . This measure will correct a loophole in the current law
and would be applicable to the whole island.
AMENDMENTS: Comm. No. Introducer Approved/Disapproved
None
PWPRC Rept. No.: 23
FC-161 Page 2 December 6, 2011
RECOMM.:
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Works and
Parks and Recreation, your Committee is in accord with the purpose and intent of Bill No. 69,
and recommends its passage on first reading.
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AYES NOES A&E EX Respectfully submitted,
EOFF X
FORD X COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND
ILAGAN X PARKS AND RECREATION
KANUHA X
KERN X \
ONISHI X
POINDEXTER X D AMO KA HA,CHAIRPERSON
YOSHIMOTO X PWPRC REPORT NO. 23
WILLE X ADOPTED: JUN 0 5 7013