HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP PWC 256 06/07/1988 1984-1988 REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS
DATE : June 7 , 1988
PLACE : Councilroom
TIME: 1 : 30 p.m.
Chairman and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Your Committee on Public Works to which was referred Communication
�No . 1629 and its attached Bill No . 570 , reports as follows:
Bill 570 proposes to amend Chapter 24, Article 10 , Division 5 ,
Section 24-281 , Schedule 29 related to Parking Prohibited During
Certain Hours on Certain Streets under Subsection b, South Hilo, by
changing part of item 10 . The purpose of the bill is to extend the
hours of the no parking zone in front of the Little School House, a
nursery school on Lehua Street in Puueo .
Your Committee on Public works has reviewed Bill 570 and understands
that it provides a no parking zone in front of the Little School
House from 7 :00 a .m. to 5 :00 p.m . except on weekends and holidays .
The present hours for the no parking zone are 7 : 00 a .m . to 9 : 00 a .m.
and 2 :00 p.m. to 5 :00 p.m . on school days .
Communication No . 1629 from the Chief Engineer , dated May 18 , 1988 ,
states that Mrs . Margaret Aguiar of the Little School House requested
the revision of the existing time limit parking to better accommodate
parents and to improve traffic safety .
Your Committee is aware that a similar proposed ordinance, Bill 423
was introduced on October 14 , 1987 and based on a recommendation from
staff , was referred to the Department of Public Works for amendment
of the designation of the terminals of the zone . Bill 423 used the
terminals presently in the code , i .e. , "in front of the Co-op Nursery
School from a point five feet mauka of the Lehua Apartments driveway
for a distance of forty feet toward Wainaku Avenue . . . " Your
Committee wanted terminals with permanent names , as opposed to the
names of apartments or businesses , which are subject to change .
The Department of Public Works changed Bill 423 and the new version
was designated Bill 570 . Bill 570 specifies the zone from a point
465 feet makai of Wainaku Avenue and extending 40 feet towards Puueo
Street .
Staff research showed that the bill needed some minor corrections .
First , the number of feet , which are expressed in numerals should be
spelled out as words to conform with the style for numbers in the
Hawaii Legislative Drafting Manual . Secondly , the word "on" should
be changed to "of" as the zone is on Lehua Street and the directional
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reference should be "makai of Wainaku . . . . " Thirdly, "Wainaku
Avenue" should be changed to "Wainaku Street . " The official name has
been Wainaku Street for at least the last 22 years, as shown in a
document revised by the Department of Public Works in April 1966 ,
i .e . , "Street Names - City of Hilo, " which was adopted on July 16 ,
1966 in Resolution No . 562, Naming of Public Streets , Highways and
Roads in the City of Hilo, County and State of Hawaii .
Staff research also showed that the identical zone in front of the
Little School House appears in two separate schedules of the Vehicles
and Traffic Code as follows :
1 . Section 24-281 , Schedule 29, related to Parking Prohibited
on Certain Streets , under Subsection b, Item 10 .
2. Section 24-280 , Schedule 28, related to No Parking at
Anytime , under Subsection c, Item 92.
The Traffic Services Division Head has given staff the following
information:
1 . Bill 570 places the area in front of the Little School House
in the appropriate schedule of the Traffic Code .
2 . At least nine other zones are similarly listed in those two
separate schedules and apparently should be listed in only
one schedule . The Traffic Services division head will check
into the situation and prepare one bill that will delete the
redundant listings for Schedules 28 and 29 .
Your Committee is aware that the Little School House is open only on
school days and the parking prohibited zone is not needed on holidays .
Your Committee Chairwoman recommended that Bill No . 570 be amended
for housecleaning to correct a typographical error , to spell out the
number of feet , and to use the name Wainaku Street instead of Wainaku
Avenue .
Your Committee on Public Works recommends pas a•1- of Bill No . 570
Draft 2 on first reading by the County Council
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'U SELL S. KOKU:UN, VICE CHR. FRANK DE LUZ III, MEMBER
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TA ASHI DOMINGO, MEMBER SHERWOOD R. H. GREENWELL, MEM
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