HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP PWPRC 066 2014/03/31 (2012-2014) REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND
PARKS AND RECREATION
DATE: March 31, 2014 Re: Comm. No. 767/Bill No. 226
PLACE: Council Chambers
Hilo, Hawai`i
TIME: 1:50 p.m.
Council Chair and Members
Hawai`i County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Your Committee on Public Works and Parks and Recreation, to which was referred Bill No. 226,
reports as follows:
Bill No. 226 transmitted by Council Member Zendo Kern, via Communication No. 767 dated
February 27, 2014, amends the Hawaii County Code, Chapter 24, Article 10, Division 3,
Section 24-298, to add all unpaved roads and unpaved sections of roads in the Orchidland Estates
Subdivision to Schedule 2 (15 mile per hour limit), and adds all paved roads and paved sections of
roads on the Orchidland Estates Subdivision to Schedule 4 (25 mile per hour limit), both in
Subsection (g), Puna.
The purpose of this ordinance is to establish speed limits for the Orchidland Estates Subdivision so that
speed limits can be properly enforced by the police.
Mr. Wesley Owens, community member in Orchidland Estates Subdivision, testified in support of this
measure. Committee Member Zendo Kern also spoke in support of this measure.
Committee Member Greggor Ilagan, in response to Committee Member Dennis Onishi's question,
confirmed that speed limits are also enforced on private unpaved roads in Paradise Park.
Committee Member Brenda Ford stated that an existing section of the Hawaii County Code already
covers speed limits on private streets for as long as the street is listed in the code and speed signs are put
up for proper enforcement by the police.
Your Committee on Public Works and Parks and Recreation is in accord with the purpose and intent of
Bill No. 226 and recommends its passage on first reading.
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ANTS NOES ABS Eli Respectfully submitted,
EOFF X
FORD X COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND
ILAGAN X PARKS AND RECREATION
KANUHA X
KERN X
ONISHI X
POINDEXTER X DRU MAMO KANUHA, CHAIR
WILLE X PWPRC REPORT NO.: 66
YOSHIMOTO X ADOPTED: APR 1 6 2014