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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 22, HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983, RELATING
TO THE PROHIBITION OF COASTERS, ROLLER SKATES, ROLLER BLADES,
SKATEBOARDS, AND SIMILAR DEVICES IN THE DOWNTOWN HILO COMMERCIAL
AREA.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
SECTION I. Chapter 22, Hawaii County Code 1983, is amended by adding a new article
to be appropriately numbered and to read as follows:
"Article . Downtown Hilo Commercial Area.
Division 1. General Provisions
Section 1. Definitions. As used in this article, unless otherwise specified:
"Downtown Hilo Commercial Area" means the area of Hilo bounded by the following: the
Wailuku River on the west; Hilo Bay on the north; twenty feet east of the eastern -most boundary
of Ponahawai Street (this boundary shall also continue in a northerly direction, from the point
twenty feet east of the Ponahawai Street and Kamehameha Avenue intersection, across
Kamehameha Avenue, through Bayfront Park and the Hawaii Belt Road, to Hilo Bay) on the
east; and twenty feet south of the southem-most boundary of Kapiolani and Kaiulani Streets on
the south (including the portion of Waianuenue Avenue which is contiguous to Kapiolani and
Kaiulani Streets).
Division 2. Use of Sidewalks
Section 2. Coasters, Roller Skates, Roller Blades, Skateboards and Similar Devices.
No person shall ride a coaster, roller skates, roller blades, skateboard, or any similar device upon
any sidewalk or sidewalk area within the downtown Hilo commercial area, except upon a
permanent or temporary driveway specifically designated and authorized for such use.
Division 3. Enforcement
Section 3. Enforcement. It shall be the duty of the officers of the police department and
such officers as are assigned by the chief of police to enforce the provisions of this article.
Section 4. Form of summons or citations. There shall be provided for use by authorized
police officers a forth of summons or citation for use in citing violators of those traffic laws
which do not mandate the physical arrest of such violators.
Section 5. Penalties. Unless otherwise provided for elsewhere in this chapter, or in the
Hawaii Revised Statutes, as amended, any person convicted of a violation of any section or
provision of this article shall be punished by a fine of: not more than $100 for the first
conviction; not more than $200 for the second conviction of a second offense committed within
two years after the date of a prior conviction; and not more than $500 for the third or subsequent
conviction of a third or subsequent offense committed within two years after the date of a prior
conviction. Upon any subsequent conviction of a violation of any section or provision of this
article, committed within two years after the date of a prior conviction, the Court shall order the
destruction of the coaster, roller skates, roller blades, skateboard, or similar device used in the
subsequent violation."
SECTION 2. 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 3. This ordinance shall take effect upon its approval.
INTRODUCED BY:
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C C MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAII
Hilo, Hawaii
Date of Introduction:
Date of I st Reading:
Date of 2nd Reading:
Effective Date:
REFERENCE, Comm. 968
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
CORPORATION COUNSEL
DATED: