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re BILL NO. 287
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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 L Chapter 22, Hawaii County Code 1983, is amended by adding a new article
to be appropriately numbered and to read as follows:
"Article _. Coasters, Roller Skates, Roller Blades,
Skateboards, and Similar Devices.
Division 1. General Provisions
Section 22--. Definitions.
(a) As used in this article, unless otherwise specified:
(1) "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 eastem-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 southern -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. Prohibitions
Section 22- . Coasters, Roller Skates, Roller Blades, Skateboards, and
Similar Devices.
(a) No person shall ride a coaster, roller skates, roller blades, skateboard, or any similar
device upon any sidewalk or sidewalk area, except upon a permanent or temporary driveway
specifically designated and authorized for such use, in the following designated locations:
(1) Within the downtown Hilo commercial area.
Division 3. Enforcement
Section 22-_. 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 22-_. Form of summons or citations. There shall be provided for use by
authorized police officers a form of summons or citation for use in citing violators of those traffic
laws which do not mandate the physical arrest of such violators.
Section 22-_. Penalties. Any person who violates any provision of this article shall upon
conviction be subject to a fine of: not more than S 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.
INTRODUCEp BY:
COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAII
Hilo, Hawaii
Date of Introduction: October 7, 1998
Date of l st Reading: October 7, 1998
Date of 2nd Reading:
Effective Date:
REFERENCE: Comm. 968.01
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
CORPORATION COUNSEL
DATED: