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COUNTY OF HAWAII :. STATE OF HAWAII <br />1TE GF•N',� <br />BILL NO. 154 <br />ORDINANCE NO. <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 20, ARTICLE 3, SECTION 20-31, BY <br />ADDING NEW DEFINITIONS AND SECTION 20-38, OF THE HAWAII COUNTY <br />CODE 1983 (2016 EDITION, AS AMENDED) BY RENAMING, AMENDING AND <br />ADDING NEW SUBSECTIONS AND SUBPARAGRAPHS. <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: <br />SECTION 1. Purpose. This ordinance extends the authority of the Department of <br />Environmental Management to remove abandoned vehicles from certain private roadways in the <br />interest of public health and safety. <br />SECTION 2. Chapter 20, article 3, section 20-31, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 <br />(2016 Edition, as amended), is amended by adding new definitions as follows: <br />" "Abandoned vehicle" means a vehicle that is unlawfully parked and left unattended for <br />a continuous period of more than twenty-four hours on any public highway, public property, or <br />private roads that are located within any ungated subdivision, where roads are open to and used <br />by members of the public. <br />"Derelict vehicle" means the definition in Chapter 290-8, Hawaii Revised Statutes. <br />"Public highway" means all roads, highways,ys, streets, ways, lanes, bikeways, and <br />bridges open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel that is acquired or built by <br />the government. <br />"Private road" means every way or place in private ownership and used for vehicular <br />travel by the owner and those having express or implied permission from the owner, including <br />private roads open to the public. <br />