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COUNTY OF HAWAII ; STATE OF HAWAII
BILL NO.162
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE DESIGNATING TAX MAP KEY 2-1-003:013 AS "HAPPINESS
GARDENS" AND AMENDING CHAPTER 15,ARTICLE 8, SECTION 15-68.1 OF THE
HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2016 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO THE
PARKS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITY SCHEDULE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Purpose. The purpose of this ordinance is to officially name the County
park situated at Tax Map Key: 2-1-003:013, located on Waiakea Peninsula at the mouth of
Wailoa River where it empties into Hilo Bay, pursuant to chapter 15, article 8, section 15-68,
Hawai`i County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended), which provides that all County parks
and recreational facilities shall be named by ordinance and included in the parks and recreational
facilities schedule, codified as section 15-68.1.
Chapter 15, article 8, section 15-67(a)(1)(A) of the Hawai`i County Code 1983 (2016
Edition, as amended) states that the naming of any aesthetic area shall "retain any existing name
which has been historically accepted through common usage.".In 1976, Kazuo Nakamura, a
landscape designer from Kyoto, Japan, conceived of Happiness Gardens while overseeing
construction of the nearby two-acre rock garden, a bicentennial gift to the people of Hilo, at
Lili`uokalani Gardens. Mr. Nakamura built Happiness Gardens at no cost to the public, with
local construction companies, firms, and senior citizens donating materials and labor for the
project. Happiness Gardens was dedicated on May 11, 1979. A stone plaque installed at the site
dedicates the park to all senior citizens of the island of Hawai`i.
Therefore, the park located on the subject parcel shall be named in the parks and
recreational facility schedule as "Happiness Gardens."
SECTION 2. Chapter 15, article 8, section 15-68.1 of the Hawai`i County Code 1983
2016 Edition, as amended), the parks and recreational facility schedule, is amended by adding a
new park listing to the "Hilo/Hamakua" section to be appropriately inserted and to read as
follows:
Happiness Gardens"
SECTION 3.New material is underscored. In printing this ordinance, the underscoring
need not be included.
or the application thereof to anSECTION4. If any provision of this ordinancepp y personp
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 5. This ordinance shall take effect upon approval.
INTRODUCED BY:
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Hawai`i
Date of Introduction:
Date of 1st Reading:
Date of 2nd Reading:
Effective Date:
REFERENCE Comm. 979
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