1.        These rules and regulations shall apply to helicopter and parachute landings on public parks under the control, management and operation of the Department of Parks and Recreation, hereinafter called Department.

    2.        If any provision of these rules and regulations, or the application of such provision is held to be invalid, the remaining portions of these rules and regulations or the application of said portions shall not be affected.

    3.        These rules and regulations shall not apply to emergency landings or for rescue, search, medivac, criminal apprehension/detection and emergency/disaster survey purposes.

B. Objectives

    1.        To promote the health, safety and welfare of the public and, in particular, City park users.

    2.        To protect and preserve park facilities and to promote the safe enjoyment of them by park users.

C. Penalties

        Any person found in violation of these rules may be subjected to a fine of up to five-hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment for up to thirty days, or both, such fine and imprisonment, for each violation.

    1.        Helicopter and parachute landings on City park properties shall be allowed only by permit issued by the Department's Permit Section.

    2.        Helicopter and parachute landings shall not be allowed on City parks under the following circumstances:

        a.        During hours of darkness, including dawn and dusk.

        b.        On any City park designated as a campground or operated as a zoo site.

        c.        At any other time when the Department determines there would be jeopardy to public safety and health.

    3.        All permit applicants, except for the Honolulu Fire Department, Honolulu Police Department, and State and Federal agencies, shall obtain general liability insurance coverage in the following minimum amounts:

            Bodily injury - $1,000,000 per occurrence
            Property damage - $25,000 per occurrence

            Permittees shall present to the Department a certificate of such insurance coverage which shall name the City and County of Honolulu as an additional insured.

    4.        Permittees shall be responsible for crowd control at landing sites and shall provide adequate barricades and/or security personnel for safety purposes.

    5.        Permittees shall be responsible for immediately repairing, to the satisfaction of the Department, any damages to grounds, irrigation fixtures or structures caused by helicopter and parachute landings or by personnel related to either activity.

ADOPTED this 9th day of March, 1990, by the Director of Parks and Recreation, City and County of Honolulu, State of Hawaii.

                                                                                              /s/ Walter M. Ozawa                         
                                                                                             WALTER M. OZAWA, Director
                                                                                              Department of Park and Recreation
                                                                                              City and County of Honolulu

APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:

/s/ Maria C. Aviante-Tanaka
Deputy Corporation Counsel

Approved this 14th day of
March , 1990

/s/ Frank F. Fasi
FRANK F. FASI, Mayor
City and County of Honolulu

    I, WALTER M. OZAWA, in my capacity as Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation, City and County of Honolulu, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of the Rules and Regulations Governing Helicopter and Parachute Landings on City and County of Honolulu Park Properties, which were adopted on March 9, 1990, following a public hearing held on March 6, 1990, after public notice was given on January 28, 1990, in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin and Advertiser.

                                                                                               /s/ Walter M. Ozawa
                                                                                              WALTER M. OZAWA, Director
                                                                                               Department of Parks and Recreation
                                                                                               City and County of Honolulu

Received this 15th , day of
March , 1990.

/s/ Raymond K. Pua
RAYMOND K. PUA, City Clerk

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