Revised Ordinances of Honolulu

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    Article 10. One-Way Streets

Sections:
    15-10.1    One-way streets.

Sec. 15-10.1    One-way streets.
(a)    Vehicular traffic, on any street or highway or portions thereof designated by the city council by ordinance as a one-way street, shall move only in the direction indicated by signs erected and maintained thereon.
(b)    The streets, highways or portions thereof described in Schedule XII attached to the ordinance codified in this section and made a part hereof are designated one-way streets. *[ * Editor's Note: See the listing of schedules at the beginning of this chapter.]
(Sec. 15-10.1, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.))

    Article 11. Right-of-Way

Sections:
    (15-11.1    Vehicles approaching or entering intersections. Repealed by Ord. 95-15.)
    15-11.1    Reserved.
    15-11.2    Vehicles to yield right-of-way.
    15-11.3    Designation of additional stop intersections.

(Sec. 15-11.1    Vehicles approaching or entering intersections. Repealed by Ord. 95-15.)

Sec. 15-11.1    Reserved.

Sec. 15-11.2    Vehicles to yield right-of-way.
(a)    Whenever any person driving a vehicle approaches an intersection with a "Yield Right-of-Way" sign facing such driver, he or she shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian within a marked or unmarked crosswalk at such intersection, or to any vehicle which is within such intersection or approaching so closely thereto as to constitute an immediate hazard.
(b)    The driver of a vehicle intending to turn right or left across a bicycle lane shall yield the right-of-way to any bicycle which is approaching so closely thereto as to constitute an immediate hazard.
(c)    "Yield Right-of-Way" intersections in addition to those already heretofore established are established as described in Schedule XIII attached to the ordinance codified in this section and made a part hereof. *
(Sec. 15-11.2, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.))

Sec. 15-11.3    Designation of additional stop intersections.
    Stop intersections in addition to those already heretofore established are established as described in Schedule XIV attached to the ordinance codified in this section and made a part hereof. * (Sec. 15-11.3, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.))
[ * Editor's Note: See the listing of schedules at the beginning of this chapter.]

    Article 12. Special Stops

Sections:
    15-12.1    Through street designated.
    15-12.2    Stop when traffic obstructed.
    15-12.3    Duties of operators of locomotives, cane cars or other vehicles used in agricultural or industrial work.

Sec. 15-12.1    Through street designated.
    A through street shall be any street or highway as heretofore defined, or portion thereof, so designated by the council of the City and County of Honolulu. Through streets in addition to those already heretofore established are established as described in Schedule XV attached to the ordinance codified in this section and made a part hereof. *[ *Editor's Note: See the listing of schedules at the beginning of this chapter.] (Sec. 15-12.1, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.))

Sec. 15-12.2    Stop when traffic obstructed.
    No driver of a vehicle shall enter an intersection or a marked or unmarked crosswalk unless there is sufficient space on the other side of the intersection or crosswalk to accommodate the vehicle such person is driving without obstructing the passage of other vehicles or pedestrians, notwithstanding any traffic control signal indication to proceed. (Sec. 15-12.2, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.))

Sec. 15-12.3    Duties of operators of locomotives, cane cars or other vehicles used in agricultural or industrial work.
(a)    The driver, engineer or person in charge of any locomotive, cane car or other vehicle, whether operated on stationary rails or roadways, used in agricultural or industrial work, shall not cause or permit such locomotive, cane car or other vehicle to enter upon or cross any highway without first stopping and yielding the right-of-way to any vehicle crossing or about to cross the grade crossing or road intersection or which is approaching so closely on such highway as to constitute an immediate hazard, but having so yielded may proceed; provided, however, that a flagger shall have first stationed himself or herself in a conspicuous spot, approximately in the center of the highway in close proximity to the tracks, road intersection or crossing, displaying a red flag not less than 16 inches square, except that from a half-hour after sunset to a half-hour before sunrise, in lieu of such flag, a red light or lantern shall be so displayed as to be plainly visible for a distance of 500 feet from both sides of the tracks, crossing or road intersection.
(b)    The foregoing provisions respecting a flagger with a red flag or a red light shall be deemed fully complied with if there is installed and maintained in good working condition an automatic electrically operated flashing light and bell warning device of a type regularly used as a railway crossing warning signal, placed in a conspicuous spot close to the railway crossing, sounding a bell and displaying a flashing red light plainly visible for a distance of 500 feet from both sides of the tracks, crossing or intersection.
(Sec. 15-12.3, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.))

    Article 13. Stopping, Standing and Parking

Sections:
    15-13.1    Stopping, standing or parking outside of business or residence district.
    15-13.2    Officers authorized to remove illegally stopped vehicle.
    15-13.3    Parking stalls--Required parking therein.
    15-13.4    Reserved parking stalls.
    15-13.5    Standing or parking close to curb.
    15-13.6    Selling on highways restricted.
    15-13.7    Unattended postal service motor vehicles.
    15-13.8    Abandoned vehicles on highway.
    15-13.9    Authority to store vehicles.
    15-13.10    Authority to dispose of unclaimed vehicles.
    15-13.11    Motorcycles, motorscooters and mopeds.
    15-13.12    Parking on parade routes and on any special occasion.
    15-13.13    Parking placards.
     15-13.14    Stripping of motor vehicles—Citation—Penalty.
     15-13. 15     Prohibition on parking a dangerous motor vehicle near preschool, kindergarten,
            elementary, intermediate, middle secondary, or high school.

Sec. 15-13.1    Stopping, standing or parking outside of business or residence district.
(a)    Upon any highway outside of a business or residence district, no person shall stop, park or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon the paved or main traveled part of the highway, when it is practical to stop, park or to leave such vehicle off such part of said highway; but in every event an unobstructed width of highway opposite a standing vehicle shall be left for free passage of other vehicles and a clear view of such stopped vehicle shall be available from a distance of 200 feet in each direction upon such highway.
(b)    The foregoing provisions shall not apply to the driver of a vehicle which is disabled while on the paved or main traveled portion of a highway in such manner and to such extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping and temporarily leaving the disabled vehicle in such position.
(Sec. 15-13.1, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.))

Sec. 15-13.2    Officers authorized to remove illegally stopped vehicle.
(a)    Whenever any police officer finds a vehicle standing upon a highway in violation of any of the foregoing provisions, such officer is authorized to move the vehicle, or require the driver or other person in charge of the vehicle to move the same, to a position off the paved or main traveled part of such highway.
(b)    Whenever any police officer finds a vehicle unattended upon any bridge or causeway or in any tunnel where the vehicle constitutes an obstruction to traffic, such officer is authorized to provide for the removal of such vehicle to the nearest garage or other place of safety.
(c)    The expense incurred in the removal of such vehicle shall be borne by the owner of the vehicle.
(Sec. 15-13.2, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.))

Sec. 15-13.3    Parking stalls--Required parking therein.
(a)    The director of transportation services is authorized and directed to establish, mark and designate, where there is an apparent need therefor, a consecutive series of parking stalls for the parallel or angle parking of motor vehicles upon any street.
(b)    Wherever parking stalls are so established, marked off and designated, the driver of any vehicle, excepting only single vehicles of a greater length or width, shall park such vehicle completely within a designated stall.
(c)    Except as otherwise permitted by law, if on-street parking stalls or spaces are established, marked off and designated along any street block, it is unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to park such vehicle on any portion of such street block, other than in a stall or space so established, marked off and designated for parking along such street block.
(d)    Except as otherwise permitted by Section 15-13.11, wherever parking stalls are so established, marked off and designated, each stall shall be for the use of a single vehicle only and it is unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to park such vehicle in a stall already occupied by another vehicle.
(e)    The term "street block" as used in this section shall mean one side of any street, the length of such side extending between two consecutive intersections; or, in the case of a dead-end street, one side of such dead-end street, the length of such side extending between the dead-end and the nearest intersection.
(Sec. 15-13.3, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.))

Sec. 15-13.4    Reserved parking stalls.
(a)    Any parking stall established as a "road taxi stand" or as a "road pedicab stand" as described in Article 1, Chapter 12, ROH 1990, as amended, or as a reserved parking stall shall be used only for the purpose or purposes for which the same shall be established. All such officially established reserved parking stalls are authorized on those streets or portions thereof described in Schedule XVI attached to the ordinance codified in this section and made a part hereof. *[ * Editor's Note: See the listing of schedules at the beginning of this chapter.]
(b)    Whenever road taxi stands or road pedicab stands are established, the following restrictions shall apply:
    (1)    No person shall stop, stand or park a taxicab in any officially designated road taxi stand or pedicab in any officially designated road pedicab stand unless such taxicab or pedicab shall display on the right front bumper of the taxicab or rear of the pedicab a valid decal issued by the licensing division of the department of finance.
    (2)    No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle, other than a taxicab, in a road taxi stand or a pedicab in a road pedicab stand which has been officially designated and appropriately signed as such.
    (3)    When official signs are erected designating a street or portions thereof as a road taxi stand or a road pedicab stand within a tow or tow-away zone, no person shall stop, stand or park a taxicab or a pedicab, as applicable, even momentarily, between the hours indicated on such signs.
    (4)    No taxicab or pedicab shall be left unattended in any road taxi stand or road pedicab stand, respectively.
(Sec. 15-13.4, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.))

Sec. 15-13.5    Standing or parking close to curb.
    Upon any roadway within a business or residence district, no person shall stand or park a vehicle other than parallel with the edge of the roadway, headed in the direction of traffic, and with the curb-side wheels of the vehicle within 12 inches of the edge of the roadway, except while parked wholly within stalls marked or designated pursuant to Section 15-13.3 of this traffic code. (Sec. 15-13.5, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.))

Sec. 15-13.6    Selling on highways restricted.
(a)    Except as provided under subsection (c):
    (1)    It is unlawful for any itinerant vendor, peddler or huckster to carry on or solicit business in one
        location on any street or on any public highway for a period of more than 15 minutes. Upon
        vacating one location, it is unlawful for such itinerant vendor, peddler or huckster to take up
        another location to carry on or solicit business within 300 feet of such location or of any location
        previously vacated within three hours; and
    (2)    It is required that every itinerant vendor, peddler or huckster provide a trash receptacle at every
        location where business is conducted; further, that prior to leaving any location of business, the
        immediate vicinity be free of litter caused by the selling of the goods.
(b)    Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a petty misdemeanor. If any itinerant vendor, peddler or huckster licensed under Section 29-6.1 is convicted of violating this section and the conviction is within two years of a prior conviction for violating this section, in addition to the penalties provided by law for a petty misdemeanor, the licensee shall have the license suspended for a period of not less than three months and not more than two years.
(c)    This section shall not apply to a merchant of a store who, under the authority of Chapter 29, Article 6A, peddles on a portion of a Chinatown sidewalk or mall, the College Walk Mall, or the Sun Yat Sen Mall.
(Sec. 15-13.6, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.); Am. Ord. 88-19, 90-77, 95-15, 03-26)

Sec. 15-13.7    Unattended postal service motor vehicles.
    Any employee of the United States Postal Service, while actually engaged in depositing mail in mail boxes placed along a street or highway as defined in the traffic code, or while engaged in delivering and collecting mail therefrom, may permit his or her motor vehicle to stand unattended with the motor running; provided, that such postal employee shall first effectively set the brakes thereon; and provided further, that when the motor vehicle is left standing unattended upon any grade the front wheels shall be turned to the curb or side of the highway. This section shall have no application where such employee leaves the highway for any purpose. (Sec. 15-13.8, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.))

Sec. 15-13.8    Abandoned vehicles on highway.
(a)    No person shall abandon any vehicle on the public highway. The chief of police or director of finance is authorized to remove or cause to be removed any such abandoned vehicle from the highway, and the registered owner of such vehicle shall be liable for all reasonable expenses incurred by such removal. Leaving vehicles unattended for more than 24 hours shall constitute abandonment within the meaning of this section.
(b)    Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be subject to a fine as provided for under HRS Section 290-45.
(Sec. 15-13.9, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.); Am. Ord. 89-94)

Sec. 15-13.9    Authority to store vehicles.
(a)    Officers and employees of the Honolulu police department and department of customer services are authorized to remove vehicles or cause them to be removed from a street, highway or pedestrian mall to a storage area or other place of safety under any of the following circumstances:
    (1)    When any vehicle is left unattended upon any bridge or elevated structure, viaduct, causeway, or left unattended in any tube or tunnel, where such vehicle constitutes an obstruction to traffic;
    (2)    When any vehicle upon a highway is so disabled as to constitute an obstruction to traffic and the person or persons in charge of the vehicle request the removal of the vehicle or are by reason of physical injury incapacitated to such an extent as to be unable to provide for the vehicle’s custody or removal;
    (3)    When any vehicle is left unattended upon a street and is parked illegally so as to constitute a definite hazard or obstruction to the normal movement of traffic;
    (4)    When any vehicle is left unattended or parked in a tow zone during the time of restricted parking during the morning peak traffic hours designated by official signs specifying the hours of restricted parking every day, except Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, on the streets or portions thereof described in Schedule XVII; *
    (5)    When any vehicle is left unattended or parked in a tow zone during the time of restricted parking during the afternoon peak traffic hours designated by official signs specifying the hours of restricted parking every day, except Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, on the streets or portions thereof described in Schedule XVIII; *
    (6)    When any vehicle is left unattended or parked in a tow zone during the time of restricted parking during the morning and/or afternoon peak traffic hours designated by official signs specifying the hours of restricted parking every day, except Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, on the streets or portions thereof described in Schedule XIX; *
    (7)    When any vehicle is left unattended or parked in a tow zone at all hours of any day on the streets or portions thereof described in Schedule XX; *
    (8)    When any vehicle is left unattended or parked in a tow zone during the time of restricted parking designated by official signs specifying those times of restricted parking on the streets or portions thereof described in Schedule XXI; *
    (9)    When any vehicle is left unattended or parked upon a street and is parked in front of a public or private driveway so as to constitute an obstruction to vehicular traffic using or attempting to use such driveway for purposes of egress or ingress;
    (10)    When any vehicle is left unattended on a street, or portion thereof, so as to interfere with or impede construction, demolition, repair and/or maintenance work being done on, adjacent to, above or below the street, provided a permit has been issued for the work by the director of transportation services, and adequate regulatory signs are posted designating the time of the prohibition;
    (11)    When any vehicle is left unattended upon any street within 10 feet of a fire hydrant;
    (12)    When any vehicle is left unattended upon any street within four feet of either side of a public or private driveway;
    (13)    When any vehicle is left unattended or parked in a crosswalk, or within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection, or within 20 feet upon the approach to any midblock crosswalk;
    (14)    When any vehicle is left unattended at any time on the roadway portion of any freeway; or when any vehicle, except an authorized emergency vehicle or highway maintenance or construction equipment, is left unattended on the median, shoulder or any other portion, other than the roadway portion, of any freeway for more than four hours;
    (15)    When any bus, truck, truck-trailer, trailer, van, house trailer or any vehicle used for commercial purposes whose gross vehicle weight is 10,000 pounds or more, except vehicles of the public utilities and construction equipment while engaged in repair or construction work, or vehicles actually loading or unloading goods, wares or merchandise, is parked on any public street for more than four consecutive hours;
    (16)    When any vehicle is left unattended in a transit or an express bus lane;
    (17)    When any vehicle is left unattended upon any bicycle lane or bicycle path;
    (18)    When any vehicle is left unattended or parked in violation of the pedestrian mall provisions of Article 25;
    (19)    When any vehicle is left unattended or parked in an official bus stop as described in Schedule XXV; *
    (20)    When any vehicle is parked, stopped or left standing in violation of Section 15-14.1(a)(21) to (a)(26);
    (21)    When any vehicle is left unattended or parked on any public street, road, or highway, and the vehicle has any one or more of the following:
    (A)    No valid vehicle registration emblem or an expired vehicle registration emblem;
        (B)    No valid sticker affixed certifying a certificate of inspection as required in HRS Section
            286-26 or an expired certificate of inspection sticker;
        (C)    No valid license plates.
        For purposes of this paragraph:
            “Public street, roadway, or highway” includes the entire width, including berm or
        shoulder, of every road, alley, street, way, lane, trail, highway, bikeway, or bridge when any part
        thereof is open for use by the public.
(b)    Whenever an officer or employee of the department of customer services removes a vehicle or causes a vehicle to be removed from a street or other place as authorized in this section, and the officer or employee knows or is able to ascertain from the registration records in the vehicle or otherwise the name and address of the owner thereof, such officer or employee shall immediately notify or cause notice to be given to the police department dispatch office of the fact of such removal, of the reasons therefor, and of the place to which the vehicle has been moved.
(c)    Whenever an officer or employee of the department of customer services removes a vehicle or causes a vehicle to be removed from a street or other place as authorized in this section and does not know and is not able to ascertain the name of the owner as provided in subsection (b), and in the event the vehicle is not returned to the owner within a period of three days, then and in that event, the officer or employee shall immediately send or cause to be sent a written report of such removal by mail to the director of customer services whose duty it is to register motor vehicles. The report shall include a complete description of the vehicle, the date and time the vehicle was removed, and the place from which it was removed, the reasons for its removal, and the name of the garage or other place where the vehicle is stored.
(d)    The registered owner of a vehicle removed and stored as authorized in this section shall be liable for all reasonable expenses incurred by the city for such removal and storage.
(Sec. 15-13.10, R.O. 1978 (1987 Supp. to 1983 Ed.); Am. Ord. 88-34, 90-12, 93-51, 01-49, 06-13)
[* Editor's Note: See the listing of schedules at the beginning of this chapter.]

Sec. 15-13.10    Authority to dispose of unclaimed vehicles.
(a)    The director of customer services is authorized and empowered to dispose of vehicles which have been taken into custody by the chief of police or director of customer services or their authorized subordinates as prescribed in Section 15-13.9 or Section 15-13.15. Such vehicle may be disposed of in accordance with HRS Section 290-10.
(b)    In the event that no bid is received, the director of customer services shall offer such vehicle to the division of automotive equipment services of the city and county for its use or for salvage; and in the event said division rejects such offer, the director of customer services shall dispose of such vehicle at the expense of the city and county.
(Sec. 15-13.11, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.); Am. Ord. 88-35, 07-3)

Sec. 15-13.11      Motorcycles, motorscooters and mopeds.


(a)    The following shall apply to on-street parking of motorcycles, motorscooters, and mopeds in spaces marked for parallel parking on street blocks where there are no designated parking spaces for motorcycles, motorscooters, and mopeds as provided for in subsection (b) of this section:
    (1)    More than one motorcycle, motorscooter, or moped, or a combination of such motorcycle, motorscooters, or mopeds shall be permitted to park in spaces marked for parallel parking.
    (2)    Regardless of the number of motorcycles, motorscooters, or mopeds parked within a metered parking space, the parking fee shall be the rate established for such parking space.
    (3)    Any motorcycle, motorscooter, or moped parked within any space marked for parallel parking, shall be parked diagonally (at an angle of approximately 60 degrees to the curb line) with the front end facing the street and in the direction which the vehicles in the near lane of traffic are traveling.
    (4)    A minimum clearance of three feet at each end of the parallel parking space shall be maintained; provided that only the vehicle parked within the three-foot area shall be deemed to be in violation of the minimum clearance requirement.
    (5)    No person shall prevent the parking of additional motorcycles, motorscooters, or mopeds when space is available within any parallel parking space.
    (6)    Any motorcycle, motorscooter, or moped parked within any parallel parking space shall be entitled to the full parking time permitted by law; provided that in any metered space each and every vehicle parked within such space shall be deemed to be parked illegally, if the meter displays a violation.
(b)    Nothing herein shall prohibit the director of the department of transportation services from establishing, marking and designating parking stalls specifically for the parking of motorcycles, motorscooters, and mopeds upon any street.
    (1)    Wherever parking stalls for motorcycles, motorscooters, and mopeds are so established, marked off, and designated, the driver of such vehicle shall park the vehicle completely within a designated stall.
    (2)    If on-street parking stalls or spaces are established, marked off and designated for motorcycles, motorscooters, and mopeds along any street block, it shall be unlawful for the driver of any motorcycle, motorscooter, or moped to park such vehicle on any portion of such street block, other than in a stall or space so established, marked off and designated for parking motorcycles, motorscooters, and mopeds along such street block.
    (3)    Wherever parking stalls for motorcycles, motorscooters, and mopeds are so established, marked off and designated, it shall be unlawful for the driver of any other vehicle to park in a stall designated for motorcycles, motorscooters, or mopeds.
    (4)    The term "street block" as used in this section shall mean one side of any street, the length of such side extending between two consecutive intersections; or, in the case of a dead-end street, one side of such dead-end street, the length of such side extending between the dead-end and the nearest intersection.
(c)    Nothing herein shall prohibit the parking of a moped in a bicycle rack located on a sidewalk where signage so permits, provided however, that no person shall drive the moped on the sidewalk in violation of HRS Section 291C-196(c). For the purposes of this section, a “bicycle rack” means a device erected by the city to be used for the parking of bicycles. This subsection shall not apply to the parking of motorcycles or motorscooters.
(Sec. 15-13.12, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.); Am. Ord. 90-76, 06-05)

Sec. 15-13.12 Parking on parade routes and on any special occasion.
    The director of transportation services is authorized, whenever in his or her judgment the director deems it necessary, to prohibit or restrict the parking of any vehicle on either or both sides of any street or portion thereof constituting a part of the route of a parade or a procession, or on any special occasion, and also upon any street adjacent thereto, by the erection or placement of temporary signs setting forth such restrictions. When such signs are erected or placed prior to the parade, procession or special occasion, it is unlawful to park or leave unattended any vehicle in violation of such signs.
    The chief of police is authorized to remove or cause to be removed, at the owner's expense, any vehicle left unattended or parked in violation of such signs. (Sec. 15-13.13, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.))

Sec. 15-13.13    Parking placards.
(a)    The director of transportation services may issue parking placards to the following city officers: members of the council, the prosecuting attorney, the mayor, the managing director, the deputy managing director, the heads and the first deputies of departments of the executive branch, including the additional first deputy of the Honolulu police department, and the manager and chief engineer and deputy manager and chief engineer of the board of water supply.
(b)    The director of transportation services may issue parking placards to:
    (1)    Federal, state and city agencies to be used by agency employees when driving vehicles while on official government business; and
    (2)    Members of city boards and commissions on an as-needed basis in conjunction with the discharge of their official duties and upon request to the director of transportation services from:
        (A)    The director of the department to which the board or commission is administratively attached;
        (B)    The presiding officer of the council, in the case of the salary commission, charter commission and reapportionment commission; or
        (C)    The director and chief engineer of the board of water supply, in the case of the board of water supply.
    The director of transportation services shall adopt rules pursuant to HRS Chapter 91 to carry out the purposes of this subsection.
(c)    (1)    Except as provided in subdivision (2), parking placards shall be effective for a 12-month period, shall state the date of expiration, be uniquely numbered, and be displayed in a location established by the director of transportation services.
    (2)    Placards issued to members of city boards and commissions may be issued for periods of less than 12 months, as determined by the director of transportation services.
(d)    The vehicles of city officers displaying valid parking placards issued under subsection (a) may park without charge while on official city business:
    (1)    In loading and unloading zones established under Section 15-15.1(c) and (d);
    (2)    In metered stalls established under Section 15-22.1(a) and (b);
    (3)    For periods longer than designated by official signs established under Section 15-16.1; and
    (4)    On any portion of a public street where on-street parking spaces are marked off and designated as established under 15-13.3(c).
(e)    The vehicles displaying valid parking placards issued under subsection (b) may park without charge in the areas identified in subsection (d)(2) to (4) while on official government business.
(f)    Parking placards issued under this section shall not be effective during a parade or special event when parking may be prohibited under Section 15-13.12.
(g)    Any federal or state agency requesting a parking placard as authorized in subsection (b)(1) shall pay to the
    director of transportation services a fee of $100 per year for each parking placard issued to the agency.
(Added by Ord. 01-05; Am. Ord. 01-56, 02-08)

Sec. 15-13.14    Stripping of motor vehicles—Citation—Penalty.
(a)    It shall be unlawful for any person to intentionally act to remove, destroy, deface, or disguise any part of a motor vehicle parked on a public street, highway, or pedestrian mall, except for repairs necessitated by an emergency.
(b)    Any police officer may arrest without a warrant alleged violators of this section by issuing a summons or citation to the alleged violator. Nothing in this section shall be construed as barring any police officer from initiating prosecution by warrant or such other judicial process as is permitted by statute or rule of court.
(c)    The form and content of such summons or citation shall be as adopted or prescribed by the administrative judge of the district court and shall be printed on a form commensurate with the form of other summonses or citations used in modern methods of arrest, so designated to include all necessary information to make the same valid within the laws and regulations of the State of Hawaii and the City and County of Honolulu.
(d)    In every case when a citation is issued, the original of the same shall be given to the violator; provided that the administrative judge of the district court may prescribe by giving to the violator a carbon copy of the citation and provide for the disposition of the original and any other copies.
(e)    Every citation shall be consecutively numbered and each carbon copy shall bear the number of its respective original.
(f)    Any person who violates subsection (a) shall be guilty of a petty misdemeanor.
(Added by Ord. 06-11)


Sec. 15-13. 15     Prohibition on parking a dangerous motor vehicle near preschool, kindergarten, elementary,
        intermediate, middle secondary, or high school.
(a)    No motor vehicle shall be parked on any public roadway at anytime in a school zone of any public or private preschool, kindergarten, elementary, intermediate, middle secondary, or high school when:
    (1)    Any exterior part of the motor vehicle is broken, exposed, or protruding that is sharp, pointed, or jagged; or
    (2)    Any windshield or window of the motor vehicle is broken or shattered; or
    (3)    Any door is opened or unlocked, or any window opened that would permit access to the interior of the vehicle having broken or damaged parts that are sharp, pointed, or jagged.
    “School zone” shall have the same meaning as defined in Section 15-2.21, Revised Ordinances of Honolulu.
    “School” shall have the same meaning as provided in Hawaii Revised Statutes, Section 712-1249.6.
    A person who violates this subsection shall be fined at least $100, but not more than $500.
(b)    When a police officer determines that a motor vehicle is parked in violation of subsection (a), the police officer may issue a summons or citation to the motor vehicle and immediately notify the department of customer services.
    Upon receipt of the notice from the police, the department of customer services shall remove the cited motor vehicle or cause it to be removed as soon as possible, but within 24 hours of receipt of the notice. If, however, the department of customer services for some reason cannot remove or cause the removal of the motor vehicle within the 24-hour period, the department of customer services shall remove it as soon as possible thereafter.
(c)    Section 15-13.9(b), (c), and (d) shall apply when a motor vehicle is removed in accordance with this section.
(Added by Ord. 07-3)

    Article 14. Stopping, Standing or Parking Prohibited in Specified Places

Sections:
    15-14.1    Stopping, standing or parking prohibited in specified places--No signs required.
    15-14.2    Obstruction to sidewalk prohibited.
    15-14.3    Parking not to obstruct traffic.
    15-14.4    Railroad trains not to block street.
    15-14.5    Prohibited parking within the City and County of Honolulu.
    15-14.6    Parking prohibited during certain hours within the City and County of Honolulu.
    15-14.7    Parking for certain purposes prohibited.
    15-14.8    Parking prohibited in tow or tow-away zones.
    (15-14.9    Curb markings prohibiting stopping, standing or parking of vehicles shall be designated in red. Repealed by Ord. 97-05.)
    15-14.9    Reserved.

Sec. 15-14.1    Stopping, standing or parking prohibited in specified places-- No signs required.
(a)    No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the law or the directions of a police officer or traffic control device, in any of the following places:
    (1)    On a sidewalk;
    (2)    In front of a public or private driveway or within four feet of either side of a public or private driveway;
    (3)    Within an intersection, along the edges or curbsides around corners and in channelized areas of any two intersecting streets;
    (4)    Within 10 feet of a fire hydrant;
    (5)    On a crosswalk;
    (6)    Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection or within 20 feet upon the approach to any midblock crosswalk;
    (7)    Within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing beacon or stop sign located at the side of a roadway;
    (8)    Within 75 feet upon the approach to any traffic control signal;
    (9)    On the far side of the street at any signalized intersection, within 30 feet of the curb line of the intersecting street. As used herein, the term "signalized intersection" means an intersection at which traffic is controlled by official traffic control signals;
    (10)    Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within 30 feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless there is a different length indicated by signs or markings;
    (11)    Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;
    (12)    In front of a driveway entrance to any fire station; within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station; and, on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station, within 75 feet of such entrance when proper signs give notice of such restriction;
    (13)    Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic;
    (14)    On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a roadway;
    (15)    Upon or beneath any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway, upon or beneath any highway viaduct or causeway, or within a highway tunnel or tube, except that widened portion of Tenth Avenue under the Lunalilo Freeway overpass;
    (16)    Any place where official signs prohibit stopping;
    (17)    In front of the entrance of any theater during the hours moving pictures or legitimate play productions are being exhibited or performed therein; provided, however, that this provision shall not apply where the operator of a vehicle stops temporarily before such entrance for the purpose of loading or unloading passengers;
    (18)    On either side of any street with a roadway width of 18 feet or less, when official signs are erected giving notice thereof;
    (19)    On the medial strip of any divided highway;
    (20)    On a traffic island;
    (21)    On all ramps, connecting ramps, connecting roads, collector roads, loops, overpasses, and underpasses of any federal-aid highway;
    (22)    On the roadway portion of any freeway, or on the median, shoulder or any other portion other than the roadway portion of any freeway, except in areas designated by official traffic control devices for emergency parking;
    (23)    On all ramps, loops and collector roads on Moanalua Road located between the Moanalua Bridge to its intersection with King Street;
    (24)    On Kalihi overpass, ramps and connecting roads;
    (25)    In Wilson Tunnel, the Pali Highway Tunnels, Hirano Tunnel, Hospital Rock Tunnel, Middle Street Tunnel and Diamond Head Tunnel;
    (26)    On any portion of Likelike Highway; and
    (27)    Within the turnaround area of any dead-end street.
(b)    No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under such person's control onto any place enumerated in subsection (a) or move such a vehicle away from a curb and park, stop or leave standing a vehicle at such a distance from the curb as is unlawful.
(c)    No person shall stop, park or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon the completed section of the federal-aid highway (unofficially called Nuuanu Highway) from Nuuanu Pali Drive (near Reservoir No. 4) to Kamehameha Highway (at the hairpin turn), except in areas set aside for emergency parking and so designated by official traffic control devices.
(Sec. 15-14.1, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.); Am. Ord. 95-42, 97-05, 01-49, 05-010)

Sec. 15-14.2    Obstruction to sidewalk prohibited.
    No person shall stand or park a vehicle in such a manner that any portion of such vehicle obstructs a sidewalk or portion thereof. (Sec. 15-14.2, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.))

Sec. 15-14.3    Parking not to obstruct traffic.
    No person shall park any vehicle upon a street or alley in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave available less than 10 feet of the width of the street or alley for the free movement of vehicular traffic. (Sec. 15-14.3, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.))

Sec. 15-14.4    Railroad trains not to block street.
(a)    It is unlawful for the directing officer or the operator of any railroad train to direct the operation or to operate the same in such a manner as to prevent the use of any street or highway for purposes of travel for a period of time longer than five minutes, except that this provision shall not apply to trains in motion other than those engaged in switching. It is unlawful to stop any railroad train within an intersection for the purpose of receiving or discharging passengers or freight.
(b)    It is unlawful for the directing officer or the operator of any railroad train to direct the operation or to operate the same on, over or across that certain portion of Waiakamilo Road, situated between Dillingham Boulevard and Nimitz Highway, and that certain portion of Nimitz Highway extending from the railroad depot at Iwilei Road to Waiakamilo Road, during the period from six-thirty a.m. to eight a.m. and from three-thirty p.m. to five-thirty p.m. on any day, except on Saturdays and public holidays.
(Sec. 15-14.4, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.))

Sec. 15-14.5    Prohibited parking within the City and County of Honolulu .
(a)    When official signs are erected giving notice of the prohibition against parking, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle any longer than is absolutely necessary to take on or discharge passengers or freight upon any of the streets or portions thereof described in Schedule XXII attached to the ordinance codified in this section and made a part hereof. * Provided, however, that when requested for noncommercial or nonbusiness purposes only, the director of transportation services may suspend for a period of not more than one week any parking prohibition herein enacted pursuant to the provisions of Article 3 of this chapter.
(b)    No vehicle shall stop, stand or park upon any of the streets or portions thereof described in Schedule XXIII attached to the ordinance codified in this section and made a part hereof * for any reason when official signs prohibiting stopping, standing, loading or unloading thereon are erected. Provided, however, that when requested for noncommercial or nonbusiness purposes only, the director of transportation services may suspend for a period of not more than one week any parking prohibition herein enacted pursuant to the provisions of Article 3 of this chapter.
(Sec. 15-14.5, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.))
[ * Editor's Note: See the listing of schedules at the beginning of this chapter.]

Sec. 15-14.6    Parking prohibited during certain hours within the City and County of Honolulu.
(a)    When official signs are erected giving notice thereof, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle any longer than is absolutely necessary to take on or discharge passengers or freight, upon any of the streets or portions thereof within the City and County of Honolulu, between the hours indicated on such signs. Provided, however, that when requested for noncommercial or nonbusiness purposes only, the director of transportation services may suspend for a period of not more than one week any parking prohibition herein enacted pursuant to the provisions of Article 3 of this chapter.
(b)    When official signs are erected specifying the hours of restricted parking during the morning peak traffic and/or afternoon peak traffic hours, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle, even momentarily, upon any of the streets or portions thereof between the hours indicated on such signs. Provided, however, that when requested for noncommercial or nonbusiness purposes only, the director of transportation services may suspend for a period of not more than one week any parking prohibition herein enacted pursuant to the provisions of Article 3 of this chapter.
(Sec. 15-14.6, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.))

Sec. 15-14.7    Parking for certain purposes prohibited.
    No person shall park a vehicle upon any roadway for the principal purpose of:
(a)    Displaying such vehicle for sale; or
(b)    Washing, greasing or repairing such vehicle, except repairs necessitated by an emergency.
(Sec. 15-14.7, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.))

Sec. 15-14.8    Parking prohibited in tow or tow-away zones.
(a)    When official signs are erected designating a street or portions thereof as a tow or tow-away zone, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle, even momentarily, between the hours indicated on such signs; provided, that:
    (1)    During hours other than the morning and afternoon peak traffic hours as defined in this code:
        (A)    Stops may be made by a vehicle displaying a valid decal pursuant to the provisions of Section 15-15.5 for the expeditious loading or unloading of freight,
        (B)    Stops may be made by a bus in an official bus stop for the expeditious loading or unloading of passengers, and
        (C)    Stops, in other than an official bus stop, may be made by a special transit service vehicle for the expeditious loading or unloading of a mobility handicapped passenger; and
    (2)    At any time, the following may stop, stand or park in an official bus stop for the expeditious loading or unloading of passengers:
        (A)    A bus franchised by the public utilities commission to render regularly scheduled bus service on routes specified by the public utilities commission and operating as such,
        (B)    A city transit bus, and
        (C)    A bus when operated for the transportation of children to or from school.
(b)    In no case shall the stop for the loading or unloading of freight exceed 30 minutes, and for the loading or unloading of passengers, three minutes; except that a special transit vehicle may stop, stand or park for not more than 15 minutes when loading or unloading a mobility handicapped passenger.
(c)    When requested for noncommercial or nonbusiness purposes only, the director of transportation services may suspend for a period of not more than one week any parking prohibition herein enacted pursuant to the provisions of Article 3 of this chapter.
(d)    Nothing in this section shall permit the parking of any bus, other than a city transit bus, in an officially designated bus stop in the Waikiki special district, as defined in Section 21-9.80-2.
(Sec. 15-14.8, R.O. 1978 (1987 Supp. to 1983 Ed.); Am. Ord. 89-58, 91-27, 96-58)

(Sec. 15-14.9 Curb markings prohibiting stopping, standing or parking of vehicles shall be designated in red. Repealed by Ord. 97-05.)

Sec. 15-14.9    Reserved.

    Article 15. Stopping for Loading or Unloading Only

Sections:
    15-15.1    Standing in loading zones for loading or unloading only.
    15-15.2    Boarding or alighting from vehicle--Use of vehicle doors.
    15-15.3    Buses not permitted to stand or park except in officially designated bus stops.
    15-15.4    Other vehicles not to be parked, stopped or permitted to stand in bus stops.
    15-15.5    Permits to park in loading zones and official bus stops.
    15-15.6    Credit of annual fees.

Sec. 15-15.1    Standing in loading zones for loading or unloading only.
(a)    No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle for any purpose or period of time other than for the expeditious loading or unloading of passengers in any place marked as a passenger curb loading zone during hours when the regulations applicable to such passenger curb loading zones are effective, and then only for a period not to exceed three minutes; except that a special transit service vehicle may stop, stand or park for a period not exceeding 15 minutes when loading or unloading a passenger who is ADA paratransit eligible under Section 13-4.2.
(b)    No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle for any purpose or any length of time in any space marked as a freight curb loading zone during the posted times; provided, that:
    (1)    A vehicle displaying a valid decal issued by the licensing division of the department of finance on its front right bumper or, in the case of vehicles not required to have front bumpers, on the windshield or on some other authorized place designated by the licensing division of the department of finance pursuant to Section 15-15.5, may be stopped or parked within such space while freight is being loaded upon or is being unloaded from such vehicle. In no case shall such standing, stopping or parking for loading and unloading of freight exceed 30 minutes or be permitted during the restricted peak traffic hours in tow or tow-away zones as provided in Section 15-14.8.
    (2)    A taxicab licensed under Section 12-1.15 may stop, stand or park in a freight curb loading zone for the purpose of active loading and unloading of passengers or their personal property so long as the taxicab is not stopped, standing or parked for a period longer than 30 seconds.
    (3)    An armored vehicle may stop, stand or park in a freight curb loading zone for the purpose of active loading and unloading of money, securities, negotiable instruments and other valuables and documents, so long as the armored vehicle is not stopped, standing or parked for a period longer than 10 minutes.
    (4)    A special transit service vehicle may stop, stand or park in a freight curb loading zone for the purpose of loading or unloading a passenger who is ADA paratransit eligible under Section 13-4.2. In no case shall the special transit service vehicle stand, stop or park:
        (A)    For a period exceeding 15 minutes; or
        (B)    In a tow or tow-away zone during the restricted peak traffic hours as is prohibited under Section 15-14.8.
    The chief of police is authorized to remove or cause to be removed, at the owner's expense, any vehicle parked, stopped or standing in violation of this subsection. The removal of a vehicle for such violation shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section 15-13.9.
(c)    Whenever any curb markings are to be used to designate freight curb loading zones, such markings shall be yellow in color. Whenever any curb markings are to be used to designate passenger curb loading zones, including bus stops, such markings shall be red in color. Whenever any curb markings are to be used to designate combination freight and passenger curb loading zones, such markings shall be alternatively colored yellow and red, and signs shall be erected stating the specific days and times when each type of loading zone is in effect.
(d)    The establishment, relocation or abolishing of curb loading zones in the manner provided by law is authorized at the locations described in Schedule XXIV referenced in Table 15.0 of this chapter.
(Sec. 15-15.1, R.O. 1978 (1987 Supp. to 1983 Ed.); Am. Ord. 89-58, 89-78, 90-77, 96-58, 97-05)

Sec. 15-15.2    Boarding or alighting from vehicle--Use of vehicle doors.
    No person shall board or alight from any vehicle while such vehicle is in motion, and no person shall open the door of a motor vehicle on the side toward moving traffic unless and until it is reasonably safe to do so, nor shall any person leave a door of a vehicle open on the side toward moving traffic for a period of time longer than necessary to load or unload passengers. (Sec. 15-15.2, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.))

Sec. 15-15.3    Buses not permitted to stand or park except in officially designated bus stops.
(a)    The driver of a bus shall not stop, stand or park such bus upon any street at any place within any business district other than at an officially designated bus stop, nor for any purpose or period of time other than when actually engaged in the discharge of passengers or the pickup of passengers then in readiness at the curb. The stopping, standing or parking of such bus shall not extend beyond the time necessary therefor and in no event for more than three minutes.
(b)    The chief of police may permit and direct the parking of buses at places other than officially designated bus stops when large assemblages of people create an unusually heavy demand for mass transportation facilities.
(c)    No person shall stop, stand or park a bus used for charter or tour service in any officially designated bus stop unless such bus displays on the right front bumper a valid decal issued by the licensing division of the department of finance pursuant to the provisions of Section 15-15.5.
(d)    The locations of designated official bus stops are described in Schedule XXV attached to the ordinance codified in this section and made a part hereof. *[ * Editor's Note: See the listing of schedules at the beginning of this chapter.] The designations shall be made by the department of transportation services.
(e)    Nothing in this section shall permit the parking of any bus, other than a city transit bus, in an officially designated bus stop in the Waikiki district, as defined in Section 21-9.80-2 of the land use ordinance.
(Sec. 15-15.3, R.O. 1978 (1987 Supp. to 1983 Ed.); Am. Ord. 91-27, 97-02)

Sec. 15-15.4    Other vehicles not to be parked, stopped or permitted to stand in bus stops.
    No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle, other than a bus authorized under Section 15-15.3, in a bus stop which has been officially designated and appropriately signed as such. (Sec. 15-15.4, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.); Am. Ord. 91-27)

Sec. 15-15.5    Permits to park in loading zones and official bus stops.
(a)    The licensing division of the department of finance is authorized to issue, upon application therefor on forms furnished by the department and upon the payment of annual fees as hereinafter provided, permits for the parking of trucks as described in HRS Section 249-1, as amended, in freight curb loading zones when freight is being loaded upon or is being unloaded from such vehicles, and permits for the parking of tour buses, as defined in HRS Section 286-2, as amended, in officially designated bus stops when passengers are being loaded upon or being unloaded from such vehicles.
(b)    A permit, deemed granted upon approval of the application, shall expire on December 31st of the year in which it is issued. However, an application for renewal of such permit for the following year may be made on and after the first day of December and approval thereof may be granted upon the payment of the permit fee. The permit shall be evidenced by an appropriate decal which shall be placed on the front right bumper, or on a place to be designated by the licensing division in the case of vehicles not required to have front bumpers.
(c)    The licensing division of the department of finance shall charge and collect an annual fee of $24.00 for each permit, and a fee of one dollar for each decal, for a total charge of $25.00; provided, that where the application for such permit is made in any month other than January, the permit fee of $24.00 shall be reduced by two dollars for each full month of the then calendar year which has elapsed at time of the application; and provided further, that where a decal is mutilated, defaced or lost, a replacement decal shall be issued upon payment of one dollar. The sums collected shall be deposited in the highway fund.
(d)    Permits issued pursuant to this section shall not allow the permittee to park in officially designated city bus stops in the Waikiki district, as defined in Section 21-9.80-2 of the land use ordinance, as amended. Such bus stops shall be restricted to use by city transit buses only.
(Sec. 15-15.5, R.O. 1978 (1987 Supp. to 1983 Ed.))

Sec. 15-15.6    Credit of annual fees.
    When an annual fee has already been paid on a vehicle and that vehicle is, within the year, replaced by another vehicle, the unexpired portion of the annual fee paid on the vehicle so replaced shall be credited to the annual fee payable for the replacement vehicle. For the purposes hereof, the unexpired portion of the annual fee shall be that amount which is equal to two dollars for each full month remaining in the current licensing year. In addition, whenever a vehicle is replaced by another vehicle under the provisions hereof, the sum of five dollars shall be charged and collected to defray the administrative costs incurred by the city. (Sec. 15-15.6, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.))

    Article 16. Stopping, Standing or Parking Restricted or Prohibited
    on Certain Streets

Sections:
    15-16.1    Time limit parking within the City and County of Honolulu.
    15-16.2    Vehicles in limited parking area to be moved 50 feet.
    15-16.3    Parking within public parks and public school grounds restricted.
    15-16.4    Restricted parking on federal-aid highways.
    15-16.5    City Hall and satellite off-street parking.
    15-16.6    Storage parking of commercial vehicles prohibited--No signs required.
    15-16.7    Board of water supply off-street parking.
    15-16.8    Twenty-four-hour time limit parking within the City and County of Honolulu.

Sec. 15-16.1    Time limit parking within the City and County of Honolulu .
    When official signs are erected giving notice thereof, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle for a period of time longer than the period of time indicated on such sign between the hours of seven a.m. and six p.m.,
unless otherwise provided by law, on any day except Sundays and public holidays upon any of the streets or portions thereof within the City and County of Honolulu as described in Schedule XXVI attached hereto and made a part hereof. *[ * Editor's Note: See the listing of schedules at the beginning of this chapter.] (Sec. 15-16.1, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.))

Sec. 15-16.2    Vehicles in limited parking area to be moved 50 feet.
    In construing the provisions of Section 15-16.1 a vehicle in a limited parking area shall be moved not less than 50 feet during the limited parking period or shall be deemed to have remained stationary. (Sec. 15-16.2, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.); Am. Ord. 90-77)

Sec. 15-16.3    Parking within public parks and public school grounds restricted.

(a)    No person shall park a vehicle on any roadway within public parks and public school grounds in such a manner as to leave available less than 10 feet of the width of the roadway for the free movement of vehicular traffic.
(b)    No person shall stop, park or leave standing a vehicle on any roadway within public parks and public school grounds other than parallel with the edge of the roadway heading in the direction of traffic and with the right-hand wheels of the vehicle within 12 inches of the curb line or edge of the roadway, except upon those roadways which have been marked or signed for angle parking, upon which roadways vehicles shall be parked at the angle to the curb indicated by such marks or signs.
(c)    Wherever parking stalls for the parallel or angle parking of motor vehicles are marked off and designated on any roadway or in any parking area within public parks and public school grounds, each such parking stall shall extend in width eight feet and shall extend in length approximately 22 feet. The driver of any vehicle, excepting only single vehicles of a greater length or width, shall park such vehicle completely within the parking stall.
(d)    No person shall park a vehicle on any roadway or in any parking area within public parks and public school grounds for the purpose of:
    (1)    Displaying such vehicle for sale; or
    (2)    Washing, greasing or repairing such vehicle, except minor repairs necessitated by an emergency.
(e)    Wherever any roadway or parking area within public parks and public school grounds is kept open for vehicular use, no person shall park a vehicle on any such roadway or in any such parking area for a period of time longer than 60 minutes between the hours of two a.m. and six a.m. of any day.
(f)    No vehicle shall be operated or driven off the improved or paved portion of any roadway within public parks and public school grounds, except to and from a parking area maintained therein. Disabled vehicles may be driven off the paved portion so as to prevent obstruction of traffic, until temporary repairs are made or until power is obtained to remove them.
(g)    When official signs are erected giving notice thereof, no person shall, after school hours, stop, stand or park a vehicle in any parking facility maintained on public school grounds. The parking prohibition contained herein shall not apply to a person who is, after school hours, a guest or patron of or an invitee to a function or activity approved by the proper school authorities.
(Sec. 15-16.3, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.))

Sec. 15-16.4    Restricted parking on federal-aid highways.
(a)    No person shall park a vehicle within any off-street parking area of the federal-aid highway system during the hours of two a.m. to five a.m.; subject, however, to the exceptions granted authorized emergency vehicles, pursuant to Section 15-4.4.
(b)    No person shall park a vehicle within any such off-street parking area for a period of time longer than 120 minutes during the hours of five a.m. to two a.m.

(c)    No person shall, further, park a vehicle within any such off-street parking area for the purpose of:
    (1)    Displaying such vehicle for sale; or
    (2)    Washing, greasing, wiping or repairing such vehicle, except minor repairs necessitated by an emergency.
(d)    The state director of transportation shall install appropriate signs identifying the off-street parking areas and indicating their restricted use for parking only.
(Sec. 15-16.4, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.); Am. Ord. 96-58)

Sec. 15-16.5    City Hall and satellite off-street parking.
(a)    It is unlawful for any person to park a vehicle in an unmetered parking stall within the areas described in subsection (d), unless the vehicle has affixed thereon a decal evidencing that a parking permit has been issued to the person by the chief engineer of the department of facility maintenance or the chief engineer's authorized representative authorizing the person to park within those areas.
(b)     It is unlawful for any person to:
    (1)    Park a vehicle outside of a designated parking stall within the areas provided for parking by city and county officials and employees, described in subsection (d);
    (2)    Disregard or violate any direction, instruction or restriction indicated by or on appropriate signs and markings posted in or about the areas described in subsection (d); or
    (3)    Travel at a speed in excess of 10 miles per hour within the areas described in subsection (d).
(c)    Members of the police department and other persons authorized by the chief of police are authorized to remove or cause to be removed any vehicle parked within the areas described in subsection (d) when:
    (1)    The vehicle does not display the decal required to be displayed under subsection (a); or
    (2)    The vehicle is not parked wholly within a designated stall and straddles an adjoining stall.
(d)     Except as specified otherwise, the chief engineer of the department of facility maintenance is authorized to designate by appropriate signs and/or markings all parking areas described in this subsection for the exclusive use of officials and employees of the city and employees of the civic center child care facility. The chief engineer is authorized to issue parking permits under this section, upon receiving application therefor on forms furnished by the chief engineer and payment of the applicable monthly permit fee described in subsection (e).
    (1)    Except for off-street parking areas serving fire stations and fire repair facilities, all city off-street parking areas in the area bounded by Ward Avenue, Kinau Street, Lusitana Street, H-1 Freeway, Nuuanu Stream, North Nimitz Highway, South Nimitz Highway and Ala Moana Boulevard are under the jurisdiction of the department of facility maintenance.
    (2)    The Alapai parking facility located at the Waikiki makai corner of Alapai and Beretania Streets, which includes areas P-1, P-2, P-3, B-1 and B-2, is under the jurisdiction of the chief of police. The chief of police of the city is authorized and directed to designate all parking areas by appropriate signs and/or markings for the exclusive use of officials and employees of the city. The chief of police is authorized to issue, upon receipt of an application therefor on forms furnished by the chief of police and payment of the applicable monthly parking fee, permits for parking in the facility described in this subdivision.
    (3)    The chief engineer and the chief of police may charge a fee of $15.00 for each parking decal that is replaced due to being lost, stolen, misplaced or not returned.
(e)    Any city official or employee, including any elective or appointive official, and any employee of the civic center child care facility, who applies for and receives a parking permit under this section shall pay a fee for parking in accordance with the following schedule:
    Assigned covered stall    $50.00 per month
    Assigned covered stall assigned to an elected or
    appointed official or employee of the city    $75.00 per month
    Unassigned covered stall    $35.00 per month
    Assigned tandem covered stall    $25.00 per month
    Assigned uncovered stall    $40.00 per month
    Unassigned uncovered stall    $25.00 per month
    Unassigned uncovered satellite stall with bus pass for
    commuting to working place not less than 3/8 mile away    $20.00 per month
    Assigned tandem uncovered stall    $15.00 per month
    Carpool unassigned covered or uncovered stalls:
     Two occupants    75% of specified rate
     Three occupants    50% of specified rate
     Four or more occupants    No Charge.
(f)    Appointive members of boards and commissions shall be entitled to park free of charge in areas that are set aside for such parking.
(g)    A city official or employee who is the primary driver of a vehicle clearly identifiable on its exterior as a ridesharing vehicle provided under the state department of transportation's ridesharing program shall qualify for the applicable carpool fees established in subsection (e), based on the number of passengers assigned to the vehicle under the state's program. Other than the primary driver of the vehicle, the other occupants need not be city officials or employees.
(h)    The chief engineer and the chief of police shall also set aside areas where city and county vehicles not assigned to specific city officials and which are utilized for the conduct of daily city business (motor pool cars) shall be parked. No fee shall be assessed for parking these vehicles.
(i)    The chief engineer and the chief of police are also authorized and directed to establish, mark and designate metered and unmetered parking stalls within the areas designated in subsections (d)(1) and (d)(2).
(j)    The chief engineer and the chief of police shall also post appropriate signs in and about the parking areas under their respective jurisdictions to indicate the type of parking in effect and in the case of metered parking spaces, the times during which meter fees are in effect.
(k)    Bicycles, Motorcycles, Motorscooters and Mopeds. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, portions of the parking facilities which are not designated as parking stalls shall be designated for the parking of bicycles, motorcycles, motorscooters and mopeds as defined in HRS Section 291C-1, free of charge.
(Sec. 15-16.5, R.O. 1978 (1987 Supp. to 1983 Ed.); Am. Ord. 89-78, 92-24, 94-03, 95-30, 01-50, 04-21)

Sec. 15-16.6    Storage parking of commercial vehicles prohibited--No signs required. * [* Editor's Note: Ord. 00-69 shall take effect 180 days after its approval (6-6-01).]
(a)    Except as provided in subsection (b), it is unlawful for the driver or owner of any bus, truck, truck-trailer, trailer, van, house trailer or other vehicle used for commercial purposes whose gross vehicle weight rating is 10,000 pounds or more or whose vehicle length from bumper to bumper is 20 feet or more to park the same or permit the same to be parked, stand or remain motionless for a period in excess of four hours on any public street. Such vehicle shall be subject to all parking limitations applicable thereto unless otherwise provided by law.
(b)    The following shall be excepted from subsection (a):
    (1)    Construction equipment and public utility vehicles, but only when such equipment and vehicles are actively being used for repair or construction work; and
    (2)    Vehicles actively being used for the loading of goods, wares or merchandise.
(Sec. 15-16.6, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.); Am. Ord. 96-58, 00-69)

Sec. 15-16.7    Board of water supply off-street parking.
(a)    No person shall park any vehicle in the parking areas located at the board of water supply Beretania complex as shown on Exhibit 15-16.7 which follows, and as described in subsection (e) herein, who has not been specifically authorized by the manager and chief engineer or his or her authorized subordinate or who is not on a business visit to the board of water supply.
(b)    No person shall park any vehicle outside of the designated parking stall or other spaces set aside for parking, as described in subsection (e) herein.
(c)    No person shall park any vehicle contrary to any directions, instructions or restrictions indicated by or on official signs and markings therein at any hour of the day or day of the week posted in or about the areas described in subsection (e) herein.
(d)    Any police officer or any person authorized by the chief of police is authorized to issue a citation to any person who violates the provisions of this section and to remove or cause to be removed any vehicle parked within the areas described in subsection (e) herein, with removal costs to be borne by the violator or owner of the vehicle which is parked in violation of the provisions of this section.
(e)    Except as specified otherwise by appropriate signs and/or markings, the following parking areas are designated for the exclusive use of officials, employees, guests and customers of the board of water supply:
    (1)    AREA A, being that parcel of land located within the block bounded by Lauhala Street, Lusitana Street, Lisbon Street and Beretania Street, more particularly described as follows:
        (A)    Beginning at the northerly corner of this lot, being also the westerly corner of Lot E, and running by azimuths measured clockwise from true south:
            1.    327°    15'        265.61 feet;
            2.    57°    15'         65.00 feet;
            3.    147°    15'        270.33 feet;
            4.    242°    40'        65.29 feet to the point of beginning
                            and containing an area of 17,371 sq. ft.
    (2)    AREAS B and C, being those parcels of land located within the block bounded by Lisbon Street, Lusitana Street, Alapai Street and Beretania Street, more particularly described as follows:
        (A)    Area B -- Beginning at the northerly corner of this lot, being also the westerly corner of Lot C, and running by azimuths measured clockwise from true south:
            1.    319°    04'        124.67 feet;
            2.    47°    10'        42.12 feet;
            3.    21°    12'        4.58 feet;
            4.    138°    30'        135.06 feet;
            5.    237°    15'        47.98 feet to the point of beginning and containing an area of 6,037 sq. ft.
        (B)    Area C -- Beginning at the northerly corner of this lot, being also the intersection of Lisbon Street and Lusitana Street, and running by azimuths measured clockwise from true south:
            1.    330°    15'        98.46 feet
            2.    47°    10'        143.28 feet
            3.    139°    04'        124.67 feet
            4.    237°    15'        163.96 feet to the point of beginning and containing an area of 16,988 sq. ft.
    (3)    AREAS D and E, being those parcels of land located within the block bounded by Lauhala Street, Lusitana Street, Lisbon Street and Beretania Street, more particularly described as follows:
        (A)    Area D Beginning at the northeast corner of this lot, being also the intersection of Lauhala Street and Lusitana Street, and running by azimuths measured clockwise from true south:
            1.    341°    34'        7.96 feet;
            2.    335°    55'        119.04 feet;
            3.    330°    15'        51.10 feet;
            4.    57°    15'        230.00 feet;
            5.    147°    15'        236.80 feet;
            6.    245°    50'        238.87 feet;
            7.    293°    42'        29.67 feet to the point of beginning and containing an area of 52,437 sq. ft.
        (B)    Area E Beginning at the northerly corner of this lot, being also the westerly corner of Lot D, and running by azimuths measured clockwise from true south:
            1.    327°    15'        266.80 feet;
            2.     57°    15'        215.00 feet;
            3.    147°    15'        265.61 feet;
            4.    242°    40'         10.55 feet;
            5.    243°    29'         57.41 feet;
            6.    244°    57'         43.51 feet;
            7.    245°    42'         8.40 feet;
            8.    245°    50'        97.09 feet to the point of beginning and containing an area of 54,243 sq. ft.
    (4)    AREA F, being that parcel of land located within the block bounded by Lisbon Street, Lusitana Street, Alapai Street and Beretania Street, more particularly described as follows:
        (A)    Beginning at the northerly corner of this lot, being also the westerly corner of Lot B, and running by azimuths measured clockwise from true south:
            1.    318°    30'        135.06 feet;
            2.    21°    12'        252.20 feet;
            3.     68°    14'        61.48 feet;
            4.    115°    17'         95.05 feet;
            5.    115°    50'         26.94 feet;
            6.    119°    34'        156.48 feet;
            7.    180°    00'         33.64 feet;
            8.    237°    15'        362.32 feet to the point of beginning and containing an area of 78,564 sq. ft.
(Sec. 15-16.7, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.))

Sec. 15-16.8    Twenty-four-hour time limit parking within the City and County of Honolulu.
(a)    When official signs are posted giving notice thereof, no person shall park a vehicle in the same location for a period of time longer than 24 hours, unless otherwise provided by law, upon any of the streets within the City and County of Honolulu. A vehicle shall be deemed parked in the same location for more than 24 hours if the vehicle has not been moved within the prescribed time period based upon markings or other means as determined by a police officer or an authorized representative of the department of transportation services. Every three hours a vehicle remains parked in violation of this section after the first violation occurs shall constitute a separate violation.
(b)    The director of transportation services shall designate, after holding a public hearing on the matter, those streets in the City and County of Honolulu where parking is to be limited to 24 hours in accordance with Section 15-3.1.
(Added by Ord. 90-73; Am. Ord. 90-77)

    Article 17. Pedestrians' Rights and Duties

Sections:
    15-17.1    Additional marked crosswalks established.
    15-17.2    Restrictions on pedestrians crossing roadways.
    15-17.3    Blind and crippled pedestrians' right-of-way.
    15-17.4    Hitchhiking.
    15-17.5    Restrictions on freeways.
    15-17.6    Sitting, standing or walking on railings of highway bridges or overpasses.
    15-17.7    Restrictions on fishing and crabbing from certain bridges.
    15-17.8    Restrictions on operation of bicycle on pedestrian overpass and underpass--Duties of dismounted operator.

Sec. 15-17.1    Additional marked crosswalks established.
    In addition to marked crosswalks heretofore established, marked crosswalks are established at the locations described in Schedule XXVII attached to the ordinance codified in this section and made a part hereof. * [ * Editor's Note: See the listing of schedules at the beginning of this chapter.] (Sec. 15-17.1, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.))

Sec. 15-17.2    Restrictions on pedestrians crossing roadways.
(a)    No pedestrian shall enter any marked or unmarked crosswalk or part thereof when vehicular traffic is so close thereto as to constitute an immediate hazard, nor shall any pedestrian enter any unmarked crosswalk where traffic signs forbid such entry.
(b)    No pedestrian shall cross any roadway within any business district except within a marked or unmarked crosswalk, nor any roadway in any residence district within 200 feet of any intersection except within a marked or unmarked crosswalk at such intersection.
(c)    No pedestrian shall enter upon or cross any roadway or portion of any roadway designated by the council as closed to pedestrian traffic, except within an authorized marked crosswalk, or upon a pedestrian overpass or through a pedestrian tunnel.
(d)    The roadways or portions of roadways are designated as closed to pedestrian traffic at the locations described in Schedule XXVIII attached to the ordinance codified in this section and made a part hereof. * [ * Editor's Note: See the listing of schedules at the beginning of this chapter.]
(Sec. 15-17.2, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.))

Sec. 15-17.3    Blind and crippled pedestrians' right-of-way.
    Except at intersections where the movement of traffic is being regulated by police officers, the driver of a vehicle shall come to a stop and take such precautions as may be necessary before proceeding so as to avoid injury to a crippled pedestrian using crutches, or to a blind or partially blind pedestrian carrying in full view a cane, white in color or white with red ends, or accompanied by a Seeing-Eye dog, and blowing continually a whistle similar to the type of whistle used by traffic officers. The failure of any such blind pedestrian to signal shall not deprive such person of the right-of-way accorded him or her by other provisions of this code. (Sec. 15-17.3, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.))

Sec. 15-17.4    Hitchhiking.
    The solicitation of free rides (hitchhiking) shall be permitted at any official bus stop of the city and county or in any open area where there are no official bus stops within a reasonable distance; provided, however, that the person soliciting rides shall not stand for the purpose of such solicitation on the roadway; and provided further, that no person shall attempt to intimidate, threaten or otherwise annoy passing motorists while so engaged in hitchhiking. Any person violating this section shall be issued a citation according to the procedures specified in Article 26 of this chapter unless such person refuses to provide suitable identification, in which case the arresting officer shall take the person into custody according to the prescribed procedure for physical arrest in HRS Chapter 803. (Sec. 15-17.4, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.); Am. Ord. 95-15)

Sec. 15-17.5    Restrictions on freeways.
(a)    The city council may, by ordinance, with respect to freeways or designated portions thereof under their jurisdiction to which all rights of access have been acquired, prohibit or restrict the use of such freeways or any portion thereof by pedestrians, bicycles or other non-motorized traffic or by any person operating a motor-driven cycle.
(b)    Such prohibitory regulations shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected upon any such freeway and the approaches thereto.
(Sec. 15-17.5, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.))

Sec. 15-17.6    Sitting, standing or walking on railings of highway bridges or overpasses.
    No person shall sit, stand or walk, or aid or assist any other person to sit, stand or walk upon the railing of any highway bridge or overpass in the City and County of Honolulu. (Sec. 15-17.6, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.))

Sec. 15-17.7    Restrictions on fishing and crabbing from certain bridges.
    No person shall fish or crab from the areas described in Schedule XXIX attached to the ordinance codified in this section and made a part hereof when signs prohibiting such activity have been posted.* (Sec. 15-17.7, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.))

Sec. 15-17.8    Restrictions on operation of bicycle on pedestrian overpass and underpass--Duties of dismounted operator.
    No person shall operate a bicycle upon any portion of a pedestrian overpass or underpass, except that bicycles with the operator dismounted may be permitted on such structures for the purpose of crossing the highway and while so doing shall obey the regulations applicable to pedestrians. (Sec. 15-17.9, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.))


    Article 18. Operation of Bicycles and Play Vehicles

Sections:
    15-18.1    License required.
    15-18.2    Attachment of license plate or license decal.
    15-18.3    Obedience to traffic control devices.
    15-18.4    Speed.
    15-18.5    Emerging from alley, bikeway or driveway.
    15-18.6    Parking.
    15-18.7    Riding on sidewalks.
    15-18.8    Direction of travel along bicycle lanes.
    (15-18.9    Leaving bicycle lanes. Repealed by Ord. 94-78.)
    15-18.9    Reserved.
    15-18.10    Regulations applicable to bicycle paths constructed on dedicated easements.
    15-18.11    Operating bicycle with motor.

Sec. 15-18.1    License required.
    No person who resides within the City and County of Honolulu shall ride or propel a bicycle on any street, highway, alley, roadway or sidewalk or upon any public path set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles unless such bicycle has been licensed and a license plate two by three inches in size, or a license decal, is attached thereto as provided in this article. (Sec. 15-18.1, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.))

Sec. 15-18.2    Attachment of license plate or license decal.
    In the case of a license plate, it shall be firmly attached to the rear mudguard or frame of the bicycle for which it is issued, in such position as to be plainly visible from the rear. In the case of a license decal, it shall be affixed to the upright post attached to the sprocket of the bicycle for which it is issued, faced in the forward direction. (Sec. 15-18.2, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.))

Sec. 15-18.3    Obedience to traffic control devices.
(a)    Every person operating a bicycle shall obey the instructions of official traffic control signals, signs, and other control devices applicable to vehicles, unless otherwise directed by a police officer or any other persons authorized to direct, control or regulate traffic.
(b)    Whenever authorized signs are erected indicating that no right or left or U-turn is permitted, no person operating a bicycle shall disobey the direction of any such sign, except where such person dismounts from the bicycle to make any such turn, in which event such person shall then obey the regulations applicable to pedestrians.
(c)    As provided under Section 15-6.7, a bicycle lane designated in Schedule XXXIV * shall be used exclusively for operating bicycles, except: [ * Editor's Note: See the listing of schedules at the beginning of this chapter.]
    (1)    As otherwise provided in Section 15-6.7; and
    (2)    Where there is no adjacent paved sidewalk provided, then a pedestrian may use the bicycle lane as a walkway and a bicycle rider shall yield the right-of-way to the pedestrian. When using a bicycle lane, a pedestrian shall walk as near the outside edge as possible. When two or more pedestrians use a bicycle lane, they shall walk in single file as near the outside edge as possible.
(Sec. 15-18.3, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.); Am. Ord. 94-78)

Sec. 15-18.4    Speed.
    No person shall operate a bicycle at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions then existing. (Sec. 15-18.4, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.))

Sec. 15-18.5    Emerging from alley, bikeway or driveway.
    The operator of a bicycle emerging from an alley, driveway, bikeway or building shall, upon approaching a sidewalk or the sidewalk area extending across such alley, driveway, bikeway or building, yield the right-of-way to all pedestrians approaching on such sidewalk or sidewalk area, and upon entering a bikeway, shall yield the right-of-way to all bicycles approaching on such lane, and upon entering the roadway shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles or bicycles approaching on such roadway. (Sec. 15-18.5, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.))

Sec. 15-18.6    Parking.
    No person shall park a bicycle upon a street other than upon the roadway against the curb, or upon the sidewalk in a rack to support the bicycle, or against a building; and in such manner as to afford the least obstruction to pedestrian traffic. (Sec. 15-18.6, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.))

Sec. 15-18.7    Riding on sidewalks.
(a)    No person shall ride a bicycle upon a sidewalk within a business district.
(b)    The director of transportation services is authorized to erect official signs on any sidewalk or roadway prohibiting the riding of bicycles thereon by any person, and when such signs are in place no person shall disobey the same.
(c)    Whenever any person is riding a bicycle upon a sidewalk, such person shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian and shall give an audible signal before overtaking and passing such pedestrian.
(d)    No person shall ride a bicycle equipped with a motor on any sidewalk.
(Sec. 15-18.7, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.))

Sec. 15-18.8    Direction of travel along bicycle lanes.
    No person shall ride or operate a bicycle within a bicycle lane in any direction except that permitted of vehicular traffic traveling on the same side of the roadway; provided, that bicycles may proceed either way along a lane where arrows appear on the surface of the lane designating two-way traffic. (Sec. 15-18.8, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.))

(Sec. 15-18.9    Leaving bicycle lanes. Repealed by Ord. 94-78.)

Sec. 15-18.9    Reserved.

Sec. 15-18.10    Regulations applicable to bicycle paths constructed on dedicated easements.
    Within the limits of bicycle paths and their respective easements, such easements having been granted to the City and County of Honolulu for purposes of providing bicycle paths, no person shall:
(a)    Wilfully or intentionally destroy, damage or injure any property;
(b)    Climb onto any bridge, tree, wall, fence or other structure;
(c)    Swim, bathe, wade in, pollute or block the water of any natural stream;
(d)    Litter, throw or dispose of any refuse or waste material;
(e)    Kindle, build, maintain or use any fire;
(f)    Annoy, molest, kill, wound, chase, shoot or throw missiles at any animal or bird;
(g)    Distribute, post or place any commercial handbill or circular, notice or other advertising device or matter, except as permitted by the terms of any agreement relating to the use of the bicycle path and easement;
(h)    Operate any vehicle other than (1) a bicycle without a motor, or (2) authorized vehicles, where permitted by posted signs;
(i)    Park, wash, polish or repair cars or other vehicles;
(j)    Cut or remove any wood, plant, grass, soil, rock, sand or gravel;
(k)    Sell or offer for sale any merchandise, article or thing, or engage in any commercial operations whatsoever;
(l)    Amplify music or use battery-operated loudspeakers (bull horns);
(m)    Ride or drive any horse or any other animal;
(n)    Engage in any sports or recreational activities other than the riding of bicycles;
(o)    Discharge firearms of any kind;
(p)    Place tents or other structures, or in any way inhabit the premises;
(q)    Park any bicycle or vehicle on the bicycle path except authorized maintenance and security vehicles;
(r)    Drive any vehicle, including a bicycle, across the bicycle path without first coming to a full stop; or
(s)    Fail to yield the right-of-way to an authorized motor vehicle.
(Sec. 15-18.10, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.))

Sec. 15-18.11    Operating bicycle with motor.
    No person less than 15 years of age shall operate a bicycle equipped with a motor on any street or highway, nor shall more than one person at a time be allowed to ride a bicycle equipped with a motor. (Sec. 15-18.11, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.)

    Article 19. Equipment

Sections:
    15-19.1    Scope and effect of regulations.
    15-19.2    When lighted lamps required.
    15-19.3    New motor vehicles to be equipped with reflectors.
    15-19.4    Application of succeeding sections.
    15-19.5    Additional equipment required on certain vehicles.
    15-19.6    Clearance lamps, side marker lamps and reflectors--Color.
    15-19.7    Clearance lamps, side marker lamps and reflectors--Mounting.
    15-19.8    Clearance lamps, side marker lamps and reflectors--Visibility.
    15-19.9    Stop lamps required on new motor vehicles.
    15-19.10    Lamps on parked vehicles.
    15-19.11    Spot lamps.
    15-19.12    Auxiliary driving lamps.
    15-19.13    Signal lamps and signal devices.
    15-19.14    Additional lighting equipment.
    15-19.15    Head lamps.
    15-19.16    Multiple-beam road-lighting equipment.
    15-19.17    Use of multiple-beam road-lighting equipment.
    15-19.18    Single-beam road-lighting equipment.
    15-19.19    Number of driving lamps permitted.
    15-19.20    Lights not required where obscured from view.
    15-19.21    Head lamps on motorized scooters.
    15-19.22    Special restrictions on lamps.
    15-19.23    Selling or using lamps or devices.
    15-19.24    Brake equipment required.
    15-19.25    Performance ability of brakes.
    15-19.26    Maintenance of brakes.
    15-19.27    Horns and warning devices.
    15-19.28    Mufflers--Noise-controlling devices.
    15-19.29    Rear vision mirror required.
    15-19.30    Windshields to be unobstructed and equipped with wipers.
    15-19.31    Windshield, fenders and bumpers required on all vehicles.
    15-19.32    Mudguards required.
    15-19.33    Safety glass in motor vehicles.
    15-19.34    Certain vehicles to carry flares or other warning devices.
    15-19.35    Display of warning devices when vehicle is disabled.
    15-19.36    Display of warning devices by passenger buses when disabled.
    15-19.37    Vehicles transporting explosives and flammable liquids.
    (15-19.38    Reconstructed vehicle--Permit required. Repealed by Ord. 95-15.)
    15-19.38    Reserved.
    15-19.39    Television in motor vehicle.
    15-19.40    Trucks equipped with lift tail gates.
    15-19.41    Safety chain (stay chain or cable) required.
    15-19.42    Movement of forklifts upon the public highway.
    15-19.43    Sound vehicles.

Sec. 15-19.1    Scope and effect of regulations.
(a)    It is a misdemeanor for any person to drive or move or for the registered owner to cause or knowingly permit to be driven or moved on any highway any vehicle or combination of vehicles which is in such unsafe condition as to endanger any person, or which does not contain those parts or is not at all times equipped with such lamps and other equipment in proper condition and adjustment as required in this article, or for any person to do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required under this article.
(b)    Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to prohibit the use of additional parts and accessories on any vehicle not inconsistent with the provisions of this article.
(c)    The provisions of this article with respect to equipment on vehicles shall not apply to implements of husbandry, road machinery, road rollers or farm tractors, except as herein made applicable.
(Sec. 15-19.1, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.))

Sec. 15-19.2    When lighted lamps required.
    Every vehicle upon a highway at any time from a half-hour after sunset to a half-hour before sunrise, and at any other time when there is insufficient light to render clearly discernible persons and vehicles on the highway at a distance of 200 feet ahead, shall display lighted lamps and illuminating devices as hereinafter respectively required for different classes of vehicles, subject to exceptions with respect to parked vehicles as hereinafter stated; provided, that every vehicle upon a highway within a tunnel shall at all hours display lighted lamps, illuminating devices and tail lamps in addition to any other equipment required for that class of vehicle by the provisions of this section. (Sec. 15-19.2, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.))

Sec. 15-19.3    New motor vehicles to be equipped with reflectors.
(a)    Every new motor vehicle hereafter sold and operated upon a highway, other than a truck tractor, shall carry on the rear, either as a part of the tail lamps or separately, two red reflectors meeting the requirements hereinafter set forth; except that vehicles of the type mentioned in Section 15-19.5 shall be equipped with reflectors as required therein.
(b)    Every such reflector shall be mounted on the motor vehicle at a height not less than 24 inches nor more than 60 inches above the ground on which the vehicle stands, and shall be of such size and characteristics and so maintained as to be visible at night from all distances within 300 feet to 50 feet from such vehicle; except that visibility from a greater distance is hereinafter required of reflectors on certain types of vehicles.
(Sec. 15-19.3, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.))

Sec. 15-19.4    Application of succeeding sections.
    The sections immediately following relating to clearance and marker lamps, reflectors and stop lights shall apply as stated in said sections to vehicles of the type therein enumerated, and such vehicles, when operated upon any highway, shall be equipped as required and all lamp equipment required shall be lighted from 30 minutes after sunset until 30 minutes before sunrise, except that clearance and side marker lamps need not be lighted on any such vehicles when operated in the City and County of Honolulu where there is sufficient light to render clearly discernible persons and vehicles on the highway at a distance of 500 feet. (Sec. 15-19.4, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.))

Sec. 15-19.5    Additional equipment required on certain vehicles.
    In addition to other equipment required in this article, the following vehicles shall be equipped as herein stated under the conditions stated in Section 15-19.4:
(a)    On every bus or truck, whatever its size, there shall be the following: On the rear, two reflectors, one at each side, and one stop light.
(b)    On every bus or truck 80 inches or more in overall width, in addition to the requirements in subsection (a):
    (1)    On the front, two clearance lamps, one at each side;
    (2)    On the rear, two clearance lamps, one at each side;
    (3)    On each side, two marker lamps, one at or near the front and one at or near the rear;
    (4)    On each side, two reflectors, one at or near the front and one at or near the rear.
(c)    On every truck tractor:
    (1)    On the front, two clearance lamps, one at each side;
    (2)    On the rear, one stop light.
(d)    On every trailer or semi-trailer having a gross weight in excess of 3,000 pounds:
    (1)    On the front, two clearance lamps, one at each side;
    (2)    On each side, two side marker lamps, one at or near the front and one at or near the rear;
    (3)    On each side, two reflectors, one at or near the front and one at or near the rear;
    (4)    On the rear, two clearance lamps, one at each side; also two reflectors, one at each side, and one stop light.
(e)    On every pole trailer in excess of 3,000 pounds gross weight:
    (1)    On each side, one side marker lamp and one clearance lamp which may be in combination, to show to the front, side and rear;
    (2)    On the rear of the pole trailer or load, two reflectors, one at each side.
(f)    On every trailer, semi-trailer, or pole trailer weighing 3,000 pounds gross or less:
    (1)    On the rear, two reflectors, one on each side. If any trailer or semi-trailer is so loaded or is of such dimensions as to obscure the stop light on the towing vehicle, then such vehicle shall also be equipped with one stop light.
(Sec. 15-19.5, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.))

Sec. 15-19.6    Clearance lamps, side marker lamps and reflectors--Color.
(a)    Front clearance lamps and those marker lamps and reflectors mounted on the front or on the sides near the front of a vehicle shall display or reflect an amber color.
(b)    Rear clearance lamps and those marker lamps and reflectors mounted on the rear or on the sides near the rear of a vehicle shall display or reflect a red color.
(c)    All lighting devices and reflectors mounted on the rear of any vehicle shall display or reflect a red color, except the stop light or other signal device, which may be red, amber, yellow or green, and except the light illuminating the license plate or the light emitted by a back-up lamp, which shall be predominantly white.
(Sec. 15-19.6, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.))

Sec. 15-19.7    Clearance lamps, side marker lamps and reflectors--Mounting.
(a)    Reflectors shall be mounted at a height not less than 24 inches and not higher than 60 inches above the ground on which the vehicle stands, except that if the highest part of the permanent structure of the vehicle is less than 24 inches, the reflector at such point shall be mounted as high as that part of the permanent structure will permit.
    (1)    The rear reflectors on a pole trailer may be mounted on each side of the bolster or load.
    (2)    Any required red reflector on the rear of a vehicle may be incorporated with the tail lamp, but such reflector shall meet all the other reflector requirements of this article.
(b)    Clearance lamps shall be mounted on the permanent structure of the vehicle in such a manner as to indicate its extreme width and as near the top thereof as practicable. Clearance lamps and side marker lamps may be mounted in combination, provided illumination is given as required with reference to both.
(Sec. 15-19.7, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.))

Sec. 15-19.8    Clearance lamps, side marker lamps and reflectors--Visibility.
(a)    Every reflector upon any vehicle referred to in Section 15-19.5 shall be of such size and characteristics and so maintained as to be readily visible at n