BE IT ORDAINED by the People of the City and County of Honolulu:

SECTION 1. Purpose. The purpose of this ordinance is to permit the display of banners along certain streets, increase the banner fees, and make conforming amendments.

SECTION 2. Section 41-22.2, Revised Ordinances of Honolulu 1990 ("Definitions"), is amended by amending the definition of "Authorized street" to read as follows:

""Authorized street" means within the City and County of Honolulu, so much of Kalakaua Avenue between its intersection with Ala Moana Boulevard and its intersection with Kapahulu Avenue; so much of Ala Moana Boulevard between its intersection with Atkinson Drive and its intersection with Kalakaua Avenue; so much of King Street between its intersection with Bethel Street and its intersection with Kapiolani Boulevard; [and] so much of Bishop Street between its intersection with Queen Street and its intersection with Hotel Street[.]; so much of Punchbowl Street between its intersection with Vineyard Boulevard and its intersection with King Street; and so much of Beretania Street between its intersection with Alapai Street and its intersection with Alakea Street."

SECTION 3. Section 41-22.5 ("Application process and fees") is amended by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:

"(d)    Fees. Every applicant shall pay to the director of [finance] budget and fiscal services a fee of [$35.00,] $65.00 for each and every banner to be displayed. No banner shall be displayed from any lamppost by the department of [transportation services] facility maintenance unless and until the full fee required has been paid in advance."

SECTION 4. Ordinance material to be repealed is bracketed. New material is underscored. When revising, compiling or printing this ordinance for inclusion in the Revised Ordinances of Honolulu, the revisor of ordinances need not include the brackets, the bracketed material or the underscoring.

SECTION 5. This ordinance shall take effect upon its approval; provided that the amendments made to the definition of "Authorized street" in Section 2 of this ordinance shall be repealed on July 31, 2009.

                         INTRODUCED BY:

                         Nestor Garcia (BR)

                        

                        
DATE OF INTRODUCTION:
                        

February 02, 2009         
Honolulu, Hawaii                     Councilmembers

APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:

Deputy Corporation Counsel