Rules for removing abandoned or wrecked vehicles

(a) No person shall leave, abandon, or place any wrecked or nonoperational automobile or construction equipment or part or portion of a wrecked or nonoperational automobile or construction equipment, or scrap iron, or other similar material, upon any part of a public highway, public property, or private property of another. (b) The department shall take into custody and dispose of abandoned or derelict vehicles in accordance with chapter 290, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes. (c) The removal of abandoned or derelict vehicles shall be subject to the following: (1) The department shall only remove abandoned or derelict vehicles that are located on or within ten feet from the edge of any public or private road; (2) The department shall not remove abandoned or derelict vehicles from any area if the director determines that the area is unsafe for a tow truck to traverse; (3) A notice shall be affixed to an abandoned or derelict vehicle stating that the vehicle must be moved beyond a radius of one mile from its location within twenty-four hours of the notice being affixed; (4) If an abandoned or derelict vehicle has not moved beyond a radius of one mile from its location within twenty-four hours of a notice being affixed, the vehicle will be classified as abandoned and subject to removal; and (5) All decisions to tow shall be subject to the discretion of the director. (d) The director shall develop and implement a public outreach program to educate residents, community associations, road corporations, tow companies, and the public about the disposition of abandoned or derelict vehicles including the procedures for reporting abandoned or derelict vehicles. (e) The department shall adopt rules regarding the disposition of abandoned or derelict vehicles, that are in accord with chapter 290, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes. (2022, ord 22-104, sec 2.) 20-07-01 Division 2. Vehicle Disposal Assistance.