HCC §24-231
How county parking spaces are assigned and special permits work
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗County officials and employees must apply for certain parking spaces using a form from the public works department, listing location preferences. The department assigns spaces to registered vehicles to use space best. It can change assignments with notice, and can issue special permits for free metered parking when needed for government work.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Parking application; assignment of spaces; special parking
A copy, taken August 21, 2026. The version published by Hawaiʻi County is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
(a) It shall be the responsibility of each government official or employee to make such person’s application for theater, reserved, or multi-level parking structure to express the applicant’s preference as to location with alternative choices, on the form that will be provided by the department of public works. The assignment of parking spaces shall be made by the department of public works to only the applicants’ registered vehicles(s) and according to the best utilization of available parking spaces on County lands within the department’s jurisdiction. (b) The department of public works at its discretion may review, modify or change employee assignments in specific areas when circumstances warrant such changes and after proper notice to government official and employee so as to best promote governmental efficiency and public convenience. (c) Special parking permits may be issued by the department of public works at its discretion allowing parking in metered areas without the necessity of payment so as to accommodate the necessary intermittent needs of governmental and related operations.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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