HCC §24-244
Who can park in disability parking spaces
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗Only vehicles with a disability plate or placard can park in spaces reserved for people with disabilities. If you have that plate or placard, you can park in public metered spaces without paying, and you get extra time in regular metered spaces.
The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Parking privileges
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) Only a vehicle displaying a special license plate, a removable windshield placard, or a temporary removable windshield placard may be parked in a public or private parking space reserved for persons with disabilities. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC § 24-244 (b) A vehicle displaying special license plates, a removable windshield placard, or a temporary removable windshield placard may park: (1) Without payment of any parking meter fees in a public metered parking space reserved for persons with disabilities. (2) Without payment of parking meter fees for the first two-and-a-half hours or the maximum time the meter allows, whichever is longer, in a public metered parking space. (2002, ord 02-139, secs 1 and 2.)24-244
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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