HCC §6-11

County can ban commercial bike tours on unsafe roads

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The County Council may pass a law to stop commercial bicycle tours on certain public roads that are unsafe. Before doing so, it must ask the police chief and public works director for their opinions. These officials must give their recommendations within 45 days. Unsafe conditions include gravel roads, narrow lanes, no shoulders, poor sight lines, one-lane bridges, steep grades, or other dangers.

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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Authority to restrict

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) The council may by ordinance prohibit commercial bicycle tours on designated portions of public highways due to substandard road conditions. (b) Prior to taking final action on any such ordinance, the council shall request the respective recommendations of the chief of police, the director of public works, and other public officials deemed appropriate as to whether the operation of commercial bicycle tours on the affected highways, or portions thereof, should be prohibited. The chief of police and director of public works shall provide their respective recommendation within forty-five days of the request by the council. (c) With respect to any prohibition considered by the council, conditions considered substandard for non-vehicle use may include unpaved gravel road surfaces, narrow travel-lane pavement widths, lack of or insufficient shoulder areas, limited lines of sight, one-lane bridges, steep roadway grades, and any other condition deemed unsafe by the director of public works. (2024, ord 24-51, sec 2.)6-11

Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗as published Jul 16, 2026our copy taken Aug 21, 2026

Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.

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