HCC §7-2-3
No parking in a declared disaster area
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This rule bans stopping, standing, or parking in a disaster area during a declared emergency unless police or traffic signs say otherwise. Police can tow your car to a private lot at your cost. Fines increase for repeat offenses within a year.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Unauthorized parking in designated area prohibited
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) Except when authorized by an authorized person or specific traffic control device, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within an impending disaster or disaster area as described in a Mayor’s and/or Governor’s emergency declaration. SUPP. 19 (1-2026) 7-6 DISASTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT § 7-2-3 (b) The police officer citing any driver or owner for a violation of this section may have the motor vehicle towed to and stored at a private tow yard at the registered owner’s expense pursuant to section 291C-165.5(a) of the Hawai‘i Revised Statutes. (c) Any person convicted of unauthorized parking in a designated area shall be punished by a fine of not more than $100 for the first conviction; not more than $200 for the second conviction of a second offense committed within one year after the date of the first offense; not more than $500 for the third or subsequent conviction of a third or subsequent offense committed within one year after the date of the first offense. (2022, ord 22-103, sec 5.)7-2-3 * Editor’s Note: Section 7-12, was renumbered section 7-2-3 by Ordinance 22-103.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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