Rules for sponsoring Honolulu Zoo exhibits

(a) The department of enterprise services, in consultation with the director of the Honolulu Zoo, may, through the department of budget and fiscal services, establish a Honolulu Zoo sponsorship program to allow sponsorships of exhibits or facilities within the boundaries of the Honolulu Zoo, provided that the terms of sponsorship of the exhibit or facility must include but will not be limited to: (1) Designation of the specific exhibit or facility at the Honolulu Zoo being sponsored; (2) The financial contribution proposed to be made for the sponsorship of the specified exhibit or facility; and (3) The duration of the sponsorship agreement. (b) The department of enterprise services may recognize the sponsor of an exhibit or facility in any city publications or city informational notices describing the exhibit or facility and may place a plaque or sign within the boundaries of the Honolulu Zoo in recognition of sponsors stating that an exhibit or facility is “sponsored by” or “made possible through the support of” the sponsor; provided that a plaque or sign in view of the general public from outside the boundaries of the Honolulu Zoo is prohibited. (c) Placement of sponsorship signs shall require specific authorization, and no sponsorship sign shall be intended or considered as an open, limited, or designated public forum. (d) Signs providing sponsorship recognition shall conform to all applicable laws and rules. (e) The city reserves the right to refuse to enter into any proposed sponsorship agreement.