Bill Text: HI HCR131 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Tarps and Canopies; Ban or Restriction on Public Beaches

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-15 - (H) Referred to WLO, JUD, referral sheet 47 [HCR131 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-HCR131-Introduced.html

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.C.R. NO.	131
TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2012
STATE OF HAWAII

HOUSE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

 

 

requesting the honolulu city council to consider a ban or size restriction oN TARPS and canopies on public beaches.

 

 

 

     WHEREAS, Hawaii's beaches are a source of recreation for the general public and visitors to the state and should be easily accessible for all to enjoy; and

 

     WHEREAS, however, beaches are sometimes cluttered with tarps and other temporary canopies that pose obstructions to other beach-goers and, in some cases, prevent easy access to beaches; and

 

     WHEREAS, in 2010, the Revised Ordinances of Honolulu were amended through Ordinance 10-4 to ban tents from being erected during specified times in certain public parks, including beaches; and

 

     WHEREAS, "tent" is defined under the ordinances as a collapsible structure with more than one wall, which includes a partition or divider; and

 

     WHEREAS, tarps and other canopies have continued to be a blight on Hawaii's beaches and sometimes obstruct access to beach-goers; and

 

     WHEREAS, these tarps and canopies appear to be permissible because they do not fall within the definition of a tent because there are no "walls"; and

 

     WHEREAS, while it is reasonable for beach-goers to protect themselves from the elements, this need should be balanced with the rights of others to access and enjoy the beach; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-sixth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2012, the Senate concurring, that the Honolulu City Council is requested to consider expanding the ban on tents on beaches to include tarps and canopies, or to restrict the size of the tarps and canopies allowed to be erected on public beaches; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to each member of the Honolulu City Council.

 

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title: 

Tarps and Canopies; Ban or Restriction on Public Beaches