Bill Text: HI SCR163 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Waikane Valley Nature Preserve; Horseback Riding; City and County of Honolulu
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-04-15 - Referred to WAL, FIN, referral sheet 54 [SCR163 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2013-SCR163-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
urging the city and county of honolulu department of parks and recreation to reconsider its denial to permit recreational horseback riding on waikane trail.
WHEREAS, the Waikane Valley Nature Preserve consists of three hundred seventy-six acres in Waikane Valley on the windward side of Oahu and is under the jurisdiction of the Department of Parks and Recreation of the City and County of Honolulu; and
WHEREAS, the Waikane Valley Nature Preserve is situated within the state agricultural district; and
WHEREAS, section 205-4.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, specifies the types of permissible uses within agricultural districts; and
WHEREAS, one of these permissible uses includes public and private open area types of recreational uses, including day camps, picnic grounds, parks, and riding stables; and
WHEREAS, John and Loretta Kilbey live in Waikane Valley adjacent to the Waikane Valley Nature Preserve and have enjoyed riding their horses on the Waikane Trail within the nature preserve since they moved to Waikane in 1980; and
WHEREAS, the Kilbeys recently requested from the City and County of Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation permission to continue riding their horses within the nature preserve; and
WHEREAS, the City and County of Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation denied their request; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Twenty-seventh Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2013, the House of Representatives concurring, that the City and County of Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation is urged to reconsider its denial to permit recreational horseback riding on the trail in the Waikane Valley Nature Preserve; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu, Chairperson of the Honolulu City Council, and Director of the City and County of Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation.
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Waikane Valley Nature Preserve; Horseback Riding; City and County of Honolulu
