The Honolulu City Council's Zoning and Planning Committee has given their approval on Bill 48, which would ban sitting and lying down on sidewalks in 11 different commercial regions on Oahu. Under the bill, it would be a misdemeanor or sit or lie down on public sidewalks from 5 a.m. to 11 p.m. every day in "areas zone for commercial and business activities." The bill will go before the entire City Council next month for a final vote, but city attorneys have already commented that the bill will probably be challenged in court.
City Councilwoman Ann Kobayashi has noted that the new Waikiki sit-lie bill is already pushing sidewalk dwellers into other communities like McCully, Moiliili, Ala Moana and Kakaako. Kobayashi, who supported Bill 48, stated, "I don't like these bills either, but I have to protect the people that live in the district, the businesses that are there. I feel it's my duty as their Council member to include those areas."
Source: Honolulu Star Advertiser, 9-19-2014, www.staradvertiser.com
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Posted by Jeff Uyemura-Reyes, Principal Broker, REALTOR®
Global Executive Realty, LLC
www.myhawaiihomesearch.com
www.myhawaiicondo.com
www.myhawaiidreamhome.com
