REPORT TITLE:
Parking Structures


DESCRIPTION:
Requires enclosure of and restricts noise levels within parking
structures located near residentially-zoned areas. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           2100
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO PARKING STRUCTURES. 


BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that residents living in
 
 2 close proximity to parking structures are subjected to noise from
 
 3 squealing tires and car alarms, dust and exhaust fumes, and the
 
 4 glare of vehicle headlights due to the constant ingress and
 
 5 egress of motor vehicles.  These conditions create stress for
 
 6 area residents and adversely impact upon their quality of life.        
 
 7      The purpose of this Act is to minimize the unhealthy and
 
 8 stressful conditions caused by motor vehicle parking by requiring
 
 9 that parking structures near residential areas be enclosed and
 
10 establishing a permissible level of noise emission for parking
 
11 structures.
 
12      SECTION 2.  Chapter 46, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended
 
13 by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to
 
14 read as follows:
 
15      "§46-    Parking structures; enclosure required; noise
 
16 restriction; definitions.  (a)  Each county shall adopt
 
17 ordinances:
 
18      (1)  Requiring the enclosure of all existing and future
 
19           commercial parking structures situated within one
 

 
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 1           thousand feet of a residentially-zoned area, with the
 
 2           location of ventilation systems and ducts subject to
 
 3           the approval of county building officials and located
 
 4           so as to reduce air pollution impacts and noise impacts
 
 5           on adjacent residential areas to a minimum; and
 
 6      (2)  Prohibiting noise levels exceeding twenty decibels at
 
 7           any time in parking structures situated within one
 
 8           thousand feet of a residentially-zoned area.
 
 9      (b)  As used in this section:
 
10      "Enclosure" means the act of closing in with a solid roof
 
11 and solid walls on all sides, with openings for ingress and
 
12 egress.
 
13      "Parking structure" means a multi-level structure all or
 
14 part of which is used or intended to be used to provide space for
 
15 the parking of motor vehicles for private purposes or is
 
16 available to the public, and shall include parking spaces,
 
17 loading spaces, maneuvering aisles and other areas providing
 
18 access to parking or loading spaces."
 
19      SECTION 3.  New statutory material is underscored.
 
20      SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval;
 
21 provided that parking structures existing on the date of approval
 

 
 
 
 
 
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 1 of this Act shall comply with this Act by July 1, 2001.     
 
 2 
 
 3                           INTRODUCED BY:  _______________________