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Hawaii Superferry unofficial blog: HI Superferry: HRS § 46-17‏, County Councils and Home Rule
HI Superferry: HRS § 46-17‏, County Councils and Home Rule
From: (PNN) Council can stop Superferry with “political will” and public nuisance law‏
By: Andy Parx
Sent: Fri 11/09/07 2:56 PM
Council can stop Superferry with “political will” and public nuisance law
(PNN) -- Lihu`e -- No matter what happens in court regarding the Hawai`i Superferry (HSF), county councils across the state can stop it under a state law that preempts any other according to “1000 Friends” Attorney Daniel Hempey.
“The statute says County nuisance law trumps State law if the County law offers greater protection to the public” Hempey said. “Dumping several hundred cars, trucks and busses onto Kauai every day would tend to produce a lot of new noise, dust, smoke, vibration and odor."
“If that doesn’t constitute a public nuisance, what does” said HSF opponent, Fred Dente "What’s the council waiting for."
In the case of the Kaua`i county council that remains a mystery. After three days all councilmembers have failed to responded to request for comment.
Kaua`i State Senator Gary Hooser, who has fought to prevent the HSF from operating until an “EIS” is done, says, "there’s lots of ways the council could engage the issue if there’s a political will to do so. The public nuisance law is just one of them.”
HRS § 46-17 “Regulation of certain public nuisances” says "(n)o such ordinance shall be held invalid on the ground that it covers any subject or matter embraced within any statute or rule of the State; provided that in any case of conflict between a statute or rule and an ordinance, the law affording the most protection to the public shall apply."
In a separate case from the injunction forbidding HSF operations currently before Maui Judge Joseph Cardoza and the precipitating Supreme Court ruling, another Maui Circuit Judge, Joel August, ruled on Aug. 23 that the HSF must move cars out at a rate of only two per minute at Kahului Harbor and put in place many other site specific traffic restrictions that remain in place today. Although Act 2 requires a traffic study for Nawiliwili, that will not be required to be completed or even initiated any time soon .
The Kaua`i County Council can be reached by emailing them at cokcouncil@kauai.gov, or calling 241-6371
HRS § 46-17:
http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol02_Ch0046-0115/HRS0046/HRS_0046-0017.htm
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HRS § 46-17‏
From: Andy Parx
Sent: Tue 11/06/07 8:09 PM
To: Kaua`i County Council (cokcouncil@kauai.gov)
Cc: County Clerk (pnakamura@kauai.gov)
I am working on an article for release tomorrow night on the applicability of the below cited HRS provision as regards the Superferry and the potential for discharge and receipt of 560 cars all at once in Nawiliwili causing noise, smoke, dust, vibration, or odors which constitute a public nuisance.
I am requesting comment regarding your intent as regards this law. I would like to know whether you are considering putting such an ordinance on the agenda this Thursday for the Nov 14 Council Meeting or at a near future date.
You can email me at this address or call me at [...].
Andy Parx, PNN News
HRS § 46-17
DIVISION 1. GOVERNMENT.
TITLE 6. COUNTY ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION.
SUBTITLE 1. PROVISIONS COMMON TO ALL COUNTIES.
CHAPTER 46. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
PART I. GENERAL JURISDICTION AND POWERS.
§ 46-17 Regulation of certain public nuisances.
Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, the council of any county may adopt and provide for the enforcement of ordinances regulating or prohibiting noise, smoke, dust, vibration, or odors which constitute a public nuisance. No such ordinance shall be held invalid on the ground that it covers any subject or matter embraced within any statute or rule of the State; provided that in any case of conflict between a statute or rule and an ordinance, the law affording the most protection to the public shall apply, with the exception that:
(2) An ordinance shall not be effective to the extent that it is inconsistent with any noise rule adopted by the department of health under authority of chapter 342F.