(a) The director of transportation services may issue parking placards to the following city officers: members of the council; the prosecuting attorney; the mayor; the managing director; the deputy managing director; the heads and the first deputies of departments of the executive branch, including the additional first deputy of the Honolulu police department; and the manager and chief engineer and deputy manager and chief engineer of the board of water supply.
(b) The director of transportation services may issue parking placards to:
(1) Federal, State, and city agencies to be used by agency employees when driving vehicles while on official government business; and
(2) Members of city boards and commissions on an as-needed basis in conjunction with the discharge of their official duties and upon request to the director of transportation services from:
(A) The director of the department to which the board or commission is administratively attached;
(B) The presiding officer of the council, in the case of the salary commission, charter commission, and reapportionment commission; or
(C) The director and chief engineer of the board of water supply, in the case of the board of water supply.
The director of transportation services shall adopt rules pursuant to HRS Chapter 91 to carry out the purposes of this subsection.
(c) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (2), parking placards shall be effective for a 12-month period, shall state the date of expiration, be uniquely numbered, and be displayed in a location established by the director of transportation services.
(2) Placards issued to members of city boards and commissions may be issued for periods of less than 12 months, as determined by the director of transportation services.
(d) The vehicles of city officers displaying valid parking placards issued under subsection (a) may park without charge while on official city business:
(1) In loading and unloading zones established under § 15-15.1(c) and (d);
(2) In metered stalls established under § 15-22.1(a) and (b);
(3) For periods longer than designated by official signs established under § 15-16.1; and
(4) On any portion of a public street where on-street parking spaces are marked off and designated as established under § 15-13.3(c).
(e) The vehicles displaying valid parking placards issued under subsection (b) may park without charge in the areas identified in subsections (d)(2) to (d)(4) while on official government business.
(f) Parking placards issued under this section shall not be effective during a parade or special event when parking may be prohibited under § 15-13.12.
(g) Any federal or State agency requesting a parking placard as authorized in subsection (b)(1) shall pay to the director of transportation services a fee of $100 per year for each parking placard issued to the agency.
(1990 Code, Ch. 15, Art. 13, § 15-13.13) (Added by Ord. 01-05; Am. Ords. 01-56, 02-08)