Hawaii County, HI Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- Freight zone hours
- 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., except Sundays/holidays
- Max stop in freight zone
- 30 minutes, loading/unloading only
- Combined active zone limit
- 15 minutes (§ 24-212.1)
- Zone designation
- Signed streets listed in schedule 36, § 24-288
- Default penalty
- Up to $100 fine or 90 days jail
- Last amended
- 2011, Ordinance 11-31
Summary
Freight curb loading zones on Hawaii County roads only run from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday excluding public holidays, unless a specific street's listing in schedule 36 says otherwise. Outside those hours anyone can park there like a normal stall, but during them a vehicle may stop only to load or unload materials, and only for up to thirty minutes.
The provisions regarding freight loading zones shall be applicable only between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. of any day, except Sundays and public holidays, unless otherwise described in schedule 36, section 24-288. When the provisions are not in effect, vehicles may park in freight loading zones unless otherwise prohibited by this chapter. The areas of streets described in schedule 36, section 24-288 are designated as freight-loading and unloading zones, when appropriate signs or markings giving notice thereof are erected.
Full Breakdown
on any day except Sundays and public holidays, unless schedule 36 (§ 24-288) lists different hours for a particular street. When those hours are not in effect, any vehicle can park in the zone like an ordinary stall unless some other provision of the chapter bars it. Section 24-210(b) makes clear that only the areas actually described in schedule 36, and marked with signs or pavement markings giving notice, count as designated freight-loading zones. The companion provision, § 24-209, defines what "standing" in one of these zones means during active hours: a vehicle may stop only for the expeditious unloading and delivery, or pick-up and loading, of materials, and that stop cannot exceed thirty minutes.
Section 24-209(b) carves out one exception: the driver of a passenger vehicle may stop briefly in a freight zone to load or unload passengers, but only while doing so does not interfere with any delivery vehicle that is waiting to enter or about to enter the same zone. 01) designates and signs the specific street. Both § 24-209 and § 24-210 trace back to the 1983 county code recodification, with § 24-210 last amended in 2011 by Ordinance 11-31, which updated the schedule-36 cross-reference.
Violations & Fines
Neither § 24-209 nor § 24-210 states its own fine, so overstaying the thirty-minute freight-zone limit or parking there outside the permitted loading purpose falls under Hawaii County Code § 1-10, the chapter's general penalty: a fine of not more than $100 per offense, imprisonment of not more than ninety days, or both, with the court able to add attorneys' fees for the county. Public works or police enforcement personnel authorized under Article 8 of chapter 24 can cite and, where the vehicle obstructs the loading zone, have it towed.
Frequently Asked Questions
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