Haw. Code R. § 13-256-18 - Commercial thrill craft operations, commercial high speed boating and water sledding operations
(a) No commercial
thrill craft, high speed boating or water sledding activities shall be
conducted on the waters of the State unless the owner has applied for and been
issued a commercial operating area use permit for a designated commercial
thrill craft, high speed boating or water sledding operating area, in addition
to any commercial use permit required for state-owned facilities. No more than
one commercial operating area use permit shall be issued to an owner to conduct
commercial thrill craft, high speed boating or water sledding.
(b) Commercial thrill craft are limited to
operating within a two hundred foot radius of the permitted designated location
except as otherwise designated. The number of thrill craft permitted to operate
within each commercial thrill craft operating area shall be as directed by the
department, not to exceed a limit of six rental units and two safety units per
area.
(c) No more than one vessel
shall be permitted to operate under a commercial operating area use permit
issued for high speed boating or water sledding.
(d) Access to and from designated areas shall
be only from harbors and ramp facilities, or areas designated by a valid
conservation district use permit issued by the Department of Land and Natural
Resources or areas designated by the Department.
(e) Commercial thrill craft, high speed
boating and water sledding operators shall proceed at a speed of slow-no-wake,
or as otherwise posted, by the most direct route consistent with safety
considerations. Thrill craft, high speed boating and water sledding operators
shall not exceed a speed of slow-no-wake when within three hundred feet of the
shoreline.
(f) No other activity is
permitted in designated commercial thrill craft operating areas or recreational
and commercial water skiing or water sledding areas during the time of
authorized operations for safety purposes.
(g) Commercial thrill craft operators shall
be required to establish a safety instruction program for customers that
includes, but is not limited to, the safe use of a thrill craft, boundaries of
operating areas and the use of a personal flotation device.
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