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adding capacity. For example, half of the cost of tearing down a 5,000 square foot police station and replacing it with a 10,000 square foot police station could reasonably be considered a system improvement. Service Units: Roadway VMT, park EDUS, fire/EMS EDUS, police EDUS, solid waste EDUS, or wastewater SFEs. Single-Family Equivalent (SFE): The wastewater demand associated with a typical single-family detached unit. Solid Waste Facilities: land, buildings, vehicles and capital equipment owned by the County and used for providing solid waste services to self-haul residential customers, including landfill improvements and equipment, transfer stations and equipment, and vehicles. Solid Waste System Improvements: Capital improvements that result in a net expansion of the capacity of the solid waste facilities to serve new development. Remodeling, replacement or maintenance of existing equipment or facilities do not constitute solid waste system improvements, except to the extent that they have the net effect of adding capacity. System Improvements: Major roadway system improvements, park system improvements fire/EMS system improvements, police system improvements, solid waste system improvements or wastewater system improvements. System improvements do not include land dedications or capital improvements for the exclusive use or benefit of a particular development. Vehicle-Miles of Travel (VMT): The number of vehicles traveling during a given time period times the distance in miles that these vehicles travel. Vehicle-Miles of Capacity (VMC): The maximum number of vehicles that can be accommodated on a roadway times the length of the roadway in miles. Wastewater Facilities: The land and improvements associated with the wastewater plant, including effluent outiall to receiving waters, and the wastewater collection system, excluding portions of the collection system typically installed by developers. Wastewater System Improvements: Capital improvements that result in a net expansion of the capacity of the wastewater facilities to serve new development. Gravity lines less than 12 inches in diameter are not considered system improvements. Remodeling, replacement or maintenance of existing equipment or facilities do not constitute wastewater system improvements, except to the extent that they add capacity. For example, half of the cost of constructing a new 6 million gallon per day treatment plant that will replace an existing 3 million gallon per day treatment plant could reasonably be considered a wastewater system improvement. Section 36-5. Time of fee obligation and payment. (a) On and after the effective date of this chapter, any person who causes the commencement of impact-generating development shall be obligated at that time to pay impact fees, pursuant to the terms of this chapter. The obligation to pay the impact fees shall run with the land. (b) The impact fees for roads, parks, fire/EMS, police and solid waste shall be determined and paid at the time of final plan approval or issuance of a building DRAFT ORDINANCE FOR COUNTY OF HAWAII PREPARED BY DUNCAN ASSOCIATES 8/9/06 4