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"Equivalent dwelling unit (EDU)" means a measurement of the impact of a typical
<br /> single - family dwelling. A typical single- family detached dwelling unit represents, on average,
<br /> one EDU.
<br /> "Fair share" means a condition of zoning enacted prior to this ordinance which requires
<br /> payment of fees, based on the extent of the development allowed, for roads, parks, police, fire, or
<br /> solid waste facilities, or any combination of these facilities. It may also allow a developer to
<br /> provide land or facilities in lieu of paying the fair share fee.
<br /> "Fire /EMS facilities" means land, buildings, vehicles and capital equipment owned by
<br /> the County and used for providing fire and emergency medical services, including fire stations,
<br /> fire department administrative offices, training facilities, fire - fighting apparatus and support
<br /> vehicles, and fire - fighting equipment.
<br /> "Fire /EMS system improvements" means capital improvements that result in a net
<br /> expansion of the capacity of fire /EMS facilities to serve new development. Remodeling,
<br /> replacement, or maintenance of existing equipment or facilities does not constitute fire /EMS
<br /> system improvements, except to the extent that such improvement has the net effect of adding
<br /> capacity.
<br /> "Functional population" means the number of people occupying space at the site of a land
<br /> use on a twenty -four hour per day, seven day per week basis.
<br /> "General plan" means the County of Hawai`i 2005 general plan, and any revisions or
<br /> amendments thereto adopted by ordinance, including any revision resulting from a
<br /> comprehensive review.
<br /> "Gross floor area" means the total area within the perimeter of the outside walls of a
<br /> building as measured from the inside surface of the exterior walls, with no deduction for
<br /> hallways, stairs, closets, thickness of walls, columns, or other interior features. This is also the
<br /> total of the gross horizontal area of all floors below the roof and:
<br /> 1) Within the outer surface of the main walls of principal or accessory buildings;
<br /> 2) Within the outer surface of the main walls and the centerlines of a party wall
<br /> separating such buildings or portions thereof; or
<br /> 3) Within lines drawn parallel to and two feet within the roof line of any building or
<br /> portions thereof without walls.
<br /> Gross floor area excludes unscreened residential porches or balconies, vehicle parking garages,
<br /> accessory or commercial vehicular parking areas and structures, and nonresidential arcades and
<br /> similar open areas that are accessible to the general public, and are not designed for or used as
<br /> sales, display, storage, service or production areas.
<br /> "Impact fee administrator" or "administrator" means the planning director.
<br /> "Impact fee fund administrator" means an administrator appointed by the mayor as
<br /> responsible for the provisions of article 3 of this chapter.
<br /> "Impact fees" means the road, park, fire /EMS, police, solid waste, and wastewater impact
<br /> fees.
<br /> "Impact- generating development" means any land development designed or intended to
<br /> permit a use of land that will increase the number of service units, including the types of
<br /> developments listed in the table contained in section 36- 12(a).
<br /> "Impact- generating development, commencement of' means for the purposes of roads,
<br /> parks, fire /EMS, police and solid waste impact fees, commencement occurs upon final
<br /> subdivision approval for a new small lot subdivision, or upon final plan approval or obtaining a
<br /> building permit for a single - family development on existing lots of record or for other types of
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