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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 to mitigate the anticipated regional impacts of the development, based on the
<br />extent of the development allowed, for roads, parks and recreation, police, fire, or solid waste
<br />facilities, or any combination of these facilities. It may also allow a developer to provide land or
<br />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 Hawaii 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 either the director of planning or the
<br />director of public works as selected by the mayor.
<br />"Impact fees" means the road, parks and recreation, fire/EMS, police, solid waste, and
<br />wastewater impact 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 />development listed in the table contained in section 36- 12(a).
<br />"Impact- generating development, commencement of means for the purposes of roads,
<br />parks and recreation., fire /EMS, police and solid waste impact fees, commencement occurs upon
<br />obtaining a building permit for any development. For the purposes of wastewater impact fees,
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