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commencement occurs upon the purchase of a water meter or, if no water meter is required, upon
<br />physical connection to the County's wastewater line serving the property.
<br />"Major road facilities" means arterials (roads providing the highest level of service at the
<br />greatest speed for the longest uninterrupted distance, with some degree of access control) and
<br />collectors (roads providing a less highly developed level of service at a lower speed for shorter
<br />distances by collecting traffic from local roads and connecting them with arterials), including
<br />state roads and federal highways located within the County.
<br />"Major road system improvements" means improvements that expand the capacity of
<br />major road facilities, including but not limited to planning and design, the acquisition of right -of-
<br />ways, construction of new roads, addition of lanes, widening of existing roads, improvement of
<br />intersections, and installation of traffic signals. Lane reconstruction, sidewalk construction,
<br />median construction, landscaping, street lighting installation and other customarily related
<br />components of a capacity - expanding road improvement shall not be considered system
<br />improvements when they are not an integral part of a capacity - expanding improvement.
<br />"Needs assessment study" means the Infrastructure and Public Facilities Needs
<br />Assessment: Impact Fee Study prepared for Hawaii County by Duncan Associates in September
<br />2006, or a subsequent similar report.
<br />"Parks and recreation facilities" means land, buildings and improvements to County -
<br />owned or County - maintained land used for recreational purposes, and recreational facilities and
<br />improvements made or installed by the County on property not owned by the County and
<br />available for public use.
<br />"Parks and recreation system improvements" means capital improvements that result in a
<br />net expansion of the capacity of park facilities to serve new impact- generating development.
<br />Remodeling, replacement, or maintenance of existing equipment or facilities does not constitute
<br />park system improvements.
<br />"Person" means an individual, corporation, governmental agency or body, business trust,
<br />estate, trust, partnership, association, two or more persons having a joint or common interest, or
<br />any other entity.
<br />"Police facilities" means land, buildings, vehicles, and capital equipment owned by the
<br />County and used for providing police services, including police stations, police department
<br />administrative offices, training facilities, patrol vehicles, and police equipment.
<br />"Police system improvements" means capital improvements that result in a net expansion
<br />of the capacity of the police facilities to serve new development. Remodeling, replacement, or
<br />maintenance of existing equipment or facilities does not constitute police system improvements,
<br />except to the extent that they have the net effect of adding capacity.
<br />"Service units" means road "vehicle -miles or travel," parks and recreation "equivalent
<br />dwelling units" (EDUs), fire /EMS EDUs, police EDUs, solid waste EDUs, or wastewater
<br />"single- family equivalents."
<br />"Single- family equivalent (SFE)" means the wastewater demand associated with a typical
<br />single- family detached unit.
<br />"Solid waste facilities" means land, buildings, vehicles, and capital equipment owned by
<br />the County and used for providing solid waste services to self -haul residential customers. Solid
<br />waste facilities shall include landfill improvements and equipment, transfer stations and
<br />equipment, and vehicles.
<br />"Solid waste system improvements" means capital improvements that result in a net
<br />expansion of the capacity of the solid waste facilities to serve new development. Remodeling,
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