§205A-22 Definitions. As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
"Applicant" means any individual, organization, partnership, or corporation, including any utility and any agency of government.
"Department" means the planning department of the counties of Kauai, Maui, and Hawaii and the department of planning and permitting of the city and county of Honolulu, or other appropriate agency as designated by the county councils.
"Development" [Repeal and reenactment on July 1, 2028. L 2025, c 304, §5.]:
"Special management area" means the land extending inland from the shoreline as delineated on the maps filed with the authority as of June 8, 1977, or as amended pursuant to section 205A-23.
"Special management area emergency permit" means an action by the authority authorizing development in cases of emergency requiring immediate action to prevent substantial physical harm to persons or property or to allow the reconstruction of structures damaged by natural hazards to their original form; provided that those structures were previously found to be in compliance with requirements of the National Flood Insurance Program.
"Special management area minor permit" means an action by the authority authorizing development that has no substantial adverse environmental or ecological effect, taking into account potential cumulative effects, and the valuation of which is not in excess of:
"Special management area use permit" means an action:
"Structure" includes but is not limited to any building, road, pipe, flume, conduit, siphon, aqueduct, telephone line, and electrical power transmission and distribution line.
"Valuation" shall be determined by the authority and means the estimated cost to replace the structure in kind based on current replacement costs, or in the cases of other development as defined above, the fair market value of the development. [L 1975, c 176, pt of §1; am L 1977, c 188, §6; am L 1979, c 200, §7; am L 1982, c 126, §1; am L 1983, c 124, §8; am L 1984, c 113, §1; am L 1991, c 129, §1; am L 1993, c 258, §4; am L 2001, c 169, §6; am L 2004, c 76, §2; am L 2011, c 153, §3; am L 2012, c 239, §2; am L 2014, c 111, §28; am L 2018, c 18, §6; am L 2020, c 16, §4; am L 2023, c 229, §2; am L 2025, c 125, §1 and c 304, §2]