For the purposes of this article, the following definitions apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
Charter. The Revised Charter of the City and County of Honolulu 1973, as amended.
City. The City and County of Honolulu.
Council. The city council of the City and County of Honolulu.
County. The City and County of Honolulu.
Department or Department of Planning and Permitting. The department of planning and permitting of the City and County of Honolulu.
Development. Any public improvement project, or any public or private project requiring a zoning map amendment.
Development Plan or Sustainable Communities Plan. A plan document for a given geographic area which consists of conceptual schemes for implementing and accomplishing the development objectives and policies of the general plan for the several parts of the City and County of Honolulu.
Director. The director of planning and permitting.
Environmental Assessment or EA. A written evaluation prepared in compliance with the environmental council’s procedural rules implementing HRS Chapter 343 to determine whether an action may have a significant environmental effect.
Environmental Impact Statement or EIS. An informational document prepared in compliance with the environmental council’s procedural rules implementing HRS Chapter 343; and which discloses the environmental effects of a proposed action, effects of a proposed action on the economic and social welfare of the community and State, effects of the economic activities arising out of the proposed action, measures proposed to minimize adverse effects, and alternatives to the action and their environmental effects.
Finding of No Significant Impact or FONSI. A determination based on an environmental assessment that the subject action will not have a significant effect and, therefore, will not require the preparation of an environmental impact statement.
Functional Plan. The public facility and infrastructure plans prepared by public agencies to further implement the vision, policies and guidelines set forth in the North Shore Sustainable Communities Plan.
General Plan. The general plan of the City and County of Honolulu as defined by Charter § 6-1508.
Hawaii Revised Statutes or HRS. Hawaii Revised Statutes, as amended.
Planning Commission. The planning commission of the City and County of Honolulu.
Project Master Plan. A conceptual plan that covers all phases of a development project. The project master plan also describes how the project conforms to the vision for the North Shore, and the relevant policies and guidelines for the site, the surrounding lands, and the region.
Revised Ordinances of Honolulu or ROH. Revised Ordinances of Honolulu, as amended.
Significant Zone Change. A zone change which involves at least one of the following:
(1) Changes in zoning of 10 or more acres of land to any zoning district or combination of zoning districts, excluding preservation or agricultural zoning districts;
(2) Any change in zoning of more than five acres to an apartment, resort, commercial, industrial or mixed use zoning district; or
(3) Any development which would have a major social, environmental, or policy impact, or major cumulative impacts due to a series of applications in the same area.
Special Area. A designated area within the North Shore Sustainable Communities Plan area that requires more detailed planning efforts beyond what is contained in the North Shore Sustainable Communities.
Special Area Plan. A plan for a special area.
Unilateral Agreement. A conditional zoning agreement made pursuant to § 21-2.80 or any predecessor provision that imposes conditions on a landowner or developer’s use of the property at the time of the enactment of an ordinance for a zoning change.
(1990 Code, Ch. 24, Art. 8, § 24-8.1) (Ord. 11-3)