Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 15 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM › Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation › Chapter 319 - WATER SERVICE TO CONSUMERS › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 15-319-2 - Definitions

Current through June, 2024
Whenever used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise
					 requires:
"Agricultural use" means:
(1) The commercial cultivation of crops,
				  including flowers, vegetables, foliage, fruits, forage and aquaculture;
				  and
(2) For consumers whose
				  premises to be served are encumbered by a lease or restrictive covenant that
				  mandates diversified agricultural use of the premises, use that is in
				  compliance with such lease or restrictive covenant.
"Agricultural use" shall not mean or include public or
					 private open area types of recreational use, including day camps, picnic
					 grounds, parks, riding stables, golf courses, golf driving ranges, country
					 clubs and overnight camps. Only one dwelling unit shall be allowed on a meter
					 qualifying for agricultural quantity charges.
"Area of service" means the area or areas listed and
					 identified in appendix A of this chapter.
"Consumer" means the persons, firms, corporations, and
					 associations, whether owner or tenant, whose name appears on the records of the
					 corporation as the party responsible and liable for the charges for services
					 from the corporation.
"Consumer's supply pipe" means the pipe connecting water
					 service from an individual consumer's meter to the consumer's structure or
					 premises.
"Corporation" means the Hawaii housing finance and
					 development corporation.
"Corporation's water system" means the system owned and
					 operated by the corporation, including mains, valves, hydrants, laterals,
					 pumps, tanks, reservoirs, and all appurtenances necessary to provide water and
					 fire protection for the area of service and sources of supply.
"Cost of service connection" means the sum of the cost of
					 the labor, materials, transportation, equipment, and road repair, if any, and
					 other incidental charges necessary for the complete installation of a service
					 connection, including the cost of the meter.
"Executive director" means the executive director of the
					 corporation or the executive director's designee.
"Main" or "main pipe" means the corporation's supply or
					 distribution pipe to which service connections are made.
"Mixed residential and agricultural use" means consumers
					 engaged in agricultural use on property within the area of service upon which
					 they reside.
"Non-residential" means facilities used primarily for
					 business purposes, agricultural purposes, industrial purposes, or
					 schools.
"Residential" means single-family residences, with no
					 commercial, institutional, or industrial activity.
"Service connection" means the main tap, pipe, fittings,
					 and valves, from the corporation's main to and including the meter.
"Water service" means the delivery of water by the
					 corporation or to consumers by means of the corporation's water system in
					 accordance with this chapter, and shall also include, for purposes of billing
					 and discontinuation of service, deliveries of water by the corporation's
					 predecessors.