Definitions for subdivision rules

Whenever used in this chapter, the following words and phrases, unless the context otherwise requires, shall be defined as indicated: (1) “Alley” means a narrow street through a block primarily for access by service vehicles to the back or side of properties fronting on another street. (2) “Arterial” means a street of considerable continuity, which is primarily a traffic artery for intercommunication between or through large areas. (3) “Building line” means a line on a plat indicating the limit beyond which buildings or structures may not be erected. (4) “Bureau of conveyances” means a bureau in the department of land and natural resources, State of Hawai‘i, where subdivisions meeting the requirements of this chapter may be filed. (5) “City of Hilo” means that portion of the district of South Hilo, County of Hawai‘i, which is described as follows: Bounded on the south by the district of Puna; bounded on the west by the districts of Ka‘ū and North Hilo; on the north by the ahupua‘a of Paukaa in the district of South Hilo; and on the east by the sea. (6) “Conforming” means compliance with the requirements of the applicable zoning district, including minimum building site area and minimum dimensions. (7) “Consolidation” means the combining of two or more lots into one lot. (8) “County general plan” means the plan adopted by the County for the guidance of growth and improvement of the County, including modifications or refinements which may be made from time to time. (9) “Cul-de-sac” and “dead-end street” mean a street with only one end open to traffic. (10) “Director” means the planning director of the County. (11) “Director of transportation” means the director of the State department of transportation. (12) “District engineer” means the district engineer of the division of highways of the State department of transportation for the County. (13) “Easement” means a grant of the right to use a strip of land for specific purposes. (14) “Engineer” means a person duly registered as a professional civil engineer in the State. (15) (A) “Lot” means a parcel of land intended as a unit for transfer of ownership or for development. (B) “Reversed corner lot” means a corner lot, the side street line of which is substantially a continuation of the front lot line of the first lot to its rear. (C) “Reversed frontage lot” means a lot situated between an existing or proposed arterial street and a minor street with frontage and access being derived from the minor street. (D) “Through lot” means a lot having a frontage on two parallel or approximately parallel streets other than alleys and access being derived from either of the two streets. (16) “Manager” means the manager-chief engineer of the department of water supply of the County. (17) “Parkway” means a road, street or highway that provides a traffic artery which provides for movement of traffic in opposite directions on either side of a dividing island or medial strip and is designated for through traffic. (18) “Pedestrian way” means a public right-of-way through a block between lots for pedestrian traffic, which may also be used as a utility easement. (19) “Person” means an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, syndicate, or any legal entity, including any trustee, receiver, assignee, or other similar representative thereof. (20) “Plat” means the map or drawing on which the subdivider’s plan of subdivision is presented and which he submits for approval. (21) “Pre-existing lot” means a specific area of land that will be treated as a legal lot of record based on criteria set forth in this chapter. (22) “Reserve strip” means a nonaccess reservation, placed under public control with conditions approved by the director, along rear property lines of reverse frontage lots. (23) “Resort subdivision” means land which: (A) is within a resort area as designated in the County general plan document or on the Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) Map; (B) is zoned resort-hotel by the zoning code; or (C) is adjacent to land described in (A) or (B) and whose only ingress and egress is through land described in (A) or (B). SUBDIVISIONS § 23-3 (24) “Right-of-way” means the area between property boundary lines for use as a street or as a drainage or utility easement. (25) “Roadway” means the portion of a street right-of-way developed for vehicular traffic. (26) “Sanitary engineer” means the sanitary engineer of the State department of health for the County. (27) “Sidewalk” means a surfaced walkway for pedestrian traffic. (28) (A) “Street” means the entire width between the boundary lines of every public way provided for public use, for vehicular and pedestrian traffic, and the placement of utilities, and includes a road, boulevard, highway, land, place, avenue, lane, court, or alley. (B) “Business or industrial street” means a street providing primary access to business or industrial lots. (C) “Collector street” means a street supplementary to the arterial street system which is a means of intercommunication between this system and smaller areas, and which may be used to some extent for through traffic and to some extent for access to abutting properties. (D) “Half street” means a portion of the width of a street, usually along the edge of a subdivision, where the remaining portion of the street is to be provided in another subdivision. (E) “Marginal access street” or “service road” means a minor street, parallel and adjacent to an arterial, providing access to abutting properties, but protected from through traffic. (F) “Minor street” means a street intended exclusively for access to abutting property. (G) “Private street” means a street providing primary access to land, retained in private ownership. (29) “Street plug” means a reservation for street purposes, placed under public control under conditions approved by the director, for the extension of streets from a subdivision into adjacent lands that may be subdivided in the future. (30) “Subdivided land” means improved or unimproved land or lands divided into two or more lots, parcels, sites, or other divisions of land for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of sale, lease, rental, transfer of title to or interest in, any or all such parcels, includes re-subdivision, and when appropriate to the context, relates to the process of subdividing of the land or territory subdivided. Easements for the purpose of road and utilities shall not be construed as subdivided land. (31) “Subdivider” means a person or any combination of persons who cause land to be divided into a subdivision. (32) “Surveyor” means a person duly registered as a professional land surveyor in the State. 3