Definitions for drainage rules

When used in this Article, the following words or phrases shall have the meaning given in this Section unless it shall be apparent from the context that a different meaning is intended:means the County Engineer, Department of Public Works, County of Kaua'i, or his or her duly authorized representative.means any licensed professional civil engineer who designs or develops calculations, plans, specifications, construction, and as-built drawings for drainage systems or facilities under the supervision of an engineer.means the deposit, disposal, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking, or placing of any substance into a drainage facility or natural watercourse.means the discharge of effluents or pollutants onto a public right-of-way and/or into a drainage facility which causes the hydraulic capacity of that drainage facility to be exceeded and results in flooding. The definition includes the discharge of a pollutant which reduces the hydraulic capacity of a drainage facility by the deposit of solids therein.means any substance other than stormwater runoff that is discharged onto a public right-of-way and/or into a drainage facility including nonstormwater discharges which are not sources of pollutants.means a licensed professional civil engineer registered by the State of Hawai'i to practice engineering in the discipline of civil engineering pursuant to Hawai'i Revised Statutes Chapter 464, as amended.means the holders of at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the equitable and legal title of a lot.means corporations, estates, associations, partnerships, and trusts, as well as one (1) or more individuals.means any waste, including, but not limited to, cooking or fuel oil, milk, juice, pesticide, paint, solvent, radioactive waste, hazardous substance, sewage, dredge spoils, chemical waste, rock, sand, biocide, toxic substance, construction waste and material, and soil sediment.means the discharge of any pollutant into State waters directly or by conveyance through a drainage facility which creates a nuisance or adversely affects the public health, safety or welfare, or causes a drainage facility to violate any water quality standards of the State of Hawai'i.means the fee simple owner of record, lessee of record, administrator, administratrix, executor, executrix, personal representative, receiver, trustee, property management agent, or any other individual, corporation, or unincorporated association which has the use, control, or occupation of land with claim of ownership, whether the owner's interest be in absolute fee or a lesser estate.are defined in HRS Section 342D-1.means stormwater runoff, surface runoff, street wash, or drainage and may include discharges from fire fighting.means the Stormwater Runoff System Manual dated July 2001 and any subsequent amendments adopted through the Drainage Ordinance.means the water quality standards adopted by the State of Hawai'i pursuant to HRS Section 342D-5.