Definitions for the Kula Agricultural Park rules

The following words and phrases shall have the meaning indicated whenever used in this chapter, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context: "Agricultural park" means the Kula agricultural park subdivision at Kula, Maui, Hawaii. "Agriculture" means the production of plant and animal life for food, fiber, raw materials for processed products, landscapes, biofuel, and decorative purposes. Agriculture includes: fruit, vegetable, and flower growing; plant nurseries; forestry; aquaculture; beekeeping; grazing and dairying; and their accompanying services and facilities. "Applicant" means a person or governmental entity that submits an application for a Kula agricultural park lease to the office. "Application" means a request filed by an applicant for a Kula agricultural park lease pursuant to this chapter. "Chair" means the chair of the Kula agricultural park committee. "Committee" means the Kula agricultural park committee. "Council" means the Maui County council. "Director" means the director of agriculture of the County of Maui or a designated representative. "Farm" means a lot on which the majority of the land is used for agriculture and the predominant activity is agriculture or agricultural land conservation. "Financial interest" means an interest held by an individual, or the individual's spouse or dependent children, that is: 1. An ownership interest in a business. 2. A creditor interest in an insolvent business. 3. An employment, or prospective employment for which negotiations have begun. 4. An interest in real or personal property. 5. A loan or other debtor interest. 6. A directorship or officership in a business. "Kula agricultural park phase I expansion area" means the approximately two hundred sixty acres of land owned by the County that borders Omaopio and Pulehu roads in Kula. "Lessee" means a qualified individual or entity that is awarded a lease at the Kula agricultural park pursuant to this chapter. "Lot" means a lot within the Kula agricultural park. "Managing director" means the managing director of the County of Maui. "Mayor" means the mayor of the County of Maui. "Office" means the office of economic development. "Proposed base annual rent" means the minimum negotiable rent based on useable acres for a Kula agricultural park lot. "State" means the State of Hawaii. "Useable acres" means acres of land within the Kula agricultural park that can be used directly for agriculture, as determined by the economic development director. ( Ord. No. 5495 , § 2, 2023; Ord. No. 5422 , § 4, 2022; Ord. No. 5420 , § 1, 2022; Ord. 4336, § 1, 2016 ; Ord. 3133 § 2 (part), 2003)