Definitions for City Property Concessions

For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning. Agency. Any office, department, board, commission, or other governmental unit of the city, including the council and its offices. Concession. The grant to a private individual, partnership, or corporation of the privilege to conduct operations essentially retail in nature, involving the sale of goods, wares, merchandise, or services to the general public, such as restaurants, retail stores, parking facilities, golf driving ranges, canoe storage facilities (halaus), in or on land or buildings owned or controlled by the City and County of Honolulu. Director. The director of budget and fiscal services. Managing Director. The managing director of the City and County of Honolulu. Nonprofit Organization. An association, corporation, or other entity, organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, literary, cultural, educational, recreational, or other nonprofit purposes, no part of the assets, income, or earnings of which inures to the benefit of any individual or member thereof, and whose charter or other enabling act contains a provision that, in the event of dissolution, the assets owned by such association, corporation, or other entity shall be distributed to another association, corporation, or other entity organized and operated exclusively for nonprofit purposes, and which further qualifies for exemption from the general excise tax provisions of HRS Chapter 237, as amended, and under § 501 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended. Such nonprofit organization must not merely be a sponsor of the event, production, attraction, or activity being given, but must actively promote, produce, stage, or conduct such event, production, attraction, or activity. )