Definitions for stream maintenance rules

For the purposes of this article, the following definitions apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning. Chief Engineer. The director and chief engineer of facility maintenance or the chief engineer’s authorized representative. City-Owned. Has the same meaning as defined in § 40-3.1 . Department. The department of facility maintenance of the City and County of Honolulu. Owner. 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, who has the use, control, or occupation of a stream in its entirety, or portion thereof, including its channels, streambeds, streambanks, and drainageways, or the mouth of a stream at the ocean, with claim of ownership, whether such person’s interest be in absolute fee or a lesser estate. Person. A human being, a corporation, an unincorporated association, or other entity. Streams. Natural, altered, or improved channels that have seasonal or continuous water flows as a result of either surface stormwater runoff or groundwater influx, or both. Streams include channels, streambeds, streambanks, drainageways, and stream mouths. Streams do not include ditches, flumes, reservoirs, lagoons, holding and silting basins, endorheic lakes, endorheic ponds and their associated ditches, underground drain lines or systems, and any portions of irrigation systems.