§206X-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings unless the context shall indicate another or different meaning or intent:

"Authority" means the convention center authority established by this chapter.

"Convention center facility" or "convention center" means any combination of land, buildings, and improvements thereon, suitable for use as a convention center; any other structure or facility required or useful for the operation of a convention center facility, including, but not limited to, commercial, office, community service, parking, garage, and other supporting service structures; and all necessary, useful, and related equipment, furnishings, and appurtenances.

"County" means the city and county of Honolulu.

"Developer" means any person, partnership, cooperative, firm, nonprofit or for-profit corporation, or public agency possessing the competence, expertise, experience, and resources, including financial, personal, and tangible resources, required to effectuate, directly or through other developers, the development of a convention center, including planning, design, and construction.

"Local governing body" means the county council of the city and county of Honolulu.

"Public agency" means any office, department, board, commission, bureau, division, public corporation agency, or instrumentality of the federal, state, or county government.

"Public facilities" include streets, utility and service corridors, and utility lines where applicable, sufficient to adequately service developable improvements in the district, sites for schools, parks, parking garage, sidewalks, pedestrian ways, and other community facilities. "Public facilities" shall also include public highways, as defined by statute, storm drainage systems, water systems, street lighting systems, off- street parking facilities, and sanitary sewerage systems.

"Real property" means lands, structures, and interests in land, including lands under water and riparian rights, space rights, and air rights and any and all other things and rights usually included within the term. Real property also means any and all interests in such property less than full title, such as easements, incorporeal hereditaments and every estate, interest, or right, legal or equitable, including terms for years and liens thereon by way of judgments, mortgages, or otherwise. [L 1988, c 96, pt of §1; am L 1992, c 159, §§1, 3; am L Sp 1993, c 7, §§13, 15]