Haw. Code R. § 15-218-5
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:
"Area median income" means the area median family income (AMI) determined by the United States, Department of Housing and Urban Development annually for the Honolulu metropolitan statistical area as adjusted for household size.
"Authority" or "HCDA" means the Hawaii community development authority established by section 206E-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
"Developer" means a private person or an entity who has legal rights to perform or cause to be performed any man-made change over, upon, under, or across improved or unimproved real property within the mauka area.
"Executive director" means the executive director of the authority.
"Fair market value" means the unencumbered fair market value of a property that has no state or county restrictions attached thereto, as determined by a real estate appraiser licensed or certified to practice in the State of Hawaii subject to the requirements of section 466K-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
"Floor area ratio" or "FAR" means the ratio of floor area to land area expressed as a percent or decimal which shall be determined by dividing the total floor area on a development lot by the lot area of that development lot.
"Gross revenue" means the gross receipt from sale of all residential units, associated parking, and other common area elements in a project for the purpose of calculating cash-in-lieu payment in lieu of providing for-sale reserved housing units. For rental reserved housing, the capitalized value of net operating rent shall be utilized as gross revenue for the purpose of calculating cash-in-lieu payment.
"Household" means:
"Household income" means the total annual income, before taxes and personal deductions, received by all members of the applicant's household, including but not limited to wages, salaries, overtime pay, commissions, fees, tips and bonuses, compensation for personal services, social security payments, retirement benefits, income derived from assets, cost of living allowance, net income from business or profession, unemployment benefits, welfare benefits, interest and dividend payments. Household income shall exclude income of a co-mortgagor who is not a household member, income from employment of minor children including foster children, and income from employment of full-time students under the age of twenty-three years.
"HRS" means the Hawaii Revised Statutes.
"HUD" means the United States, Department of Housing and Urban Development.
"Land trust" means a recorded instrument as defined in chapter 558, HRS.
"Licensed life care facilities" means licensed assisted living facilities as defined in section 321-15.1, HRS.
"Low-income household" means a household whose household income does not exceed eighty percent of the area median income.
"Moderate-income household" means a household whose household income in greater than eighty percent but does not exceed one hundred forty percent of the area median income.
"Multi-family residential development" means residential building consisting of more than one residential unit.
"Reserved housing" means housing designated for residents in the low-income or moderate-income ranges who meet such eligibility requirements as the authority may adopt by rule.
"Workforce housing project" means new multi-family residential development where at least seventy-five percent of the residential units are set aside for purchase or for rent by households earning no more than one hundred forty per cent of the AMI.
Terms not defined in this section shall be accorded their commonly accepted meanings.
Haw. Code R. § 15-218-5