Definitions for grading and excavation rules

(a) Wherever used in this chapter, the following words shall have the meaning indicated: (1) “Designated historic and archaeological sites” means those sites listed with the County general plan or the Hawai‘i register of historic places. (2) “Engineer” means a professional engineer (civil or structural) registered in the State of Hawai‘i. (3) “Engineer’s soils report” means a report on soils conditions prepared by an engineer experienced in the practice of soil mechanics and foundations engineering. (4) “Erosion” means the wearing away of the ground surface as a result of action by wind and/or water. (5) “Excavation,” “cut” or “borrow” means any act by which soil, sand, gravel, rock or any similar material is cut into, dug, uncovered, removed, displaced, relocated or bulldozed. State land use commission and County zoning and other agencies’ regulations on shoreline improvements are made a part hereof by reference. (6) “Fill” means any act by which soil, sand, gravel, rock or any other material is deposited, placed, pushed, dumped, pulled, transported, or moved to a new location. State land use commission and County zoning and other agencies’ regulations on shoreline improvements are made a part hereof by reference. (7) “Grading” means any excavation or fill or any combination thereof. (8) “Grubbing” means any act by which vegetation, including trees, timber, shrubbery and plants, is removed, dislodged, uprooted or cleared from the surface of the ground. (9) “Land surveyor” means a person duly registered as a professional land surveyor in the State. (10) “Overburden” means a soil material overlaying another geologic formation. (11) “Permittee” means the person or party to whom the permit is issued and shall include but not be limited to the property owner, his lessee, developer, agent, or attorney in fact. (12) “Plasticity” means the property of a soil which allows it to be deformed beyond the point of recovery without cracking or appreciable volume change. (13) “Sedimentation” means the deposition of erosional debris-soil sediment displaced by erosion and transported by water from a high elevation to an area of lower gradient where sediments are deposited as a result of slack water. (14) “Soil and water conservation districts” means the legal subdivisions of the State of Hawai‘i authorized under chapter 180, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes. (15) “Stockpiling” means the temporary storage of soil, sand, gravel, rock or other similar material in excess of five hundred cubic yards upon any premises for the purpose of using the material as fill material at some future time.