As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
EARTH PRODUCTS
Includes such material as topsoil, sand, gravel, stone and
other minerals.
EXCAVATION
Any hole, pit, side hill cut, stripping or similar condition,
except that the provisions of this chapter shall not apply when the
extent of such "excavation" shall be limited to the requirements for
actual construction of a building or structure or part thereof for
which the Building Inspector has issued a building permit or to a
cesspool, septic tank or recharge basin excavation.
EXTRACTION
Includes all the various methods used in excavating or mining
earth products.
GENERAL REGRADING
Any rearrangement of the topography of a property, except
that, when it does not affect any other property or lot or any natural
drainage system, limited regrading for foundation drainage and landscape
treatment for individual lots of not more than two acres shall be
excluded from the provisions of this chapter.
REMOVAL
The transport of earth products from the property upon which
they are naturally located to some other property, whether they remain
in their original form or become changed in any way and whether or
not such removal is for profit.
SUBDIVIDER
A person or corporation who proposes a subdivision under
the provisions of the Shelter Island Planning Board's rules and regulations
for the subdivision of land, whether such subdivision is for residential purposes or
some other use.