Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 13 - DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Subtitle 10 - LAND MANAGEMENT › Chapter 222 - SHORELINE CERTIFICATIONS › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 13-222-2 - Definitions

Current through June, 2024
As used in this chapter unless otherwise clearly
					 indicated:
"Accretion" means the gradual accumulation of land on a
					 beach or shore by the action of natural forces. For purposes of quieting title,
					 accretion must be natural and in existence for at least twenty years.
"Applicant" means the person submitting an application for
					 shoreline certification.
"Board" means the board of land and natural resources of
					 the State of Hawaii.
"Chairperson" means the chairperson of the board of land
					 and natural resources.
"Department" means the department of land and natural
					 resources of the State of Hawaii.
"Erosion" means the gradual wearing away of land on a
					 beach or shore by the action of natural forces.
"Instrument survey" means the location of the boundary of
					 a property of record and shoreline using land surveying instruments.
"Line of debris" means a line marking the mauka or
					 landward limit of debris deposits resulting from wave uprush.
"Permanent mark" means a mark imbedded in the ground such
					 as a pipe, or a mark on a boulder or artificial structure which is not readily
					 removable.
"Person" means any individual, partnership, firm,
					 association, trust, estate, private corporation, quasi-public corporation or
					 entity including utilities and government bodies.
"Property owner" means the equitable or legal holder of
					 interest in, or the lessee holding under a recorded lease for the real property
					 for which a shoreline certification is requested, or the authorized
					 agent.
"Revetment" means a sloping facing of stone, concrete,
					 blocks or other similar material built to protect the enbankment or shore
					 against erosion by wave action or current.
"Seawall" means a structure with a vertical face
					 separating land and water areas, primarily designed to prevent erosion and
					 other damage due to wave action.
"Shoreline" means the upper reaches of the wash of the
					 waves, other than storm or seismic waves, at high tide during the season of the
					 year in which the highest wash of the waves occurs, usually evidenced by the
					 edge of vegetation growth, or the upper limit of debris left by the wash of the
					 waves.
"Shoreline certification" means a signed statement by the
					 chairperson of the board of land and natural resources that the shoreline is as
					 located and shown on the map as of a certain date.
"Side property boundaries" means that property boundary
					 which intersects or, when extended, intersects with the shoreline.
"State land surveyor" means the land survey administrator
					 of the survey division, department of accounting and general services, State of
					 Hawaii.
"Storm or tidal waves" means waves of unusual magnitude
					 which occurred on a specific date as part of a specific and identifiable
					 hurricane storm or tsunami event, to exclude seasonal high surf.
"Tape check" means an on the ground check of distances
					 using an engineers measuring tape.
"Vegetation growth" means any plant, tree, shrub, grass or
					 groups, clusters, or patches of the same, naturally rooted and
					 growing.