Planning Department Rules, Rule 11

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(d) "Coastal hazards"means any tsunami,hurricane,wind,wave, storm surges, high tide, flooding,erosion,sea level rise,subsidence,or point and nonpoint source pollution. (e) "Lot" means a parcel, tract, or area of land established by subdivision or as otherwise Iawfully established prior to the adoption of the Subdivision Control Code and accepted by the Planning Department. (f) "Minor structure" shall not alter the existing grade of the shoreline setback area and shall be limited to landscape features(i.e.,benches,chairs,borders, wooden trellis, bird feeders, signs, safety improvements, etc.); walkways for access; and sprinkler systems. (g) "Minor activity" means an activity that does not alter the existing grade of the shoreline setback area and may include activities such as landscaping and minor clearing(grubbing) of vegetation. (h) "Planning Commission" means the planning commission of the County of Hawaii. (i) "Planning Department' means that agency of the County of Hawaii consisting of the planning director and the necessary staff. (j) "Rebuild" means the reconstruction of a lawfully existing structure when the reconstruction is valued by a licensed professional engineer or architect at more than fifty percent of the replacement cost of the structure. (k) "Repair" means the fixing, renovation, improvement, or restoration of any part of a lawfully existing structure, but not the entire structure, solely for the purpose of its maintenance and which does not result in an addition to, or enlargement or expansion of, the lawfully existing structure. "Repair" includes, but is not limited to alteration of floors, roofs, walls, or the supporting structure of a building or the rearrangement of any of its component parts. (1) "Shoreline" means the upper reaches of the wash of the waves, other than storm and 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 vegetation growth, or the upper limit of debris left by the wash of the waves, which has been certified by the Board of Land and Natural Resources in accordance with its rules. (m) "Shoreline setback area" shall include all of the land area between the shoreline and the shoreline setback line,provided that if the highest annual Planning Department Rules of Practice chi Procedure 11-2