§ 656.901. Definitions.

For the purpose of the Zoning Code, the following definitions shall apply:

(a)

Excavation means the digging, stripping or removal by mechanical process from their normal location of natural earth materials, including rock, stone, minerals, shell, sand, clay, marl, muck and soil, creating a hole, including borrow pits and those holes existing prior to August 14, 1973. The excavation may not include any type of processing, manufacturing or other activity that converts the natural materials into a product, unless the activity is a permitted use in the district or is specifically approved by exception.

(b)

Borrow pit means an excavation in the earth from which natural earth materials are removed for use off-site and a hole or pit is thereby created which has a depth greater than 15 feet as measured from the mean elevation of the uppermost rim of the excavation. An operation where earth materials are moved from one location to another on the same site shall not be construed to be a borrow pit usage even though a permanent pit may remain.

(c)

A lake or pond means an excavation in the earth from which natural materials are removed for use elsewhere and a hole or pit is thereby created which has a depth of 15 feet or less as measured from the mean elevation of the uppermost rim of the excavation and which is designed for and actually used for:

(1)

Boating, swimming, fishing, educational or other recreational purposes, or

(2)

The watering of livestock, commercial production of fish or other bona fide agricultural activity.

(d)

Mining means the process or business of extracting ore, minerals or materials from the earth.

(e)

Minerals means all solid minerals, including clay, gravel, phosphate rock, lime, shells (excluding live shellfish), stone, sand, heavy minerals, and any rare earths, which are contained in the soils or waters of the state.

(Ord. 91-59-148, § 1)