[PART
VIII.]  RESTORATION OF BEACH LANDS



 



[§171-151]  Definitions.  For the
purposes of this part:



"Beach lands" means all lands in the
shoreline area including sand, rocky, or cobble beaches, dune systems, landward
and seaward sand reserves, and all such lands subject to the natural processes
of erosion and accretion.  The term includes easements and rights in such land
and any improvements on land.



"Beach restoration" means the
placement of sand, with or without stabilizing structures, on an eroded beach
from an outside source such as offshore sand deposits, streams, channels or
harbor mouths, or an upland sand quarry.



"Coastal lands" means all land within
the state coastal zone management area; provided that any leasing or
development of public lands shall be limited to all fast lands up to one mile
mauka of the shoreline and all submerged lands. [L 1999, c 84, pt of §2]