For the purpose of this subchapter, EXCAVATION shall mean the removal of clay, soil, granite, flagstone, slate, shale, limestone, sandstone, sand or gravel from the earth by excavating, stripping, leveling or any other process, together with all other types of mining operations where material is removed from the earth.
(Prior Code, § 7-1-2) (Ord. 50, passed 7-6-1970)