Alaska Administrative Code › Title 11 - Natural Resources › Part 6 - Lands › Chapter 96 - Miscellaneous Land Use › Article 1 - Provisions for General Land Use Activity › 11 AAC 96.016 - Designated public use areas

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) This section
				  addresses management of sites and areas of state land, or interests in land,
				  that have been designated under AS 41.23 as public use areas. Unless otherwise
				  provided in (b) of this section, special requirements applicable to designated
				  public use areas are in addition to requirements applicable to state land under
				  AS 38, AS 41.23, and this title.
(b) Within areas designated under AS 41.23 as
				  public use areas,
(1) a permit or other
				  written authorization is required for an activity listed in
				  11 AAC 96.010;
(2) commercial recreation uses and activities
				  involving generally allowed uses under
				  11 AAC 96.020 are subject to
				  registration under
				  11 AAC 96.018;
(3) unless otherwise prohibited in (c) of
				  this section, the land uses and activities listed in
				  11 AAC 96.020, alone or in
				  combination, are generally allowed uses without any permit or other written
				  authorization from the department, except that a land use or activity for a
				  commercial recreation purpose requires prior registration under
				  11 AAC 96.018; and
(4) a person may not engage in the commercial
				  harvest of non-timber forest products without a permit under
				  11 AAC 96.035.
(5) a permit or other written authorization
				  is required for the use or occupancy of the
Kenny and Patti Barber
				  Shooting Range
, as depicted on the map entitled
Kenny and
				  Patti Barber Shooting Range
, dated May 18, 2016, and adopted by
				  reference; within the
Kenny and Patti Barber Shooting Range
(A) the rules and conditions for use of the
				  shooting range include the rules for the protection and safety of the general
				  public and to further the purposes for which the shooting range was
				  established, which are specified in 11 AAC 96.016(c)(20) and shall be
				  conspicuously posted at the shooting range and upon the division of mining,
				  land and water's public webpage on the department's website;
(B) the department may deny a permit or
				  revoke a person's permit to use, occupy, or access the shooting range upon
				  failure to comply with rules or conditions for use; the rules and conditions
				  for use that are posted at the shooting range and on the division of mining,
				  land and water's public webpage may include restrictions on firearm use or
				  ammunition type, magazine capacity, and other conditions as the department
				  considers advisable;
(C) the use of
				  the shooting range for commercial purposes or by organized group in excess of
				  50 individuals requires a commercial use permit under
				  11 AAC 96.010;
(D) the department may restrict permits for
				  the commercial use of the shooting range if the department finds that
(i) there is a need to limit the number or
				  use of commercial use permits to protect public use of the shooting area, or to
				  protect shooting area resources;
(ii) there is a need to prevent one business
				  or person from monopolizing commercial activities within the shooting range or
				  portion of the shooting range;
(iii) without limitation of the number of
				  permits or use oft he shooting range there would likely be a degradation of
				  quality of the recreational experience in the shooting range; or
(iv) the demand for the commercial use of the
				  shooting range exceeds the capacity of the shooting range;
(E) the term of a commercial use permit
				  issued under this paragraph may not exceed 30 consecutive days, and is
				  revocable at will by the department; the department may limit the number of
				  competitive commercial use permits a person may hold; a permit may not be
				  assigned without the written consent of the department;
(F) the department may restrict personal use
				  permits for the use of the shooting range if the department finds that
(i) there is a need to limit the number or
				  use of permits to protect public use of the shooting area, or to protect
				  shooting area resources;
(ii) there
				  is a need to prevent one business or person from monopolizing activities within
				  the shooting range or portion of the shooting range;
(iii) without limitation of the number of
				  permits or use of the shooting range there would likely be a degradation of
				  quality of the recreational experience in the shooting range; or
(iv) the demand for the use of the shooting
				  range exceeds the capacity of the shooting range; and
(G) the term of a personal use permit issued
				  under this paragraph may not exceed the calendar year, and is revocable at will
				  by the department; the department may limit the number of personal use or
				  occupancy permits a person may hold; a permit may not be assigned without the
				  written consent of the department.