Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 136 - Safety Regulations for Amusement Rides and Devices › Connecticut Mechanical Amusement Ride and Device Regulations › Section 29-136-3a - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in Sections
				  29-136-1a
				  to
				  29-136-11a,
				  inclusive:
(1) "Amusement" means any
				circus or carnival presented in the open, including a place where one or more
				mechanical amusement rides or devices capable of accommodating five or more
				persons are presented for amusement or entertainment purposes, and any circus,
				carnival or other portable show or exhibition presented under any single tent,
				air-supported plastic or fabric or other portable shelter, and involving the
				assembly of 100 or more persons.
(2) "Carnival" means a transient enterprise
				offering amusement and entertainment for the public in, upon or by means of
				mechanical amusement rides or devices.
(3) "Concession Booth" means a structure or
				enclosure used at a fair, carnival or park from which amusements are offered to
				the public.
(4) "E-1" means an
				individual with an unlimited electrical contractor's license issued by the
				Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection in accordance with the provisions
				of Section
				20-332
				of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(5) "Engineer" means a Connecticut licensed
				professional engineer with civil, electrical, structural or mechanical
				disciplines and having knowledge of mechanical amusement rides and devices, who
				has been approved by the Commissioner of Public Safety to inspect and determine
				the safety of such rides and devices.
(6) "Fair" means an enterprise principally
				devoted to the exhibition of products of agriculture or industry, to which the
				operation of mechanical amusement rides and devices or concession booths is an
				adjunct.
(7) "Homemade Ride or
				Device" means a mechanical amusement ride or device that was not manufactured
				by a recognized manufacturer or any mechanical amusement ride or device which
				has been substantially altered without the approval of the
				manufacturer.
(8) "Inspection"
				means the physical examination of a mechanical amusement ride or device and the
				grounds and area around such ride or device, made by the Commissioner of Public
				Safety or his designee.
(9)
				"Inspector" means a Connecticut licensed professional engineer, an electrical
				official with an E-1 electrical rating, municipal building official, or the
				Commissioner of Public Safety or his designee.
(10) "Kiddie Ride" means a mechanical
				amusement ride or device designed primarily for use by children 12 years of age
				and under.
(11) "Major Alteration"
				means a change in the type, capacity, structure, electrical or hydraulic
				systems, or mechanism of a mechanical amusement ride or device. This includes
				any change that would require approval of the manufacturer or an
				engineer.
(12) "Major Ride" means a
				mechanical amusement ride or device designed to carry adults and children in or
				on a vehicle suitable for conveying persons.
(13) "Mechanical Amusement Ride or Device"
				means any device or system requiring the supervision or control of an operator,
				designed and presented for entertainment, excitement or pleasure by physically
				conveying five or more persons, or providing a walkway for five or more persons
				to move themselves along, around or over a course in any direction as a form of
				amusement. This definition shall not include the following:
(A) any non-electrical, non-mechanical
				playground equipment including, but not limited to, swings, seesaws, spring
				mounted animal features, rider propelled merry-go-rounds, climbers, playground
				slides, trampolines, and physical fitness devices; or
(B) any permanently installed special
				amusement building designed and constructed in accordance with the Connecticut
				Fire Safety Code and the Connecticut State Building Code.