Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 391 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 391-5 - HISTORIC PRESERVATION › Subject 391-5-1 - STATE PARKS AND HISTORIC SITES SYSTEM › Rule 391-5-1-.06 - Facilities and Activities

Current through Rules and Regulations
				filed through June 27, 2024
(1)
General
. State parks and
				historic sites will provide facilities that allow visitors a day use or
				overnight experience in a natural or historic environment consistent with the
				management and protection of the resource and the health, safety, and welfare
				of all persons using the site. The director shall determine which activities
				are appropriate to each site and establish terms and conditions for the use of
				site facilities by visitors. Such terms and conditions shall be made known to
				users of site facilities by signs, printed materials or other means designed to
				provide reasonable notice.
(2)
Fees
. The director is authorized to establish and implement a
				schedule of reasonable fees for activities and the use and enjoyment of
				facilities at state parks and historic sites. Rates are established, and from
				time to time revised, by the director and made available at all sites, upon
				request. In establishing rates, the division shall consider the discount for
				certified disabled veterans provided for in the Official Code of Georgia
				Annotated Section
				12-3-9.1. The director shall have
				the authority to waive the imposition of a fee in cases where he deems such
				waiver to be in the best interest of the division.
(3)
Reservations and Refunds
.
				The director is authorized to establish terms and conditions for accepting
				reservations, collecting deposits and fees, setting check-in and check-out
				times and procedures, and making refunds for activities and facilities at state
				parks and historic sites. Such terms and conditions may vary from site to site
				and shall be made available at all sites, upon request.
(4)
Boating and Water Use
				Activities
.
(a) Boating.
1. The authority of the director to establish
				conditions for the use of site waters shall include, but is not limited to,
				limiting the type of vessels permitted, prohibiting the use of privately owned
				vessels, prohibiting the use of motors, or stipulating the type and power of
				motors permitted and the hours of their use. Conditions established by the
				director shall not be in conflict with the restrictions specified in the
				Official Code of Georgia Annotated, Section
				12-3-10(e) through
				(h).
2. All vessels using site waters shall be
				launched and removed at designated water access areas only. No privately-owned
				vessel shall be left unattended in site waters for longer than 24 hours without
				authorization from the site manager.
3. No person, other than a licensed
				concessionaire or site associates shall rent, hire or operate for charge any
				vessel in any site. Nor shall any watercraft operating for hire or carrying
				passengers for a fee land, receive or discharge passengers at any dock, wharf
				or anchorage within the jurisdiction of the division, except by permit or
				concession agreement.
4. No person
				shall operate any vessel in such a manner as to annoy, frighten or endanger
				other site visitors or users.
5. No
				person, other than authorized site associates, law enforcement officers, or
				emergency rescue personnel, shall operate any vessel other than a float or
				inner tube in a site swimming area.
6. The operation of vessels in waters
				administered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers or the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
				Service shall be in conformity with applicable federal laws and
				regulations.