Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.37 - Restricted Use Of Public Access Areas

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) Definition: Unless the context clearly
			 indicates otherwise, in this regulation, the term "public access area" shall
			 include any state-owned, leased, and/or operated boat launching and/or landing
			 access area, parking lot, ramp, pier, and any real or personal property within
			 the boundaries of said areas.
(2)
			 Picnicking, except at tables provided, and camping are prohibited at all public
			 access areas. Swimming or any other activities, to the extent that swimming or
			 any other activity may interfere with the intended use of any public access
			 area by the public, are forbidden; provided, however, that in any event it
			 shall be unlawful to swim or wade within fifty (50) feet of any ramp at any
			 public access area.
(3) The mooring
			 of boats, houseboats and other watercraft is forbidden at all public access
			 areas. In addition, the dry-docking, storage, or abandonment, of any type of
			 vessel, vehicle, or other personal property item, is prohibited at all public
			 access areas.
(4) Public access
			 areas are for the use of the pleasure boating, hunting and fishing public in
			 general only. No commercial, industrial or construction equipment such as
			 barges, dredges, etc., are to be loaded or unloaded without the specific
			 written authorization of the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural
			 Resources.
(5) Persons using public
			 access areas shall park their vehicles and/or trailers in designated parking
			 areas or, when areas are not designated, in such a way so as not to block any
			 part of the ramp or pier or approach to the ramp or pier or interfere with the
			 use of the public access area by other persons.
(6) It shall be unlawful to discharge
			 firearms on all public access areas.
(7) Defacing or Destroying State Property -
			 Any person who litters, defaces or destroys any real or personal property on
			 any of the public access areas or any property belonging to the State of
			 Alabama in any of the public access areas, shall be in violation of this
			 regulation.
(8) Only licensed
			 vehicles shall be allowed on public access areas, except that mobility-impaired
			 persons may utilize other power-driven mobility devices (subject to the
			 applicable assessment factors), pursuant to and in accordance with the
			 Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and
			 28 CFR 35.137.
			 Off-road traffic is prohibited. Nothing in this regulation shall prevent the
			 use of properly licensed motorcycles on public access area roads or parking
			 lots.
(9) Soliciting or Advertising
			 on Public Access Areas - No person shall solicit, sell, advertise, or install
			 any sign on any public access area without the written authorization of the
			 Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources.
(10) It shall be unlawful for any
			 unauthorized person(s) to build, tend, or maintain any fire at any public
			 access area.
(11) Except as
			 otherwise permitted by written permission of the Commissioner of the Department
			 of Conservation and Natural Resources, it is hereby made unlawful for any
			 person to cut, destroy, damage or remove any such tree, bush, shrub, plant or
			 flower growing at any public access area.
(12) Personal Injuries or Accidents - The
			 Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall not be responsible for
			 any accident or injury to any person while at or in public facilities. Any
			 person coming within the boundaries of the public access areas shall, by such
			 entrance or use, waive any claim against the State of Alabama, its employees,
			 or its agents for any accident or injury to person or property occurring while
			 on or within the said public access areas.
(13) It shall be unlawful for any person or
			 persons to consume alcoholic beverages at any public access area.
Author:
N. Gunter Guy, Jr.
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										9-2-7,
				  9-2-8,
				  9-2-12.
PENALTY:
As provided by
				  law.