Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 23 - Parks, Forests and Public Shade Trees › 4 - State Park Rules › Use and Fee Structure of Certain State Park Facilities › Section 23-4-8 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
For the purposes of sections
				  23-4-7
				  through
				  23-4-22
				  inclusive:
(1) "Alcoholic beverage"
				means an alcoholic beverage as defined by section
				30-1 of
				the general statutes;
(2)
				"Amphitheatre" means the open area with bench seating, south-west of the
				mansion at Harkness Memorial State Park;
(3) "Columbus Day" means the second Monday in
				October;
(4) "Commissioner" means
				the Commissioner of Environmental Protection or the Commissioner's
				representative;
(5) "Conference
				Center" means the building west and north of the fort at Fort Trumbull State
				Park;
(6) "Contractor" means a
				person retained, whether or not for compensation, by a renter in connection
				with an event, including but not limited to a caterer, bartender, photographer,
				musician, florist, or entertainer;
(7) "Department" means the Department of
				Environmental Protection;
(8)
				"Event" means a social, cultural, or business function, including but not
				limited to a party, reception, fund raiser, concert, conference or seminar. An
				event includes the primary event activity as well as set-up and
				take-down;
(9) "Fort" means the
				lower level interior courtyard excluding rooms on the western side and the
				rampart at Fort Trumbull State Park;
(10) "FT Visitor Center" means the building
				west and south of the Fort;
(11)
				"GC Visitors' Center" means the orientation room, central hall and veranda of
				the Visitors' Center at Gillette Castle State Park;
(12) "Individual Rooms" means any one or more
				of the rooms of the Mansion;
(13)
				"Mansion" means the first floor, bride's room and the south courtyard tent of
				the Mansion at Harkness Memorial State Park;
(14) "Memorial Day" means the last Monday of
				May;
(15) "Park" means Harkness
				Memorial State Park, Rocky Neck State Park, Fort Trumbull State Park, Gillette
				Castle State Park or Putnam Memorial State Park in the context of sections
				23-4-7
				through
				23-4-22,
				inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies;
(16) "Park Supervisor" means the Department
				employee stationed at the Park who has ultimate responsibility at that Park for
				operations thereof;
(17) "Pavilion"
				means the second floor of the Ellie Mitchell Pavilion at Rocky Neck State
				Park;
(18) "Pergola" means the
				arbor and tea room structure at the north end of the west garden of the
				Mansion;
(19) "Person" means person
				as defined by section
				22a-2
				of the general statutes;
(20) "PM
				Visitor's Center" means the historic building and visitors' center at Putnam
				Memorial State Park;
(21)
				"Premises" means the Mansion, the Amphitheatre, the Pergola, any of the
				Individual Rooms, the Pavilion, the Fort, Conference Center, FT Visitor Center,
				South Lawn or GC Visitors' Center and Veranda, and PM Visitor's Center and all
				structures and appurtenances thereof;
(22) "Primary event activity" or "primary
				activity" means the endeavor or endeavors which are the event's principal
				purpose and excludes set-up and take-down;
(23) "Rampart" means the upper tier of the
				Fort;
(24) "Rental or "rent" means
				the occupation, for the fees and under the conditions specified in Sections
				23-4-7
				through
				23-4-22,
				inclusive, of any of the premises (a) for the purpose of holding an event, and
				(b) the exclusion of all persons other than the renter, his guests, his
				contractors, and representatives of the Department;
(25) "Renter" means a person who rents, as
				that term is defined in this section;
(26) "Set-up" means activities conducted in
				preparation for the primary event activity, including but not limited to: food
				preparation, decoration with flowers or other items, setting up of tables and
				chairs, and delivery of equipment and supplies;
(27) "South Lawn" means the lawn area south
				of the Fort;
(28) "Take-down" means
				activities associated with cleaning up after the primary event activity,
				including but not limited to removing supplies and equipment, cleaning the
				premises, and removing waste generated by the event; and
(29) "Terrace" means the outdoor area
				adjacent to and on the southwest side of Gillette Castle.