Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 571 - Natural Resource Commission › Title VI - Parks and Recreation Areas › Chapter 61 - State Parks, Recreation Areas, and State Forest Camping › Rule 571-61.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
"Bank"
or
"shoreline"
means
				  the zone of contact of a body of water with the land and an area within 25 feet
				  of the water's edge.
"Basic unit"
or
"basic camping
				  unit"
means the portable shelter used by one to six persons.
"Beach"
means the same as defined in rule
				  571-64.1 (461A).
"Beach house open shelter"
means a building
				  located on the beach that is open on two or more sides and that may or may not
				  have a fireplace.
"Cabin"
means a dwelling available for
				  rental on a nightly or weekly basis. Cabins may or may not contain restroom and
				  kitchen facilities.
"Camping"
means erecting a tent, hammock, or
				  shelter of natural or synthetic material; placing a sleeping bag or other
				  bedding material on the ground; or parking a motor vehicle, motor home, or
				  trailer for the apparent purpose of overnight occupancy.
"Centralized reservation system"
means a
				  system that processes reservations using more than one method to accept
				  reservations. Each method simultaneously communicates to a centralized database
				  at a reservation contractor location to ensure that no campsite or rental
				  facility is booked more than once.
"Chaperoned, organized youth group"
means a
				  group of persons 17 years of age and under, which is sponsored by and
				  accompanied by adult representatives of a formal organization including, but
				  not limited to, the Boy Scouts of America or Girl Scouts of America, a church,
				  or Young Men's or Young Women's Christian Association. "Chaperoned, organized
				  youth group" does not include family members of a formal organization.
"Fishing"
means the same as described in
				  Iowa Code sections 481A.72,
				  461A.42 and
				  481A.76.
"Free climbing"
means climbing with the use
				  of hands and feet only and without the use of ropes, pins and other devices
				  normally associated with rappelling and rock climbing.
"Group camp"
means the camping area at Lake
				  Keomah State Park where organized groups (e.g., family groups or youth groups)
				  may camp. Dining hall facilities are available.
"Immediate family"
means spouses, parents or
				  legal guardians, domestic partners, dependent children and grandparents.
"Lodge"
means a day-use building that is
				  enclosed on all four sides and may have kitchen facilities such as a stove or
				  refrigerator and that is available for rent on a daily basis. "Lodge" does not
				  include buildings that are open on two or more sides and that contain
				  fireplaces only.
"Modern area"
means a camping area that has
				  showers and flush toilets.
"Nonmodern area"
means a camping area in
				  which no showers are provided and that contains only pit-type latrines or
				  flush-type toilets. Potable water may or may not be available to
				  campers.
"Open shelter"
means a building that is open
				  on two or more sides and that may or may not include a fireplace.
"Open shelter with kitchenette"
means a
				  building that is open on two or more sides and contains a lockable, enclosed
				  kitchen area.
"Organized youth group campsite"
means a
				  designated camping area within or next to the main campground where chaperoned,
				  organized youth groups may camp.
"Person with a physical disability"
means
				  any of the following: an individual, commonly termed a paraplegic or
				  quadriplegic, with paralysis or a physical condition of the lower half of the
				  body with the involvement of both legs, usually due to disease or injury to the
				  spinal cord; a person who is a single or double amputee of the legs; or a
				  person with any other physical affliction that makes it impossible to ambulate
				  successfully in park or recreation area natural surroundings without the use of
				  a wheeled conveyance.
"Possession"
means the same as defined in
				  Iowa Code section 481A.1(27).
"Prohibited activity"
means any activity
				  other than fishing as defined in this chapter including, but not limited to,
				  picnicking and camping.
"Property"
means personal property such as
				  goods, money, or domestic animals.
"Recreation areas"
means the following areas
				  that have been designated by action of the commission:
Area
County
Badger Creek Recreation Area
Madison
Brushy Creek Recreation Area
Webster
Clair Wilson Park
Dickinson
Emerson Bay and Lighthouse
Dickinson
Fairport Recreation Area
Muscatine
Lower Gar Access
Dickinson
Marble Beach
Dickinson
Mines of Spain Recreation Area
Dubuque
Pilot Knob State Recreation Area
Winnebago
Pleasant Creek Recreation Area
Linn
Templar Park
Dickinson
Volga River Recreation Area
Fayette
Wilson Island Recreation Area
Pottawattamie
"Refuse"
means trash, garbage, rubbish,
				  waste papers, bottles or cans, debris, litter, oil, solvents, liquid or solid
				  waste or other discarded material.
"Rental facilities"
means facilities that
				  may be rented on a daily or nightly basis and includes open shelters, open
				  shelters with kitchenettes, beach house open shelters, warming lodges, lodges,
				  cabins, yurts and group camps.
"Reservation window"
means a rolling period
				  of time in which a person may reserve a campsite or rental facility.
"Scuba diving"
means swimming with the aid
				  of self-contained underwater breathing apparatus.
"State park"
means areas managed by the
				  state and designated by action of the commission and listed on the department's
				  website at
www.iowadnr.gov
.
"State park managed by another governmental
				  entity"
means areas designated by action of the commission and listed
				  on the department's website at
www.iowadnr.gov
.
"State preserve"
means the areas or portions
				  of the areas dedicated by actions pursuant to Iowa Code section
				  465C.10 and listed on the
				  department's website at
www.iowadnr.gov
.
"Swim"
or
"swimming"
means
				  to propel oneself in water by natural means, such as movement of limbs, and
				  includes but is not limited to wading and the use of inner tubes or beach
				  toy-type swimming aids.
"Walk-in camper"
means a person arriving at
				  a campground without a reservation and wishing to occupy a first-come,
				  first-served campsite or unrented, reservable campsite.
"Yurt"
means a one-room circular fabric
				  structure built on a platform that is available for rental on a nightly or
				  weekly basis.