Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 571 - Natural Resource Commission › Title II - Licenses, Permits and Concession Contracts › Chapter 16 - Docks and Other Structures on Public Waters › Rule 571-16.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
"Artificial lake"
means all river
				  impoundments and all other impoundments of water to which the public has a
				  right of access from land or from a navigable stream inlet. Examples are Lake
				  Panorama, Lake Delhi, Lake Nashua, and Lake Macbride.
"Boat"
means "watercraft" as defined in Iowa
				  Code section 462A.2.
"Boat hoist"
or
"lift"
means a structure placed in the water or below the ordinary high-water mark for
				  boat storage, including platforms for storage of personal watercraft. For the
				  purposes of this chapter, a boat hoist that is designed to store up to two
				  small vessels such as personal watercraft or one-person sailboats may be
				  treated as a single hoist. For the purposes of this chapter, storage of
				  stand-up paddleboards on racks above the platform of a dock is not counted as a
				  boat hoist or lift; however, a rack for storage of canoes or kayaks is a boat
				  hoist.
"Catwalk"
means a platform no more than four
				  feet wide installed to provide access from a dock to a moored boat or boat
				  hoist.
"Commercial dock"
means a dock used as part
				  of a business, including a dock extending from residential property if one or
				  more mooring spaces at the dock are rented for a fee. A dock maintenance fee
				  charged by a property owners' association to its members is not a basis to
				  classify a dock as commercial. This definition is not applicable to docks in
				  dock management areas or concession operations administered by the
				  department.
"Commission"
means the natural resource
				  commission.
"Common dock"
means a dock serving two or
				  more adjoining shoreline properties.
"Department"
means the department of natural
				  resources.
"Director"
means the director of the
				  department of natural resources or the director's designee.
"Dock"
means a platform-type structure
				  extending from shoreline property over a public water body, including but not
				  limited to platforms that provide access to boats moored on the water
				  body.
"Dock management area"
or
"DMA"
means an area designated by the department in the bed of
				  a water body adjoining a state park, wildlife management area, or recreation
				  area or adjoining a strip of land that was dedicated to the public and is
				  subject to the jurisdiction of the department pursuant to Iowa Code section
				  461A.11(2). A
				  dock management area as designated by the department includes an area adjoining
				  public land from which docks extend.
"Impoundment"
means a body of water formed
				  by constructing a dam across a waterway.
"Public dock"
means a dock constructed and
				  maintained to provide public access from public land to a water body.
"Public land"
means land that is owned by
				  the state, a city, or a county or land that has been dedicated for public
				  access to a public water body.
"Public water body"
is a water body to which
				  the public has a right of access.
"Rental"
means taking compensation, trading,
				  or bartering for the usage of a slip or hoist on a Class I or Class III dock,
				  including the rental of a vehicle parking spot that includes the privilege of
				  using a hoist or slip on a Class I or Class III dock.
"Shoreline property"
means a parcel of
				  property adjoining (littoral to) a lake or adjoining (riparian to) a river or
				  other navigable stream.
"Slip"
means a mooring space, usually
				  adjacent to a dock, sometimes accessed by a catwalk.
"Water body"
means a river or other stream,
				  a natural lake, an artificial lake or other impoundment, or an excavated
				  pit.