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Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:46 - Division of Parks and Watercraft › Chapter 1501:46-3 - Prohibitions › Section 1501:46-3-17 - Personal property left on division areas without approval

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Except with the approval of the chief or his designee, no
				person 
								is
				permitted to leave any personal property in any area administered by the
				division in such a manner that the conditions surrounding its placement, when
				found, give indication that the owner has left the area administered by the
				division. Such property may be removed from the location at which it is found
				and stored by the division. The owner of such property, if known or can be
				found with reasonable effort, 
								will be notified and the owner
				
								will be
				permitted to redeem such property by payment of a storage fee not to exceed one
				dollar per day plus the actual cost incurred in the recovery of such property.
				Any property unclaimed by the owner 
								will be disposed of in accordance with section
				1546.10 of the Revised Code.
				This rule 
								does not apply to abandoned motor vehicles and
				trailers that are subject to licensing by the bureau of motor vehicles, or
				watercraft that are subject to the provisions of section
				1547.53 of the Revised Code, or
				substances covered by rule
				1501:46-3-13 of the
				Administrative Code, or to items placed at a geocaching site for which the area
				manager has given prior approval subject to the conditions thereof.
Effective: 6/30/2023
Five Year Review
				(FYR) Dates: 11/27/2024
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 1546.04
Rule Amplifies: 1546.02, 1546.04, 1546.10, 1547.301, 1547.302
Prior Effective Dates: 06/14/1975, 06/12/1987, 04/01/2004,
				01/26/2018
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:46 - Division of Parks and Watercraft › Chapter 1501:46-3 - Prohibitions › Section 1501:46-3-18 - Collection of firewood, use of chainsaws

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								
								It is unlawful for any person to
			 gather firewood 
								or use a chainsaw in any area administered by the
			 division, except as noted in paragraphs (B) and (C) of this rule.
(B) Firewood for cooking or campfires may be
			 supplied by the division when the chief determines that an abundance of timber
			 has become available as a result of forest management practices or the
			 necessary removal of trees impacted by weather conditions, and fallen small
			 limbs and twigs appropriate for kindling may be gathered and used only on the
			 areas administered by the division where such firewood was made available and
			 kindling materials were collected.
(C) With written permission of the chief
			 persons may cut and gather standing timber that as a result of wind, storm, or
			 any other natural occurrence may present a hazard to life or property, or cut
			 and gather timber that has fallen on lands under the control and management of
			 the division.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:46 - Division of Parks and Watercraft › Chapter 1501:46-3 - Prohibitions › Section 1501:46-3-19 - Fires, lighted cigarettes, embers

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No person shall kindle, build, maintain, or use a fire other
				than in places provided or designated for such purposes except by written
				permission issued by the 
								area manager. Any fire embers or burning
				briquettes shall be continuously under the care and direction of a competent
				person over fourteen years of age from the time it is kindled until it is
				extinguished. No person within the confines of any area administered by the
				
								division shall throw away or discard any match,
				cigarette, cigar, embers or briquettes or other burning object which has not
				been entirely extinguished before being thrown away or discarded in receptacles
				or areas provided therefore. The 
								area manager or his authorized
				representative may limit the size of all campfires and prescribe safety
				precautions to be taken. Upon a determination of extreme fire hazard no person
				shall smoke or build fires in areas posted as areas of extreme fire
				hazard.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:46 - Division of Parks and Watercraft › Chapter 1501:46-3 - Prohibitions › Section 1501:46-3-21 - Lake bottom salvage

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No person shall attempt to remove or shall remove any personal
				property from the bottom of the waters of any area administered by the
				division without first obtaining the permission of the
				 area
				manager. This rule shall not apply to fishermen engaged in fishing nor
				persons within the submerged portion of a beach of the
				
								division, but fishermen engaged in the act of fishing
				with the aid of snorkel SCUBA apparatus shall be governed by this prohibition
				insofar as their actions are not directly connected with the act of underwater
				fishing.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:46 - Division of Parks and Watercraft › Chapter 1501:46-3 - Prohibitions › Section 1501:46-3-22 - Intoxicating beverages

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								
								It
			 is unlawful for any person to publicly consume or display the presence of
			 any beer or intoxicating liquor in any area administered by the division,
			 except within the confines and privacy afforded in a cabin, cabin site, lodge
			 room, rented campsite, or in those areas designated by authority of the chief
			 pursuant to paragraph (B) of this rule. For the purposes of this rule, beer or
			 intoxicating liquor are defined as in section
			 4301.01 of the Revised
			 Code.
(B) The chief may designate
			 areas where a permit allowing the public display and consumption of beer or
			 intoxicating liquor in select rentable facilities on state park land may be
			 issued by the area manager if all the following apply;
(1) The renter has paid the rental fee for a
			 private activity;
(2) Does not
			 charge a separate admission fee;
(3) Does not offer beer or intoxicating
			 liquor for sale as defined in section
			 4301.01 of the Revised Code;
			 and
(4) Confines the display and
			 consumption of beer or intoxicating liquor to a limited area as described in
			 the permit.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:46 - Division of Parks and Watercraft › Chapter 1501:46-3 - Prohibitions › Section 1501:46-3-23 - Throwing objects over cliffs, dams, or other structures prohibited

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No person shall throw, toss, drop, or propel, or cause -
				directly or indirectly - the throwing, tossing, dropping or propelling of any
				object over or off any precipice, dam, bridge, observation tower, or other
				similar structure or natural formation. Activities carried on as a necessary
				part of rock-climbing or rappelling when done in compliance with rules
				1501:46-7-09 and 1501:46-7-10 of the Administrative Code are exempt
				from this rule.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:46 - Division of Parks and Watercraft › Chapter 1501:46-3 - Prohibitions › Section 1501:46-3-24 - Alms and contributions, solicitation prohibited

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No person shall solicit alms or contributions for any purpose,
				whether public or private, in any area administered by the
				division.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:46 - Division of Parks and Watercraft › Chapter 1501:46-3 - Prohibitions › Section 1501:46-3-26 - Commercial activity prohibited except by permit

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) No person shall rent, sell, solicit,
			 offer for sale or have in his possession with the intent to rent or expose for
			 rent or sale any item or service in any area administered by the division
			 except by authority of an approved concession contract or permit issued by the
			 chief. Exempt from this paragraph are the collection of registration fees from
			 participants in fishing tournament events which have been approved by the park
			 manager; the sale of newspapers from vending machines located in areas
			 designated for this purpose by the park manager; the sale of food items by a
			 vendor who has been called to deliver the items into the park by a park
			 visitor; and the sale of towing or repair services by a vendor who has been
			 called to deliver these services to the park by a park visitor.
(B) Except by contract or permit issued as
			 provided by paragraph (A) of this rule, no person shall display, erect, fix, or
			 attach any commercial sign, notice billboard, poster or similar facsimile to
			 any artificial structure or natural object in any area administered by the
			 division. Owners of such signs shall be responsible for their removal at the
			 expiration of the permit or a responsible time thereafter.
Effective: 9/3/2018
Five Year Review
				(FYR) Dates: 6/19/2018 and
				09/03/2023
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 1546.04
Rule
				Amplifies: 1546.02,
				1546.04,
				1501.09
Prior
				Effective Dates: 07/01/1976, 06/28/1984, 03/01/1993, 03/01/1995,
				04/01/2004
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:46 - Division of Parks and Watercraft › Chapter 1501:46-3 - Prohibitions › Section 1501:46-3-27 - Collecting prohibited without permit

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) No person is permitted to collect plants,
			 animals, fungi, or geologic materials from any area administered by the
			 division without first having obtained a collector's permit from the chief of
			 the division in addition to any other required permits. Nothing contained in
			 this paragraph restricts any of the following:
(1) Any licensed hunter or fisherman who is
			 legally hunting or fishing in the taking of game or fish, or
(2) The collecting of plants, animals, fungi,
			 and geologic materials in an area designated by the chief as a nature study
			 area, and so posted in accordance with rule
			 1501:46-3-01 of the
			 Administrative Code.
The special instructions posted for use of the nature study
				area will prevail where inconsistent with the provisions of this rule.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:46 - Division of Parks and Watercraft › Chapter 1501:46-3 - Prohibitions › Section 1501:46-3-28 - Special activities; permit required

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) No person shall conduct any special
			 activity upon the lands or waters of the division without first obtaining a
			 permit from the chief of the division upon application made not less than
			 thirty days prior to the day of the proposed special activity. "Special
			 activities" are supervised activities or events involving a number of
			 participants or spectators, which significantly affect the public use,
			 preservation and protection of lands or waters of the division.
(B) Announcements or notices of special
			 activities as provided in this rule may be displayed in a manner as directed by
			 the area manager.
(C) The division
			 may provide a message board or similar device at the area headquarters upon
			 which information about neighboring facilities or activities may be displayed
			 for a reasonable period of time.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:46 - Division of Parks and Watercraft › Chapter 1501:46-3 - Prohibitions › Section 1501:46-3-29 - Private channel construction

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) No person who is the owner, his agent,
			 lessee, or tenant of land adjacent or contiguous to any lands or waters
			 administered by the division may dredge or permit a channel to be dredged or
			 otherwise constructed upon said land for the purpose of effecting a junction
			 with the waters of the state, nor fill such channel with the waters of the
			 state nor cut through any water containment on state lands or waters without
			 first having made application and received written permission therefor from the
			 chief of the division as hereinafter provided.
(B) Persons desiring to dredge or otherwise
			 construct a channel on private land and to utilize the waters of the state to
			 fill such channel shall submit a written request therefor to the chief of the
			 division setting forth detailed information, including but not limited to:
(1)
									A drawing showing exact length, width, and depth of the
			 proposed channel;
(2)
									Proof of low permeable qualities of the soil in the
			 proposed channel;
(3)
									The sequencce and stages of construction with details
			 showing plans to minimize any siltation impacts on the lake resulting from the
			 construction project.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:46 - Division of Parks and Watercraft › Chapter 1501:46-3 - Prohibitions › Section 1501:46-3-30 - Off-trail use prohibited

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No person 
								is permitted off the posted trails within Hocking
				Hills, Mohican, John Bryan, or Nelson Kennedy Ledges state parks, or designated
				areas, without written permission of the chief, except in those areas
				specifically designated for public use (campgrounds, picnic areas, hunting
				areas, rock-climbing areas).
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:46 - Division of Parks and Watercraft › Chapter 1501:46-3 - Prohibitions › Section 1501:46-3-31 - Containers on trails prohibited

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No person shall bring onto the trails of Nelson-Kennedy ledges
				any glass container, disposable can, or disposable plastic container unless
				such person has the written approval of the area manager.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:46 - Division of Parks and Watercraft › Chapter 1501:46-3 - Prohibitions › Section 1501:46-3-33 - Feeding of wildlife

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Without the written approval of the area manager no person
				
								is permitted
				to intentionally feed any wild or domestic waterfowl, wild animal, or
				other wild bird, except in an area where signs are posted indicating that
				wildlife may be fed or when permitted as part of a park-sponsored nature
				program.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:46 - Division of Parks and Watercraft › Chapter 1501:46-3 - Prohibitions › Section 1501:46-3-34 - Dog exercise areas

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The chief
			 may designate "dog exercise" areas at state parks. It
			 is not mandatory for dogs
								 in
			 designated dog exercise areas  to be on a leash if they are under the control and
			 supervision of a person eighteen years old or older. Up to two dogs per adult
			 are permitted in the dog exercise area.
(B) No person may bring a dog into a dog
			 exercise area if the dog is under four months old; is in heat; or has fresh
			 wounds. No person may bring a dog into a dog exercise area unless the dog is
			 current with vaccinations and displays the current license and rabies
			 tags.
(C) No person
			 
								may
			 bring a dog 
								into a dog exercise area
			 
								and
			 fail to remove or collect their dog's waste and
			 place it in the designated receptacles.
(D) No person 
								is permitted to
			 be in a dog exercise area between sunset to sunrise.
(E) Children under the age of sixteen
			 
								are not
			 to be in a dog exercise area except while
			 under the supervision of a responsible adult .
(F)
								
								Any dog
			 that 
								exhibits threatening or vicious behavior
			 is not permitted to enter dog exercise
			 areas.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:46 - Division of Parks and Watercraft › Chapter 1501:46-5 - Permit › Section 1501:46-5-01 - Permits

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Upon a finding by the chief that a permit request is consistent
				with state park use and management objectives, 
								the chief will issue an
				appropriate permit including any necessary terms and conditions. The terms and
				conditions of such permit 
								will prevail where inconsistent with the
				provisions of this rule
								. 
								No permit
				
								will be granted 
								if it is
				determined by the chief that the specified activity has a reasonable
				probability of having any of the following effects:
(A) Interfering with normal park usage,
			 or
(B) Endangering the environment
			 unduly, or
(C) Creating great risk
			 of physical harm to the public present in the park.
A written permit to do any act 
									authorizes the same only
				
									to the
				extent that it may be performed in strict accordance with the terms and
				conditions specified in such permit. Any act authorized
				
									by a permit may be performed only by the person
				
									or
				persons specifically authorized by such permit, and any such
				authorization may not be assigned or delegated, unless and except as provided
				in such permit. Any violation by its holder, its agents, employees, or guests
				of any term or condition 
									specified in the permit
				constitutes grounds for its revocation 
									by the chief whose
				action immediately invalidates the permit, revokes all
				authorized exemptions, and terminates any permitted activities or endeavors
				granted by such permit
									. In case of revocation of any permit, all
				
									fees collected by the division related to the
				processing of the permit may, at the option of the division be retained
				; and the holder of such permit,
				together with 
									any agents, employees, and guests
				of the permit holder who violated such terms and
				conditions shall be jointly and severally liable to the division for all
				damages and loss suffered by it in excess of such money retained; but neither
				such retention by the division of the whole or any part of such moneys nor the
				recovery or collection thereby of such damages, or both, shall in any manner
				relieve such person or persons from criminal liability for violation of any
				provision of any of these rules or any other state or local law, ordinance,
				rule or order.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:46 - Division of Parks and Watercraft › Chapter 1501:46-7 - Hours of Operation and Recreational Activities › Section 1501:46-7-01 - Open hours, closed hours, duties; exemptions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) No person 
								is permitted to
			 be present, unless exempted in writing by the area manager, on any area
			 administered by the division between the hours of eleven p.m. and six a.m.,
			 except as hereinafter provided in this rule or other administrative rules of
			 the division.
(B) No person
			 
								is permitted
			 to be present, unless exempted in writing by the area manager one-half
			 hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise throughout the year at any of
			 the following state park areas:
(1) John Bryan
			 state park;
(2) Headlands Beach
			 state park;
(3) Nelson Kennedy
			 Ledges state park;
(4) Hocking
			 Hills state park;
(5) The Hosak
			 Cave area at Salt Fork state park;
(6) The Gorge Overlook area and Lyons Falls
			 trail at Mohican state park;
(7)
			 The boardwalk at Maumee Bay state park;
(8) The Lusk Lock and Sprucevale day use
			 areas at Beaver Creek state park;
(9) The Mount Jeez area and the Butternut
			 trail at Malabar Farm state park;
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:46 - Division of Parks and Watercraft › Chapter 1501:46-7 - Hours of Operation and Recreational Activities › Section 1501:46-7-02 - Hours for swimming

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No person shall swim, dive, bathe, or wade in the waters of any
				beach area or swimming pool maintained and operated by the division unless such
				beach area or swimming pool is posted by the division indicating a beach area
				or pool is open to swimming, diving, or wading.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:46 - Division of Parks and Watercraft › Chapter 1501:46-7 - Hours of Operation and Recreational Activities › Section 1501:46-7-03 - Swimming prohibited; exceptions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								
								In or upon
			 any waters under the management authority of the division, swimming, bathing,
			 diving, or wading from any vessel, dock, raft facility, or any other
			 structure, or from a shoreline of any state property 
								is
			 permitted only within water areas officially designated as a swimming
			 area .
(B) Not withstanding paragraph (A) of this
			 rule, no person is permitted to swim, dive, wade or bathe more than sixty feet
			 from a private dock, private moorage, or other private structure authorized
			 under rule
			 1501:46-2-08 of the
			 Administrative Code and constructed along the shoreline of Grand lake St.
			 Marys, Indian lake, lake Loramie, Buckeye lake, the Portage lakes, Guilford
			 lake, lake Milton or lake White or from privately owned shore adjacent to
			 waters managed by the division. It 
								is unlawful for any person to swim, dive, wade,
			 or bathe from the shoreline of any private or public lands contiguous to any
			 channel carrying heavy boat traffic on the lakes named in this
			 paragraph.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:46 - Division of Parks and Watercraft › Chapter 1501:46-7 - Hours of Operation and Recreational Activities › Section 1501:46-7-04 - Flotation devices prohibited; exceptions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) No person shall use or offer for use by
			 any person any inner tube ring, buoy, air mattress, beach ball or similar
			 novelty device of inflatable air cell construction, nor any plastic foam
			 flotation device in the waters of the division where swimming is prohibited, in
			 division swimming pools, at division-operated beaches, or at boat swimming
			 areas adjacent to division-operated beaches except as provided in paragraphs
			 (B) and (C) of this rule and except at pools operated by
			 concessionaires.
(B) A coast guard
			 approved wearable personal flotation device may be used as a safety aid to a
			 swimmer when said swimmer is being assisted by a responsible and experienced
			 swimmer and the device is being used in accordance with the labeling or users
			 manual, properly secured, is the proper size and is undamaged. Suitable
			 flotation devices may be used in conjunction with self-contained underwater
			 breathing apparatus (S.C.U.B.A.) by persons engaged in scuba diving or skin
			 diving when flotation devices are necessary to said activity. Float fishing
			 tubes are permitted when used in accordance with rule
			 1501:46-15-15 of the
			 Administrative Code. Children may use flotation devices in division wading
			 pools when the child is being supervised by an adult.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:46 - Division of Parks and Watercraft › Chapter 1501:46-7 - Hours of Operation and Recreational Activities › Section 1501:46-7-05 - Snorkel, S.C.U.B.A. diving, and submersible watercraft regulations

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Except for persons snorkeling at designated beaches,
				
								engaging in underwater diving while using a
				snorkel or while diving with self-contained underwater breathing apparatus
				(S.C.U.B.A.) without being fully equipped with a face mask, foot fins, buoyancy
				compensation vest, and snorkel is not permitted;
				nor 
								diving while alone; nor 
								diving or
				
								operating a submersible watercraft without first
				marking the diving area by displaying an official diving flag at the water's
				surface. 
								Only persons with a submersible pressure gauge and
				nationally recognized S.C.U.B.A. certification or persons under the
				direct supervision of a certified S.C.U.B.A. instructor may engage in underwater diving with S.C.U.B.A.
				equipment.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:46 - Division of Parks and Watercraft › Chapter 1501:46-7 - Hours of Operation and Recreational Activities › Section 1501:46-7-06 - Snorkel and S.C.U.B.A. diving prohibited: exceptions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No person shall skindive or scuba dive engage in skin diving while using a snorkel or while diving
				with self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (S.C.U.B.A.) in any
				waters administered by the division without the written permission of the chief
				of the division, except in the lakes hereinafter named.
Harrison lake
Pike lake
lake Logan
Burr Oak lake
Guilford lake
Findlay lake
Madison lake
Mt. Gilead lake
Stonelick lake
Forked Run lake
lake White
Wolf Run lake
Adams lake
Jefferson lake
Kiser lake
Punderson lake
lake Hope
Belmont lake (Barkcamp state park)
Cutler lake (Blue Rock state park)
Acton lake (Hueston Woods state park)
Caldwell lake and Stewart lake (Scioto Trail state
						  park)
Pine lake (Tar Hollow state park)
Turkey Creek lake (Shawnee state park)
Dow lake (Strouds Run state park)
Dillon lake (north of no wake buoys only)
Buck Creek lake (designated area - no wake zone)
Alum Creek lake (designated area - no wake zone)
Caesers Creek lake - (designated area - no wake
						  zone)
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:46 - Division of Parks and Watercraft › Chapter 1501:46-7 - Hours of Operation and Recreational Activities › Section 1501:46-7-07 - Snorkel and S.C.U.B.A. diving prohibited near dam sites

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No person shall engage in skin diving while using a snorkel or
				while diving with self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (S.C.U.B.A.)
				within one thousand feet of any dam or outlet structures at Burr Oak and Acton
				lake.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:46 - Division of Parks and Watercraft › Chapter 1501:46-7 - Hours of Operation and Recreational Activities › Section 1501:46-7-08 - Metal detectors

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
It is permitted to use a metal detector
				or other similar device for the purpose of locating or removing any metallic
				objects or any other objects of value on sand beach areas and mowed areas
				except mowed areas associated with a golf course, rental facility or
				campground; provided that any area disturbed by the activity shall immediately
				be returned to a condition as close to undisturbed as possible.
The use of a metal detector in any
				other area in or upon the lands or waters of the division is not permitted
				without first having obtained written permission from the area
				manager.
Replaces: 1501:46-7-08
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:46 - Division of Parks and Watercraft › Chapter 1501:46-7 - Hours of Operation and Recreational Activities › Section 1501:46-7-09 - Rappelling

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No person shall participate in rappelling in any area
				administered by the division except at designated areas and only after
				registering to so rappel, with the area manager or 
								the area
				manager's authorized representative.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:46 - Division of Parks and Watercraft › Chapter 1501:46-7 - Hours of Operation and Recreational Activities › Section 1501:46-7-10 - Rockclimbing

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No person shall engage in rockclimbing off designated trails in
				any area administered by the 
								division except at designated areas and only
				after registering to so rockclimb, with the area manager or
				
								the area
				manager's authorized representative.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:46 - Division of Parks and Watercraft › Chapter 1501:46-7 - Hours of Operation and Recreational Activities › Section 1501:46-7-12 - Entrance by permit only

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No person shall enter or be present upon the premises of the
				following state park areas for any reason without first having obtained a
				permit from the chief of the division:
Kennedy Ledges of Nelson Kennedy Ledges state park.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:46 - Division of Parks and Watercraft › Chapter 1501:46-7 - Hours of Operation and Recreational Activities › Section 1501:46-7-13 - Portable or temporary pools and splash pads

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
On any lands administered by the
				division, no person is permitted to import, assemble, or install any
				commercially produced novelty or privately engineered contrivance for use as a
				portable wading pool, whirlpool, hot tub, spa pool, splash pad, or other device
				fabricated to spray or sprinkle pressurized water as an amusement, unless
				exempted in writing by the area manager.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:46 - Division of Parks and Watercraft › Chapter 1501:46-7 - Hours of Operation and Recreational Activities › Section 1501:46-7-14 - Bounce houses and other inflatable amusements

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Without an exemption from this rule
				provided through a special activities permit under the provisions of rule
				1501:46-3-28 of the Administrative Code or authorized in writing by the area
				manager, no person is permitted to import, assemble, or install any inflatable
				structure commonly referred to as a "bounce house" or any other inflatable
				apparatus fabricated as a playhouse or amusement on any lands of the
				division.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:46 - Division of Parks and Watercraft › Chapter 1501:46-9 - Camping › Section 1501:46-9-01 - Camping permitted in designated areas

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No person shall camp in an area administered by the division
				except where designated areas have been set aside for the purpose of camping,
				and unless such person possesses a current and valid camping permit.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:46 - Division of Parks and Watercraft › Chapter 1501:46-9 - Camping › Section 1501:46-9-02 - Use of campground facilities; permit required

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No person shall walk into or drive any vehicle into or through
				any controlled camp area of the division for the purpose of utilizing ramps,
				beaches, or other camp facilities, except such persons who are holders of a
				valid camping permit or a visitor's pass; nor shall any person use any
				facilities in a campground that are specifically provided for the use of the
				holders of the appropriate camping permit or a visitor's pass.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:46 - Division of Parks and Watercraft › Chapter 1501:46-9 - Camping › Section 1501:46-9-03 - Camping administration

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Any person camping in any designated camp
			 area 
								is responsible for obtaining a valid
			 campsite registration and camping permit from the division. Any person
			 entering and camping on a campsite prior to six a.m. 
								is responsible
			 for remitting the fee listed in rule
			 1501:46-2-11 of the
			 Administrative Code for the preceding day in addition to
			 
								remitting fees for the date of entering and subsequent
			 days of stay.
(B)
								
								Camping permits are to be displayed
			 in a conspicuous location upon the tent or trailer or other location on the
			 site designated by the area manager and so posted in the camp check station
			 office, except when numbered site posts are provided, in which case, the permit
			 
								is to
			 be affixed to the site post.
(C) Except with the permission of the area
			 manager, only water supply lines with an approved anti-siphon valve may be
			 hooked up to any plumbing outlet in a campground.
(D) Occupancy for any campsite is limited to
			 not more than six persons. In the case of a family with several children, the
			 area manager may make exceptions to this limit.
(E) A campsite may contain no more than:
(1) Three tents; or
(2) One bus, travel trailer, horse trailer,
			 house vehicle, motor home, station wagon, motorcycle, car, truck, van, or
			 pickup camper, in combination with one or two tents.
Subject to space availability, two vehicles which includes a
				tow vehicle for a trailer are allowed per campsite, except that no more than
				three motorcycles may be parked on the site parking pad in lieu of other
				vehicles. In those campsites that can accommodate additional vehicles as
				determined by the area manager, additional vehicles may be parked at the site.
				The number of additional vehicles will be determined by the area manager and
				posted in accordance with rule
				1501:46-3-01 of the
				Administrative Code. This paragraph does not apply to a group camp site.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:46 - Division of Parks and Watercraft › Chapter 1501:46-9 - Camping › Section 1501:46-9-03.1 - Camping permits and rental periods, limitations

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The maximum period of time that any
				person is permitted to stay overnight in any designated campground or other
				rented overnight facility within a state park shall not exceed fourteen days in
				any thirty day time frame. Any attempt to circumvent the fourteen night
				limitation by means of changing the registered name of a group or individual,
				creating multiple user profiles, or otherwise altering reservation information
				is not permitted. If a reservation or series of reservations is determined to
				be out of compliance with the maximum length of stay prescribed in this rule,
				the occupant or occupants of the campsite or other overnight facility will be
				contacted and directed to determine which reservations will be canceled to
				achieve compliance with these provisions. Refunds will be applied to any
				advance reservations, as necessary, to bring the total nights within the
				allowable limit. Cancellation fees will be applied for any advance reservation
				canceled for this reason.
Persons who knowingly violate this rule
				may be restricted from obtaining future rentals and may have their online
				reservation account restricted or suspended.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:46 - Division of Parks and Watercraft › Chapter 1501:46-9 - Camping › Section 1501:46-9-04 - Duty to vacate and remove personal property on expiration of rental period

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) A person renting a campsite, getaway
			 rental, cottage, or overnight group facility shall remove all personal property
			 from the campsite, getaway rental, cottage, or overnight group facility prior
			 to a time as determined by the park manager and so posted at the park office on
			 the expiration date of the rental period. Persons failing to comply with this
			 rule may be charged the prevailing fee for that facility for one additional
			 night. Nothing contained herein shall nullify any penalty which may attach to a
			 violation of this rule.
It is unlawful for any person to fail
				to comply with any terms or conditions prescribed in any form of rental
				agreement or camping permit, whether set forth in rule, a written agreement,
				provided to the renter through the reservation system, or posted at the park in
				accordance with rule 1501:46-3-01 of the Administrative Code.
If, upon the expiration of a valid
				rental agreement or camping permit, any person fails to vacate a campsite,
				getaway rental, cottage, or other overnight facility or if any person or party
				fails to comply when instructed to leave state property by a peace officer,
				authorized division personnel, or department official, such person or persons
				will be considered to be trespassing and may be prosecuted under applicable
				provisions of the Revised Code.
(B) Personal property remaining on a
			 campsite, getaway rental, cottage, or overnight group facility after the
			 expiration of the rental period may be removed and stored by the division. The
			 owner may reclaim said property upon payment of a storage fee not to exceed one
			 dollar per day plus the actual cost incurred in the removal of such property.
			 At the end of fourteen days, said property shall be disposed of in accordance
			 with rule
			 1501:46-3-17
			 of the Administrative Code.
(C)
								Any person who fails to comply with the provisions of
			 this rule may be subject to fines, civil, or criminal penalties, may be
			 restricted from obtaining future rentals, may have their reservation account
			 restricted or suspended, and may be instructed to leave state property by a
			 peace officer, authorized division personnel, or department official. If a
			 person or party is instructed to leave state property under these provisions,
			 any fees paid for unused portions of a rental period and remaining reservations
			 will be forfeited.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:46 - Division of Parks and Watercraft › Chapter 1501:46-9 - Camping › Section 1501:46-9-05 - Juvenile use of overnight facilities restricted

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No person who is a juvenile shall camp in, or stay in a cabin
				or lodge facility in any area under the administration of the
				
								division except:
(A)
								
								When accompanying a parent or guardian;
			 or
(B)
								
								When juvenile
			 furnishes to the area manager the written consent of and full name and
			 residence of parent or guardian. The telephone number at which the parent or
			 guardian may be reached at all times shall be supplied for purposes of
			 emergency medical information. Such written consent shall contain the inclusive
			 dates and park location applicable; or
(C)
								
								When a juvenile is part of a youth group
			 occupying an area administered by the 
								division
			 overnight and which group is supervised by at least one adult for each ten
			 juveniles.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:46 - Division of Parks and Watercraft › Chapter 1501:46-9 - Camping › Section 1501:46-9-06 - Area noise

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								No person shall
			 cause, create, or contribute in any way to noise, including but not limited to,
			 playing a radio or other electronically amplified device, or a musical
			 instrument, or operating a motorized generator in any way that disturbs the
			 peace and quiet of other persons, in any manner in any area administered by the
			 division.
(B)
								No person shall, between the quiet hours of ten p.m.
			 and seven a.m., within a campground area, cabin area, lodge area, or other
			 division approved sleeping area, cause, create, or contribute in any way to
			 noise that disturbs the peace and quiet of other persons.
Approved special events, park, or
				concession sponsored activities may be exempt from paragraphs (A) and (B) of
				this rule.
Replaces: 1501:46-9-06
Effective: 5/25/2017
Five Year Review
				(FYR) Dates: 05/25/2022
Promulgated Under:
				119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 1546.04,
				1546.15
Rule
				Amplifies: 1546.04,
				1546.15
Prior
				Effective Dates: 6/14/75, 7/1/80,
				10/1/98
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:46 - Division of Parks and Watercraft › Chapter 1501:46-9 - Camping › Section 1501:46-9-07 - Trailer plumbing requirements

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No person 
								is permitted to operate or bring into any camping
				area, any vehicle used for camping, and having plumbing fixtures with provision
				for outside drainage, which does not include suitable, non-spilling holding
				tank which will not overflow and being connected with leak-proof couplings to a
				drain(s) that is controllable and will not allow any contents to be drained
				except into suitable park drainage facilities. 
								A vehicle used for
				camping may have drain(s) from the sink, wash basin, and shower to be
				drained into a suitable external holding device of a capacity of at least five
				gallons provided such device is not spilled, overflowed, or drained onto a
				campsite. Any waste water disposed of at a state park shall be disposed of in
				an approved and marked park facility.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:46 - Division of Parks and Watercraft › Chapter 1501:46-9 - Camping › Section 1501:46-9-08 - Subleasing of campsite, cabin, lodge room, prohibited

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No person shall sublease, transfer, or assign his campsite,
				cabin, or lodge room to another person.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:46 - Division of Parks and Watercraft › Chapter 1501:46-9 - Camping › Section 1501:46-9-09 - Use of backpack trails

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The following rules and regulations shall apply to all backpack
				trails located on lands administered by the division in addition to all other
				rules specified herein:
(A) All
			 campers must register with the area manager. In the event the area manager or
			 
								the area
			 manager's authorized agent cannot be located, self-registration is
			 required at the trailhead.
(B) All
			 litter and trash must be packed out.
(C) No person shall utilize any backpack
			 trail administered by the division when said trail is not designated as being
			 open for use.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:46 - Division of Parks and Watercraft › Chapter 1501:46-9 - Camping › Section 1501:46-9-10 - Camping area zones permitting pets

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
In accordance with rule
				1501:46-3-07 of the
				Administrative Code, domestic dogs and cats are only permitted in camping areas
				designated by the chief of the division as a camping area zone permitting pets
				and then only in accordance with this rule. Service Animals as defined by the
				Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (28 C.F.R. part 35, subpart A, section
				35.104) are not considered domestic pets for
				the purposes of this rule.
It is not permissible for the owner or
				other person responsible for a domestic dog or cat to do any of the
				following:
(A)
								
								Fail to clean up
			 and place in a rubbish receptacle any excrement left by their pet in the
			 camping area.
(B)
								
								Wash any domestic dog or cat at a water fountain,
			 water pump, lake, or pool.
(C)
								
								Allow or bring any domestic dog or cat into any
			 enclosed camping area structure or onto any camp beach.
(D)
								
								Bring a domestic dog or cat
			 into the camping area unless the owner, handler, or other person in charge of
			 the domestic dog or cat has proof of current rabies inoculation for the animal
			 and a collar or tag bearing owner's name and address is attached to the
			 animal.
(E)
								Leave a domestic dog or cat unattended.
A domestic dog or cat may be tethered
				with a securely anchored leash or lead line of appropriate length and weight on
				the owner's or handler's rented campsite. The tether and anchor restraint for
				the animal is to be situated and arranged in such a manner that it does not
				infringe on a neighboring campsite or interfere with or menace any persons on
				adjacent campsites, shower houses, restroom facilities, paths or other travel
				routes provided for public use.
The number of pets permitted at each
				camping site is limited to two.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:46 - Division of Parks and Watercraft › Chapter 1501:46-11 - Watercraft › Section 1501:46-11-20 - Watercraft prohibited at beach areas

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No person shall operate a watercraft, inflatable boat,
				sailboard or any other device capable of being used for navigation within or
				through any designated swimming beach area, or any area which has been buoyed
				off designating it as an area in which watercraft are prohibited.
Effective: 1/10/2019
Five Year Review
				(FYR) Dates: 10/24/2018 and
				01/10/2024
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 1546.04
Rule
				Amplifies: 1546.02,
				1546.04,
				1546.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 06/06/1986
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:46 - Division of Parks and Watercraft › Chapter 1501:46-12 - Docks › Section 1501:46-12-01 - Public use docks

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Owners or operators of watercraft shall not anchor, dock, or
				tie-up at any dock designated by the division to be a general use dock in such
				a manner as to hinder or obstruct navigation or adjacent waterways, or for a
				period of time in excess of one hour except that the time restriction
				
								does
				not apply when emergency or storm conditions exist to constitute a hazard to
				the safety of the person or property involved.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:46 - Division of Parks and Watercraft › Chapter 1501:46-12 - Docks › Section 1501:46-12-02 - Four-hour docking; dock permit

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No person shall anchor, moor, store, beach, tie-up, or leave
				unattended by any person upon any land or water area administered by the
				division for a period of time in excess of four hours within a twenty-four-hour
				period, any watercraft, except that the time restriction
				
								does
				not apply when emergency or storm conditions exist to constitute a hazard to
				the safety of the person or property involved, or by permission of the chief or
				the chief's authorized agent.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:46 - Division of Parks and Watercraft › Chapter 1501:46-12 - Docks › Section 1501:46-12-03 - Subleasing, transfer, assignment, or unauthorized use of dock prohibited

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
It shall be unlawful to
				sublease, transfer or assign 
								a dock permit or rights thereunder to any
				 person, other
				than the person to which the permit was issued. No licensed dock holder
				may
								 permit any other person or
				
								recreational vessel not owned or leased by
				
								the licensed
				dock holder to occupy or use 
								the assigned dock, tie-up, or storage space
				designated in the dock permit, except by written
				permission of the chief or 
								the chief's authorized agent. In addition to any
				penalty which may attach to a violation of this rule, such violation shall be
				cause for revocation of the offender's dock permit and all rights and
				privileges attached thereto.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:46 - Division of Parks and Watercraft › Chapter 1501:46-12 - Docks › Section 1501:46-12-04 - Permission required to use licensed dock; exceptions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) No person shall
			 anchor, moor, dock, or tie-up to any licensed dock or to any licensed tie-up
			 space unless that person has a license issued by the chief of the division or
			 his authorized agent to use said dock or space.
(B) No person shall loiter on or use in any
			 way not cited above any state dock without obtaining permission from the person
			 having control of such dock or tie-up space, except when an actual emergency
			 exists to prevent obtaining such permission.
Effective: 1/10/2019
Five Year Review
				(FYR) Dates: 10/24/2018 and
				01/10/2024
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 1546.04
Rule
				Amplifies: 1546.02,
				1546.04,
				1546.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 06/14/1975, 03/16/1981,
				03/18/1988