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Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:17 - Division of Natural Areas and Preserves › Chapter 1501:17-1 - Visitation › Section 1501:17-1-05 - Permission for public meetings and events

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) No person or persons shall conduct any
			 public meeting or event upon the lands or waters owned or administered by 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
			 meeting or event.
(B) A permit
			 shall not be granted if it is determined by the chief that the specified
			 meeting or event has a reasonable probability of having any of the following
			 effects:
(1) Interfers with normal area
			 usage, or
(2) Endangers the
			 environment, or
(3) Creates great
			 risk of physical harm to the public present in the area, or
(4) Violates the articles of dedication.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:17 - Division of Natural Areas and Preserves › Chapter 1501:17-3 - Preservation of Property › Section 1501:17-3-02 - Preservation of property; exceptions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No person 
								is permitted to collect, remove, injure, deface,
				destroy or otherwise disturb ice, soil, sand, gravel, rocks, fossils, minerals,
				plants, plant materials, animals or any other substance within any nature
				preserve or natural area under the supervision and control of the department or
				its designated custodian except as provided in this rule and in rule
				1501:17-3-04 of the
				Administrative Code. Collecting of materials for research purposes may be
				permitted upon written application to and approval by the chief of the
				division. A permit 
								will be valid 
								for not more than one year, but
				may be renewed at the discretion of the chief. The permit
				
								is to
				be displayed to any person upon request.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:17 - Division of Natural Areas and Preserves › Chapter 1501:17-3 - Preservation of Property › Section 1501:17-3-03 - Introduction of plants and animals and feeding of wildlife prohibited

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No person 
								is permitted to introduce or bring any plant or
				animal or their reproductive bodies into any nature preserve or natural area
				without written permission of the chief of the division or his appointed
				agent.
No person 
								is permitted to place or scatter salt, grain,
				feed or other substance capable of luring, enticing or attracting wild animals
				and birds on any nature preserve or natural area.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:17 - Division of Natural Areas and Preserves › Chapter 1501:17-3 - Preservation of Property › Section 1501:17-3-04 - Hunting and fishing prohibited, exceptions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Persons may hunt, pursue, trap, catch or attempt
				to hunt, pursue, trap or catch any wild animals or fish on
				
								such
				lands or in waters within a nature preserve or natural area under the
				supervision and control of the department or its designated custodian,
				
								only
				in designated areas, where provided for in the
				articles of dedication, deed, legal binding agreement or in designated
				management hunts conducted by the division, with written permission from the
				chief of the division, and provided such is done in accordance with the
				provision of the Revised Code and wildlife orders then in effect.
The chief, with concurrence of the chief of the division of
				wildlife and the approval of the director, may offer drawings for special
				management hunts. The fee for entering drawings for these special management
				hunting opportunities is five dollars. The chief may determine whether part or
				all of the drawing entry fees are refundable.
Any person who applies to enter a drawing for a
				special hunt will be excluded from such drawing
				until they exhibit a valid Ohio hunting license.
Effective:
				6/30/2023
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				11/27/2024
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 1517.02
Rule
				Amplifies: 1517.02, 1517.021
Prior Effective Dates: 07/11/1977,
				07/25/1995, 06/27/1996, 10/01/2007, 09/20/2010,
				12/15/2014
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:17 - Division of Natural Areas and Preserves › Chapter 1501:17-3 - Preservation of Property › Section 1501:17-3-05 - Firearms and fireworks prohibited; exceptions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) No person unless authorized by law
			 
								is permitted
			 to possess or use firearms of any description, air pistol or rifle,
			 slingshot, paint-ball gun or missile-throwing device within any nature preserve
			 or natural area.
(B) No person
			 
								is permitted
			 to possess or use fireworks or any type of explosive as defined by the
			 Ohio Revised Code on any nature preserve or natural area.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:17 - Division of Natural Areas and Preserves › Chapter 1501:17-5 - Safety and Sanitation › Section 1501:17-5-01 - Disposition of refuse

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) No person shall regardless of intent
			 import, dump or deposit rubbish, garbage, refuse, debris of any kind, offal or
			 carcass of an animal, within any nature preserve
								or natural area
			 .
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				11/06/2015 and
				11/06/2020
Promulgated
				Under:
				 119.03
Statutory Authority:
				 1517.02
Rule Amplifies:
				 1517.021
Prior Effective Dates: 7/11/77, 7/25/95, 6/25/00, 10/1/07,
				9/20/10
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:17 - Division of Natural Areas and Preserves › Chapter 1501:17-5 - Safety and Sanitation › Section 1501:17-5-02 - Kindling a fire prohibited

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) No person shall kindle or use a fire in
			 any nature preserve or
			 natural area.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				11/06/2015 and
				11/06/2020
Promulgated
				Under:
				 119.03
Statutory Authority:
				 1517.02
Rule Amplifies:
				 1517.021
Prior Effective Dates: 7/11/77, 7/25/95, 10/1/07,
				9/20/10
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:17 - Division of Natural Areas and Preserves › Chapter 1501:17-5 - Safety and Sanitation › Section 1501:17-5-04 - Animals prohibited: exceptions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) No person shall bring any animal or pet
			 into any nature preserve or natural area.
(B) Exceptions:
A service animal as defined by the Americans with
				Disabilities Act of 1990 (  28 C.F.R. part 35, subpart A, §  35.104  )
				used by blind, deaf, mobility or emotionally impaired persons; hunting dogs
				during lawful hunts on posted area; domestic cats and dogs within the
				designated parking lots of nature preserves or natural areas; and within
				Blackhand gorge state nature preserve limited to the paved trail designated as
				the Blackhand trail (a dedicated state recreational trail).
(C) Any person who is the owner or handler of
			 any pet, except hunting dogs engaged in legal hunting, shall keep said pet on a
			 leash, not to exceed six feet in length from hand to pet, in hand and under
			 control while such pet is within an area where pets are permitted. If the
			 disposition of any pet excites fear or audibly disturbs the quiet enjoyment of
			 other persons, the owner or handler may be directed to
			 remove the pet.
(D) When a pet
			 defecates within a nature preserve or natural area the owner or handler shall
			 collect the pet excrement and remove it from the area.
Effective:
				9/3/2018
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				6/19/2018 and
				09/03/2023
Promulgated
				Under:
				 119.03
Statutory Authority:
				 1517.02
Rule Amplifies:
				 1517.021
Prior Effective Dates: 07/11/1977, 07/25/1995, 10/01/2007,
				09/20/2010
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:17 - Division of Natural Areas and Preserves › Chapter 1501:17-5 - Safety and Sanitation › Section 1501:17-5-05 - Signs, posters prohibited

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No person shall erect or post any placard, sign, notice,
				poster, or billboard within any nature preserve or natural area without written permission of the
				chief of the division or his appointed agent.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				11/06/2015 and
				11/06/2020
Promulgated
				Under:
				 119.03
Statutory Authority:
				 1517.02
Rule Amplifies:
				 1517.021
Prior Effective Dates: 7/11/77, 7/25/95,
				9/20/10
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:17 - Division of Natural Areas and Preserves › Chapter 1501:17-5 - Safety and Sanitation › Section 1501:17-5-06 - Commercial activity 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 owned or administered by the division.
No person shall, rent, sell, solicit or offer for sale, have in
				his possession with the intent to rent or sell, or expose for rent or sale any
				item or service in any nature preserve or natural area under the supervision and control of the
				department or its designated custodian except by written permission of the
				chief of the division.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				6/19/2018 and
				06/19/2023
Promulgated
				Under:  119.03
Statutory
				Authority:  1517.02
Rule
				Amplifies:  1517.02
Prior
				Effective Dates: 7/11/77, 7/25/95, 6/25/00,
				9/20/10
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:17 - Division of Natural Areas and Preserves › Chapter 1501:17-5 - Safety and Sanitation › Section 1501:17-5-07 - Grazing prohibited

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No person shall herd, graze, drive or permit to run at large
				within any nature preserve or natural area, any animal including but not limited to cattle,
				horse, mule, donkey, goat, swine, sheep, or fowl except as provided in rule 1501:17-5-04 of  the Administrative Code.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				11/06/2015 and
				11/06/2020
Promulgated
				Under:
				 119.03
Statutory Authority:
				 1517.02
Rule Amplifies:
				 1517.02
Prior Effective Dates: 7/11/77, 7/25/95,
				9/20/10
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:17 - Division of Natural Areas and Preserves › Chapter 1501:17-5 - Safety and Sanitation › Section 1501:17-5-08 - Obstruction of access prohibited

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No person shall obstruct or impede pedestrian or vehicular
				access to, from, or within a nature preserve or natural area.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				11/06/2015 and
				11/06/2020
Promulgated
				Under:
				 119.03
Statutory Authority:
				 1517.02
Rule Amplifies:
				 1517.02
Prior Effective Dates: 7/11/77, 7/25/95,
				9/20/10
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:17 - Division of Natural Areas and Preserves › Chapter 1501:17-5 - Safety and Sanitation › Section 1501:17-5-09 - Swimming and wading prohibited

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No person shall swim or wade in any pond, lake, stream, or any
				other body of water within the confines of any nature preserve or natural area, or swim or
				dive to enter other public waters from any nature preserve or natural area.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				11/06/2015 and
				11/06/2020
Promulgated
				Under:
				 119.03
Statutory Authority:
				 1517.02
Rule Amplifies:
				 1517.02
Prior Effective Dates: 7/11/77, 7/25/95,
				9/20/10
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:17 - Division of Natural Areas and Preserves › Chapter 1501:17-5 - Safety and Sanitation › Section 1501:17-5-10 - Boating prohibited; exceptions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No person shall embark or disembark from any watercraft within
				the confines of any nature preserve or natural area, except in areas provided for such use. Boating
				is permitted on any navigable stream provided that entrance to the stream is
				made upstream or downstream from the nature preserve or natural area. Boating
				shall be prohibited on any lake, pond or other body of water whose entirety is
				within the confines of any nature preserve or natural area, unless written
				permission is obtained from the chief of the division or his appointed agent or
				is otherwise permitted in the articles of dedication.
No person shall operate a vessel at greater than idle speed or
				create a wake on the Licking River within the confines of Blackhand gorge state
				nature preserve from the Toboso road bridge (county road 273) upstream to the
				confluence of Brushy Fork creek and the Licking river.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				11/06/2015 and
				11/06/2020
Promulgated
				Under:
				 119.03
Statutory Authority:
				 1517.02
Rule Amplifies:
				 1517.021
Prior Effective Dates: 7/11/77, 7/25/95, 10/1/07,
				9/20/10
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:17 - Division of Natural Areas and Preserves › Chapter 1501:17-5 - Safety and Sanitation › Section 1501:17-5-11 - Climbing and rappelling prohibited

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No person shall engage in any rappelling or climbing activity
				either with or without specialized gear for such activity within the confines
				of any nature preserve
				or natural area.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				11/06/2015 and
				11/06/2020
Promulgated
				Under:
				 119.03
Statutory Authority:
				 1517.02
Rule Amplifies:
				 1517.021
Prior Effective Dates: 7/11/77, 7/25/95, 10/1/07,
				9/20/10
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:17 - Division of Natural Areas and Preserves › Chapter 1501:17-5 - Safety and Sanitation › Section 1501:17-5-12 - Throwing objects over cliffs 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, bridge, observation tower or other similar
				structure or natural formation within the confines of any nature
				preserve or natural
				area.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				11/06/2015 and
				11/06/2020
Promulgated
				Under:
				 119.03
Statutory Authority:
				 1517.02
Rule Amplifies:
				 1517.02
Prior Effective Dates: 7/11/77, 7/25/95,
				9/20/10
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:17 - Division of Natural Areas and Preserves › Chapter 1501:17-7 - Picnicking and Camping › Section 1501:17-7-01 - Picnicking permitted; exceptions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No person shall picnic on any lands or waters within any nature
				preserve or natural area
				except in the immediate parking area.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				11/06/2015 and
				11/06/2020
Promulgated
				Under:
				 119.03
Statutory Authority:
				 1517.02
Rule Amplifies:
				 1517.021
Prior Effective Dates: 7/11/77, 7/25/95, 10/1/07,
				9/20/10
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:17 - Division of Natural Areas and Preserves › Chapter 1501:17-7 - Picnicking and Camping › Section 1501:17-7-02 - Camping prohibited; exceptions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No person shall camp or stay overnight within any nature
				preserve or natural
				area.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				11/06/2015 and
				11/06/2020
Promulgated
				Under:
				 119.03
Statutory Authority:
				 1517.02
Rule Amplifies:
				 1517.021
Prior Effective Dates: 7/11/77, 7/25/95, 10/1/07,
				9/20/10
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:17 - Division of Natural Areas and Preserves › Chapter 1501:17-9 - Motor Vehicles and Horses › Section 1501:17-9-01 - Vehicle speed limits

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No person shall operate any vehicle on the roads within any
				nature preserve or
				natural area in excess of twenty miles per hour, except when otherwise posted
				with traffic signs by the department.
It shall be unlawful for any person to commit any act by use or
				operation of any vehicle on any nature preserve or natural area which if act committed on a public
				highway or street in the state of Ohio would be prohibited and unlawful.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				11/06/2015 and
				11/06/2020
Promulgated
				Under:
				 119.03
Statutory Authority:
				 1517.02
Rule Amplifies:
				 1517.021
Prior Effective Dates: 7/11/77, 7/25/95, 10/1/07,
				9/20/10
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:17 - Division of Natural Areas and Preserves › Chapter 1501:17-9 - Motor Vehicles and Horses › Section 1501:17-9-02 - Vehicles, bicycles required to stay on roads; vehicles prohibited

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No person shall operate a vehicle or bicycle within any nature
				preserveor natural area
				except over and upon roads, streets, driveways or parking lots which are
				designated or posted for such purposes. No person shall drive around any
				barrier or gate which is across a road or trail nor shall they operate a motor
				vehicle or bicycle upon such barricaded or closed facility.
The following vehicles will be prohibited from use in any
				nature preserve or
				natural area: in line skates, street luges, roller skates and skateboards.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				11/06/2015 and
				11/06/2020
Promulgated
				Under:
				 119.03
Statutory Authority:
				 1517.02
Rule Amplifies:
				 1517.021
Prior Effective Dates: 7/11/77, 7/25/95, 6/25/00, 10/1/07,
				9/20/10
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:17 - Division of Natural Areas and Preserves › Chapter 1501:17-9 - Motor Vehicles and Horses › Section 1501:17-9-03 - Saddle animals, use limitations

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) No person shall ride, drive, lead, or
			 keep a saddle horse or other animal used for locomotion in any nature
			 preserve or natural area
			 except on roads, streets, and driveways provided for motor vehicles.
(B) No horse or other animal shall be hitched
			 to any tree, shrub, or structure in any manner. Exception will be if approved
			 hitching post is provided in parking area.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				11/06/2015 and
				11/06/2020
Promulgated
				Under:
				 119.03
Statutory Authority:
				 1517.02
Rule Amplifies:
				 1517.021
Prior Effective Dates: 7/11/77, 7/25/95, 10/1/07,
				9/20/10
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:17 - Division of Natural Areas and Preserves › Chapter 1501:17-9 - Motor Vehicles and Horses › Section 1501:17-9-05 - Parking permitted; restrictions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No person shall park any vehicle on any nature preserve or natural area except within
				areas designated for such use by the department or its appointed agent from one
				half hour before sunrise to one half hour after sunset unless otherwise posted.
A summons in appropriate form may be attached by a law
				enforcement officer to an unattended vehicle found in violation of this rule in
				lieu of arrest of the operator of said vehicle. If at the time the violation is
				discovered and the identity of the operator is not otherwise apparent, the
				person in whose name said vehicle is registered shall be held prima facie
				responsible for said violation.
Whenever a law enforcement officer finds any vehicle stopped,
				parked or standing in an area prohibited by this rule or unattended upon or
				within the right of way of any road or where said vehicle clearly obstructs
				pedestrian or vehicular traffic or may be hazardous to property or people, said
				officer may arrange for the removal of said vehicle. Costs and risks of said
				removal shall be borne by the operator/owner of said vehicle.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				11/06/2015 and
				11/06/2020
Promulgated
				Under:
				 119.03
Statutory Authority:
				 1517.02
Rule Amplifies:
				 1517.021
Prior Effective Dates: 7/11/77, 7/25/95, 6/25/00, 10/1/07,
				9/20/10
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:17 - Division of Natural Areas and Preserves › Chapter 1501:17-11 - Prohibitions Generally › Section 1501:17-11-01 - Disorderly conduct prohibited

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No person shall indulge in any noisy, boisterous, disorderly or
				indecent conduct; play games of chance, drink alcoholic beverages, or be
				intoxicated, or do any indecent, lascivious, lewd or improper acts within any
				state nature preserve or
				natural area.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				11/06/2015 and
				11/06/2020
Promulgated
				Under:
				 119.03
Statutory Authority:
				 1517.02
Rule Amplifies:
				 1517.021
Prior Effective Dates: 7/11/77, 7/25/95, 6/27/96, 10/1/07,
				9/20/10
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:17 - Division of Natural Areas and Preserves › Chapter 1501:17-11 - Prohibitions Generally › Section 1501:17-11-03 - Aviation

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Except with written permission from the
				chief of the division or the chief's authorized agent, which must requested not
				less than thirty days in advance:
(A)
								It is unlawful
			 for any person to voluntarily bring, land or alight, operate, take off, or
			 ascend within or from the lands or waters administered by the division in any
			 airplane, flying machine, balloon, glider, parachute, or other aerial
			 apparatus.
(B)
								It is unlawful for any person to launch, land, alight,
			 or otherwise operate, any unmanned aerial craft, including but not limited to
			 any drone, model aircraft, unmanned aircraft system, or other flying machine
			 capable of achieving flight without carrying a human pilot or operator while in
			 flight in the airspace over or within the boundaries of any state nature
			 preserve or natural area.
(C)
								It is unlawful to utilize or allow the utilization of
			 any unmanned aerial craft for the purpose of photographing, filming, or
			 otherwise recording public activities, historical or cultural features, natural
			 formations, division owned or operated facilities, or any other aspects of the
			 lands and waters under the management authority of the division.
Utilizing or allowing the utilization
				of any unmanned aerial craft for the purpose of harassing persons or wildlife
				within the boundaries of any lands or waters of the division is strictly
				forbidden.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:17 - Division of Natural Areas and Preserves › Chapter 1501:17-11 - Prohibitions Generally › Section 1501:17-11-04 - Alcoholic beverages prohibited

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No person shall bring into, possess, carry, serve, or drink
				alcoholic beverages within any nature preserve or natural area.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				11/06/2015 and
				11/06/2020
Promulgated
				Under:
				 119.03
Statutory Authority:
				 1517.02
Rule Amplifies:
				 1517.021
Prior Effective Dates: 7/11/77, 7/25/95, 10/1/07,
				9/20/10
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:17 - Division of Natural Areas and Preserves › Chapter 1501:17-11 - Prohibitions Generally › Section 1501:17-11-05 - Special orders posted

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The division shall post in a conspicuous location within the
				access areas of any state nature preserve or natural area, special instructions, orders, and notices
				pertaining to the use of the area by the public. Such instructions, orders or
				notices shall pertain but are not limited to: Special hours of operation,
				emergency situations or other situations not otherwise covered in the rules.
				Declaration of posting shall originate with the chief of the division.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				11/06/2015 and
				11/06/2020
Promulgated
				Under:
				 119.03
Statutory Authority:
				 1517.02
Rule Amplifies:
				 1517.02
Prior Effective Dates: 7/11/77, 7/25/95 ,
				9/20/10
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:17 - Division of Natural Areas and Preserves › Chapter 1501:17-11 - Prohibitions Generally › Section 1501:17-11-06 - Temporary closing of facilities

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) No person shall enter upon the confines
			 of any state nature preserveor natural area or facility that has been temporarily closed or
			 evacuated by the chief of the division or his appointed agent if it has been
			 determined to be hazardous for public use due to weather, water, fire,
			 construction or other situation involving public health, safety or welfare.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				11/06/2015 and
				11/06/2020
Promulgated
				Under:
				 119.03
Statutory Authority:
				 1517.02
Rule Amplifies:
				 1517.021
Prior Effective Dates: 7/11/77, 7/25/95, 10/1/07,
				9/20/10
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:17 - Division of Natural Areas and Preserves › Chapter 1501:17-13 - Notice of Hearings › Section 1501:17-13-01 - Notice of public hearings on rules

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Public notice of hearing to be conducted by the department of
				natural resources for nature preserves, scenic river lands or natural areas
				shall be advertised in the register of
				Ohio at least thirty days, but not more than 
								fortydays,
				prior to the hearing. In addition to public notice
				given in the register of Ohio, the division may give whatever other notice it
				reasonably considers necessary to insure notice constructively is given to all
				persons who are subject to or affected by the proposed rule, amendment or
				rescission. The notice shall 
								include: a statement of the
				division's intention to consider adopting, amending,
				or rescinding a rule
								; a synopsis of the proposed rule, amendment, or
				rule to be rescinded or a general statement of the subject matter to which the proposed rule, amenedment, or
				rescission relates; a statement of the reason or purpose for adopting,
				amending or rescinding the rule; and the date, time, and place of a
				hearing on said proposed action. The notice shall also state the place from
				which copies of the proposed rule, amendment, or rule to be rescinded may be
				obtained.
Effective:
				12/15/2014
Five Year
				Review (FYR) Dates: 09/29/2014 and
				12/15/2019
Promulgated
				Under:
				 119.03
Statutory Authority:
				 1517.02
Rule Amplifies:
				 1517.02
Prior Effective Dates: 7/11/77,
				7/25/95
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:18 - Division of Endangered Species › Chapter 1501:18-1 - Endangered Species of Native Ohio Wild Plants › Section 1501:18-1-01 - Definitions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
As used in rules 1501:18-1-01 to
				1501:18-2-05 of the
				Administrative Code:
(A) "Commercial
			 purposes" means with intent to sell or trade for gain or profit.
(B) "Commercially grown" means grown under
			 cultivation in tilled plots or in a greenhouse.
(C) "Division" means the Ohio department of
			 natural resources, division of natural areas and preserves.
(D) "Endangered species" means a native Ohio
			 plant species whose natural population(s) are in immediate danger of
			 extirpation from Ohio, and/or any federal endangered plant species in Ohio.
(E) "Chief" means chief of the
			 division of natural areas and preserves.
(F) "Federal endangered species" means all
			 species native to this state which are listed as endangered on the United
			 States list of endangered and threatened wildlife and plants pursuant to the
			 Endangered Species Act of 1973, 87 Stat. 884,
			 16
			 U.S.C. 1531, as amended.
(G) "Federal threatened species" means all
			 species native to this state which are listed as threatened on the United
			 States list of endangered and threatened wildlife and plants pursuant to the
			 Endangered Species Act of 1973, 87 Stat. 884,
			 16
			 U.S.C. 1531, as amended.
(H) "Native habitat" means the environment in
			 which a species could exist as a natural population.
(I) "Native species" means a species which,
			 by accepted scientific evidence, was present in Ohio immediately prior to
			 European exploration and settlement.
(J) "Natural population" means one or more
			 plants of a single species which, by lack of contrary evidence, were apparently
			 established in a given area through dispersal by natural means, excluding
			 dispersal by humans, human transportation systems, or planting by humans.
(K) "Occurrences" means sites or
			 locations recorded in the natural heritage program data base which are no more
			 than 20 years old.
(L) "Person"
			 means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, or
			 any combination of individuals, or any employee, agent, or officer thereof.
(M) "Plant" means any member of
			 the plant kingdom, including but not limited to: roots; stems, including bulbs,
			 corms, tubers, rhizomes, stolons, and other stem forms; leaves; flowers;
			 fruits; cones; seeds; spores; and gametophytes.
(N) "Species" means a species, subspecies or
			 variety.
(O) "Threatened species"
			 means a native Ohio plant species likely to become an endangered species in
			 Ohio within the foreseeable future, and/or any federal threatened plant species
			 in Ohio not on the state endangered species list.
(P) "Wild plant" means an individual member
			 of a natural plant population.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				6/19/2018 and
				06/19/2023
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 1518.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 1518.01,
				1518.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 7-14-80, 3-29-82, 9-24-90
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:18 - Division of Endangered Species › Chapter 1501:18-1 - Endangered Species of Native Ohio Wild Plants › Section 1501:18-1-02 - Designation criteria

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The following criteria shall be used for identifying and
				designating species of plants native to Ohio which are in danger of extirpation
				or which are threatened with becoming endangered.
(A) Endangered species. A native Ohio plant
			 species may be designated endangered if, based on its known status in Ohio, one
			 or more of the following criteria applies:
(1) The species is a federal endangered
			 species extant in Ohio.
(2) The
			 natural populations of the species in Ohio are limited to three or fewer
			 occurrences.
(3) The distribution
			 of the natural populations of the species in Ohio is limited to a geographic
			 area delineated by three or fewer United States geological survey 7.5 minute
			 quadrangle maps.
(4) The total
			 number of plants in all the natural populations of the species in Ohio is
			 limited to one hundred or fewer individual, physically unconnected plants.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:18 - Division of Endangered Species › Chapter 1501:18-1 - Endangered Species of Native Ohio Wild Plants › Section 1501:18-1-04 - Notice of public hearings on rules

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Public notice of hearing to be conducted by the department of
				natural resources for plants that are in danger of extirpation or are
				threatened with becoming endangered 
								will be advertised in the register of Ohio at
				least thirty days, but not more than forty days, prior to the hearing. In
				addition to public notice given in the register of Ohio, the department may
				give whatever other notice it reasonably considers necessary to ensure notice
				constructively is given to all persons who are subject to or affected by the
				proposed rule, amendment or rescission. The notice 
								will include: a
				statement of the department's intention to consider adopting, amending, or
				rescinding a rule; a synopsis of the proposed rule, amendment, or rule to be
				rescinded or a general statement of the subject matter to which the proposed
				rule, amendment, or rescission relates; a statement of the reason or purpose
				for adopting, amending or rescinding the rule; and the date, time, and place of
				a hearing on said proposed action. The notice 
								will also state
				the place from which copies of the proposed rule, amendment, or rule to be
				rescinded may be obtained.
Effective:
				6/30/2023
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				11/27/2024
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 1518.01
Rule
				Amplifies: 1518.01, 1518.03
Prior Effective Dates:
				12/15/2014
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:18 - Division of Endangered Species › Chapter 1501:18-2 - Collecting Endangered Native Ohio Wild Plants › Section 1501:18-2-01 - Commercial taking of plants

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
It 
								is unlawful for any person to take native species
				of wild plants or parts thereof that are listed as endangered or threatened by
				rule 1501:18-1-03 of  the Administrative Code, for commercial purposes from any woodlot, field, or forest, or from any other location in which such plant is found growing in its native habitat.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:18 - Division of Endangered Species › Chapter 1501:18-2 - Collecting Endangered Native Ohio Wild Plants › Section 1501:18-2-02 - Collecting endangered and threatened plants

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
It shall be unlawful for any person to take, possess or
				transport for botanical, educational and scientific purposes, or for
				propagation in captivity to preserve the species, any native Ohio species of
				wild plants or parts thereof, that are listed as endangered or threatened by
				rule
				1501:18-1-03
				of the Administrative Code without first obtaining a permit from the chief of
				the division. Nothing in this rule shall prohibit the taking or possession of
				species listed on the"United States List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
				and Plants" for botanical, educational, or scientific purposes, or for
				propagation in captivity to preserve the species, under a permit or license
				from the United States or any instrumentality thereof.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				11/06/2015 and
				11/06/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 1518.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 1518.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 7-14-80; 7-18-86
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:18 - Division of Endangered Species › Chapter 1501:18-2 - Collecting Endangered Native Ohio Wild Plants › Section 1501:18-2-03 - Collecting permits

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) All persons requesting a permit for the
			 taking, transporting or possession of any native species of wild plants listed
			 as endangered or threatened with statewide extirpation for botanical,
			 educational, or scientific purposes, or for propagation in captivity to
			 preserve the species, shall at the time of application for such permit provide
			 the following information in writing to the chief:
(1) A program or project description with a
			 clear statement of study or program objectives.
(2) Justification of the study or program.
(3) Project location where most of
			 the work will be conducted and/or where plants will be deposited.
(4) Duration of study or program.
(5) Species and number of plants to be
			 collected and site(s) from which plants are to be collected.
(6) Assurance that a final or annual report
			 will be filed with the division, prior to the first day of February of each
			 year following the calendar year during which plants were collected, containing
			 a clear statement of the final disposition of each individual plant collected.
			 A copy of any published papers resulting from the study of these plants shall
			 also be filed with the division as soon as it is available.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:18 - Division of Endangered Species › Chapter 1501:18-2 - Collecting Endangered Native Ohio Wild Plants › Section 1501:18-2-04 - Legally obtained plants

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Any nurseryman, dealer, or individual who has legally obtained
				any native species of wild plants listed as endangered or threatened in rule
				1501:18-1-03
				of the Administrative Code from another state or commercial propagator shall
				provide proof upon demand that said plants were legally acquired.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				6/19/2018 and
				06/19/2023
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 1518.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 1518.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 7-14-80, 7-18-86
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:18 - Division of Endangered Species › Chapter 1501:18-2 - Collecting Endangered Native Ohio Wild Plants › Section 1501:18-2-05 - Exceptions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Nothing herein 
								is to be interpreted in such a manner as to
				prevent any nurseryman or dealer who is licensed under Chapter 927. of the
				Revised Code from selling, offering for sale, shipping, or otherwise disposing
				of any endangered or threatened species of plants or parts thereof when such
				plants have been commercially grown by a licensed nursery or legally imported
				into this state. Furthermore, nothing herein 
								restricts a person from
				willfully rooting up, injuring, destroying, removing, taking, or possessing an
				endangered or threatened plant from his property or from the property of
				another when said person has written permission of the owner, lessee, or other
				person entitled to possession.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:20 - Division of Recreational Vehicles › Chapter 1501:20-1 - General Provisions › Section 1501:20-1-01 - Notice of public hearing to adopt, amend, or rescind rules

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Public notice of a hearing on actions
				relating to the adoption, amendment, or rescission of rules proposed by the
				department of natural resources will be advertised in the register of Ohio at
				least thirty days, but not more than forty days, prior to the hearing. In
				addition to public notice given in the register of Ohio, the department may
				give whatever other notice it reasonably considers necessary to ensure notice
				is easily available to all persons who are subject to or affected by the
				proposed rule, amendment or rescission. The notice will include: a statement of
				the department's intention to consider adopting, amending, or rescinding a
				rule; a synopsis of the proposed rule, amendment, or rule to be rescinded, or a
				general statement of the subject matter to which the proposed rule, amendment,
				or rescission relates; a statement of the reason or purpose for adopting,
				amending, or rescinding the rule; and the date, time, and place of a hearing on
				said proposed action. The notice will also state the place from which copies of
				the proposed rule, amendment, or rule to be rescinded may be
				obtained.
Replaces: 1501:20-1-01
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:20 - Division of Recreational Vehicles › Chapter 1501:20-1 - General Provisions › Section 1501:20-1-03 - Definitions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The following definitions apply to terms used in this
				chapter:
(A) "Department" means the
			 state of Ohio, department of natural resources.
(B) "Person" means any individual, firm,
			 partnership, corporation, company, association, or any combination of
			 individuals and includes any agent, trustee, executor, receiver, assignee, or
			 any other representative thereof.
(C) "Snowmobile" as used in these rules and
			 regulations has the same meaning as set forth in section
			 4519.01 of the Revised Code
			 .
(D) "All Purpose Vehicle" as used
			 in this chapter has the same meaning as set forth in section
			 4519.01 of the Revised Code of
			 Ohio.
(E) "Operator" means any
			 person who operates or is in actual physical control of a snowmobile or
			 all-purpose vehicle.
(F) "Operate"
			 means the act of driving or being or attempting to be in the actual physical
			 control of a snowmobile or all-purpose vehicle.
(G) "Special Area" means any area, other than
			 roads, or trails, whereon snowmobiles or all- purpose vehicles may be operated
			 pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 4519. of the Revised Code and the rules
			 and regulations adopted thereunder.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:20 - Division of Recreational Vehicles › Chapter 1501:20-1 - General Provisions › Section 1501:20-1-05 - General provisions, posted orders

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
All of the following apply to any
				person who operates or permits the operation of a snowmobile or all purpose
				vehicle upon or over any lands or waters controlled by the state of
				Ohio:
(A)
								Snowmobiles and all purpose vehicles are only permitted
			 to operate within designated areas, upon the frozen surface of designated
			 waters, or upon roads or trails where such use has been authorized. Signs
			 posted for public notice will be supplied and installed indicating such
			 designated areas, waters, roads, and trails. Designated areas, waters, roads,
			 or trails may be limited to permit only snowmobile use, only all purpose
			 vehicle use, or may be designated for both.
(B)
								Snowmobiles and
			 all purpose vehicles are not permitted to operate between the hours of eleven
			 p.m. and six a.m.
(C)
								Snowmobiles may only operate on designated areas,
			 roads, or trails when the subsurface soil of the area, road, or trail has been
			 determined by the department to be solidly frozen and completely covered with
			 snow or ice. Signs will be posted by area custodial personnel indicating these
			 areas, roads, or trails as "open" or "closed" in accordance with the
			 determination by the department. Snowmobile operation is not permitted in
			 violation of the posted "open" or "closed" status.
(D)
								Operating on
			 frozen waters:
The recommended minimum ice thickness
				to support the operation of a snowmobile or all purpose vehicle is five inches.
				No guarantee of safety is imparted to any person who voluntarily assumes a
				known and obvious risk inherent to such vehicle operation. The responsibility
				of assessing ice thickness and safety is to be determined by the
				operator.
(E)
								It is unlawful to:
(1)
									Deface, knock
			 down, or remove any sign, posting, kiosk, display, or other informational
			 feature installed for the purpose of informing users of area status, condition,
			 restrictions, or orders.
(2)
									Remove or render inoperable any barrier across a road,
			 trail, or area access point that has been installed or erected by the
			 department or authorized agent.
(3)
									Operate a
			 snowmobile or all purpose vehicle in such a manner as to willfully damage or
			 destroy area facilities, road or trail components, living vegetation, or
			 natural features.
In addition to the provisions herein,
				all snowmobiles and all purpose vehicles are to comply with the provisions of
				Chapter 4519. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:21 - Division of Soil and Water Resources - Dam Safety › Chapter 1501:21-1 - General Provisions › Section 1501:21-1-01 - Notice of public hearing to adopt, amend, or rescind rules

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Public notice of hearings to be conducted
			 by the division of water resources, department of natural resources,
			 will be
			 advertised in the register of Ohio. In addition to public notice given in the
			 register of Ohio, the division may give whatever other notice it reasonably
			 considers necessary to ensure notice constructively is given to all persons who
			 are subject to or affected by the proposed rule, amendment or
			 rescission.
(B) Said notice
			 will be
			 given at least thirty days, but not more than sixty days, prior to the hearing
			 and include all of the following: a statement of the division's intention to
			 consider adopting, amending, or rescinding a rule; a synopsis or full text of
			 the proposed rule, amendment, or rule to be rescinded or a general statement of
			 the subject matter to which such proposed rule relates; the date, time, and
			 place of the hearing on the proposed action; and the place from which copies of
			 the proposed rule, amendment, or rule to be rescinded may be
			 obtained.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:21 - Division of Soil and Water Resources - Dam Safety › Chapter 1501:21-1 - General Provisions › Section 1501:21-1-02 - Authority for rules

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Division 1501:21 of the Administrative Code prescribed by the
				chief of the division of  water
				resources of the department of natural resources, state of Ohio, in accordance
				with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code and the authority vested in the chief by
				Chapter 1521. of the Revised Code to issue permits for construction of dams and
				levees, to make periodic inspections of existing dams and levees, to collect
				annual fees for dams, and to exempt certain dams and levees from the provisions
				of sections 1521.06 and
				1521.062 of the Revised
				Code.
Effective: 5/24/2018
Five Year Review
				(FYR) Dates: 3/7/2018 and
				05/24/2023
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 1521.06
Rule
				Amplifies: 1521.06,
				1521.061,
				1521.062,
				1521.063,
				1521.064
Prior
				Effective Dates: 04/15/1972, 10/15/1981, 12/09/1999, 01/16/2005,
				05/23/2010
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:21 - Division of Soil and Water Resources - Dam Safety › Chapter 1501:21-1 - General Provisions › Section 1501:21-1-03 - Applicability of the construction permit requirements for dams and levees

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
In accordance with the provisions of sections
				1521.06 and
				1521.061 of the Revised Code and
				the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto, a construction permit
				
								is
				required for the construction of a dam or levee unless the structure is
				specifically exempted  by section
				1521.06 of the Revised Code or
				by rule
				1501:21-19-01 of the
				Administrative Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:21 - Division of Soil and Water Resources - Dam Safety › Chapter 1501:21-1 - General Provisions › Section 1501:21-1-04 - Severability

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The invalidation by a court of a rule adopted or amended
				pursuant to sections 1521.06 to
				1521.064 of the Revised Code
				does
								
				not affect the validity of any other rule or portion thereof adopted or amended
				thereunder by the chief.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:21 - Division of Soil and Water Resources - Dam Safety › Chapter 1501:21-3 - Definitions; Registered Professional Engineer Requirement › Section 1501:21-3-02 - Registered professional engineer and surveyor requirement

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Registered professional engineers who are
			 qualified in the design, construction, and inspection of dams and levees and
			 who are practicing in accordance with the laws of Ohio shall:
(1) Prepare design reports, plans and
			 specifications for the construction, modification or repair of dams and
			 levees;
(2) Inspect the
			 construction, modification or repair of dams and levees;
(3) Perform periodic inspections, detailed
			 investigations, and analyses of dams and levees; and
(4) Prepare plans and specifications for and
			 inspect the removal of existing dams and levees unless specifically exempted by
			 the chief.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:21 - Division of Soil and Water Resources - Dam Safety › Chapter 1501:21-5 - Application Procedures › Section 1501:21-5-01 - Application procedures, general

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The procedure for applying for a construction permit and
				submitting the supporting engineering documents are
				to
								 consist of two parts, the
				preliminary design report and the final design submittal, as described in rules
				1501:21-5-02 to
				1501:21-5-06 of the
				Administrative Code.