New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 18 - TRANSPORTATION AND HIGHWAYS › Chapter 17 - NAVIGATION AND BOATING › Part 3 - CONSTRUCTION VISITOR PROVISIONS › Section 18.17.3.7 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. "BLM" means the
				United States department of the interior, bureau of land management.
B. "Boat dock" means a structure extending
				from the shore into the water to permit the landing and mooring of vessels. The
				term "boat dock" includes the anchoring system, and any catwalks or bridges
				that will attach to the dock itself.
C. "BOR" means the United States department
				of the interior, bureau of reclamation.
D. "Bridge" means a passage that provides
				access from the land to a boat dock, marina or other floating
				facility.
E. "Catwalk" means a
				passage that provides access from the land to a boat dock, marina or other
				floating facility.
F. "Community
				boat dock" means a private, non-commercial boat dock for use by the
				owner-members or other authorized residents of a residential community, such as
				a planned unit development or condominium, and is not available for commercial
				use. The imposition of a fee for the maintenance or use of a community boat
				dock by owner-members or other residents of a residential community served by a
				community boat dock will not result in the boat dock being characterized as a
				"commercial" boat dock.
G. "Dead
				load" means the permanent inert weight of the boat dock structure, including
				fixed or permanent attachments, such as bumpers, railings, winch stands, roof
				structures, etc.
H. "Decking" means
				the surface material that forms the floor of the boat dock or
				catwalk.
I. "Division" means the
				energy, minerals and natural resources department, state parks
				division.
J. "Flotation live load"
				means the total load that a boat dock can carry without capsizing or sinking.
				The flotation live load is equal to the dead load plus the live load.
K. "Habitable structure" means any structure
				on a boat dock or catwalk, whether permanent or temporary, including tents,
				which humans may use for overnight occupancy of any duration.
L. "Hunt absorption test" means a test
				documenting the rate at which flotation material absorbs liquid, as well as the
				quantity of liquid absorbed.
M.
				"Live load" means any moving or variable superimposed load on the boat
				dock.
N. "PSF" means per square
				foot.
O. "Registered professional
				engineer" means a professional engineer currently registered with the New
				Mexico professional engineer and surveyors board, or its successor agency, with
				a specialization in civil or structural engineering.
P. "RPE" means a registered professional
				engineer.
Q. "Sanitation device"
				means any enclosure or equipment used as a toilet or bathing facility, or
				device capable of holding refuse, garbage or trash.
R. "Shoreline" means that line where the
				surface of the lake water and the land meet, regardless of the current lake
				elevation.
S. "Structural live
				load" means the weight of the boat dock itself and its ability to support
				itself.
T. "USFS" means the United
				States department of agriculture, forest service.
U. "Working load safety factor" means the
				ability of a boat dock anchoring system to hold or withstand loads. A safety
				factor of 3.0 means the anchoring system is rated to hold or withstand a load
				equal to three times the entire weight of the structure;
e.g.,
if the structure weighs 1000 pounds, the cable attached to the anchor will be
				able to hold 3000 pounds.