Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 250 - OREGON STATE MARINE BOARD › Division 14 - MARINE FACILITY PROGRAM RULES › Section 250-014-0001 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions
				shall apply:
(1) "Annual Maintenance"
			 means routine maintenance and operation activities performed by the participant
			 during the one-year allocation period.
(2) "Biennium" means the 24-month period
			 beginning July 1 of each odd numbered year and ending June 30 of the next odd
			 numbered year.
(3) "Board" means
			 the State Marine Board.
(4)
			 "Boarding Float" means a floating structure on or adjacent to a launch ramp
			 that provides temporary short term use for loading or off- loading from a boat.
			 Floats are normally 6 to 8 feet wide.
(5) "Boating Facility Grant Program" means
			 the program authorized by ORS
			 830.150.
			 Funds are available for the acquisition, development and rehabilitation of
			 public boating facilities available to, and ordinarily used by, motorized
			 boats.
(6) "Boating Infrastructure
			 Grants Program" (BIG) means the federal program authorized by  50 CFR Part 80
			  and ORS
			 830.150.
			 Funds are available for the development and rehabilitation of non-home port
			 transient tie-up facilities at public and private facilities used principally
			 by non-trailered recreational boats.
(7) "Clean Vessel Act (CVA) Grant Program"
			 means the federal program authorized by  50 CFR Part 85  and ORS
			 830.150.
			 Clean Vessel Act grants can be used to develop, refurbish, or maintain floating
			 restrooms and vessel waste collection systems ordinarily used by recreational
			 boats at public and private boating facilities.
(8) "Director" means the State Marine Board
			 Director.
(9) "Fiscal Year" means
			 the twelve-month period beginning July 1 of any year and ending June 30 of the
			 next year.
(10) "Floating Restroom"
			 means a floating structure moored in open water that is not connected to shore
			 and provides toilet facilities to boaters.
(11) "Grant Procedure Guide" means the
			 document containing grant program policies, grant application forms, sample
			 cooperative agreements, project prioritization and scoring criteria, and
			 general applicant guidance that is developed and maintained by the
			 Board.
(12) "Grounds" includes the
			 area at or immediately adjacent to an improved boating facility where garbage
			 pickup and maintenance of turf, vegetation, trees/shrubs, bank stabilization
			 and small picnic areas occurs.
(13)
			 "Improved Public Boating Facility" means developed public facilities with hard
			 surface launch ramps, boarding floats, parking areas, access roads, restrooms,
			 grounds, transient tie-up floats or vessel waste collection
			 facilities.
(14) "Launch Ramp" is
			 an inclined hard surface consisting of asphalt or concrete used to launch and
			 retrieve boats. A launch ramp consists of one or more launch lanes. Each launch
			 lane is normally 15 to 20 feet wide.
(15) "Maintenance Assistance Grant Program"
			 means funding assistance to eligible public participants for the routine
			 maintenance and operations of improved public boating facilities.
(16) "Mixed Use Site" means a boating
			 facility where annual use is mixed (31%-69%) between motorized (or registered)
			 and non-motorized (or non-registered boats).
(17) "Motorized Use Site" means a boating
			 facility where annual use by motorized (or registered) boats is 70% or more of
			 all boat use.
(18) "Non-Motorized
			 Use Site" means a boating facility where the annual use by motorized (or
			 registered) boats is 30% or less of all boat use.
(19) "Off-Season" means the six-month period
			 of lowest motorized (or registered) boat use generally the period from October
			 15 to April 15.
(20) "Parking Area"
			 means a developed gravel or asphalt surface with a least six boat trailer
			 spaces (10' x 40') and two single car spaces (10' x 20') associated with a
			 launch ramp. This includes any required accessible parking spaces.
(21) "Participant" means any public or
			 private party that qualifies to receive funds from the Boating Facility Grant
			 Program or Maintenance Assistance Program and voluntarily participates in
			 either program.
(22) "Peak Season"
			 means the three month period of heaviest boat use generally the period from
			 June 1 to August 31.
(23) "Public
			 Boating Facility Grant Project" means a project to develop, improve,
			 rehabilitate or replace public boating facilities or to acquire property for
			 the development of an improved boating facility.
(24) "Private Boating Facility Grant Project"
			 means a project to develop, improve, rehabilitate or replace private marina
			 facility vessel waste collection systems and transient tie-up facilities that
			 are available/open for public use.
(25) "Public Boating Facility" or "Public
			 Marine Facility" means public launch ramps, parking, boarding floats, transient
			 tie-up facilities, restrooms, access roads, floating restrooms, vessel waste
			 collection systems, signing and water markers, potable water systems and
			 related facilities for the use and convenience of the boating public.
(26) "Private Marine Facility" or "Private
			 Marina Facility" means private facilities that have the capability to provide
			 vessel waste collection systems or transient tie-up facilities that are open
			 and available for public use.
(27)
			 "Public Project Sponsor," "Eligible Public Participants," or "Public Entity"
			 means cities, counties, park and recreation districts, port districts and state
			 or federal agencies that own and or operate public boating facilities as
			 specified in these rules.
(28)
			 "Private Project Sponsor," "Eligible Private Participants," or "Private Entity"
			 means any individual firm, corporation, association, partnership, consortium,
			 joint venture, industry, or any other nonpublic entity that operates a marina
			 facility as specified in these rules.
(29) "Restroom" means all types of landside
			 facilities used to collect human waste to include flush, vault, composting and
			 portable toilets. A restroom may include one or more stalls (urinal or
			 toilet).
(30) "Routine Maintenance"
			 means all types of ordinary maintenance activities completed on a regular basis
			 (daily, weekly or monthly).
(31)
			 "Shoulder Season" means the three month period of moderate boat use generally
			 the period from April 15 to May 31 and September 1 to October 15.
(32) "Transient Tie-Up" means a floating
			 structure at least 100 feet in length used for short term boat tie-up and
			 broadside tie-up or space for mooring at least six non-trailered boats.
			 Transient tie-up does not include tenant based moorage or facilities that allow
			 stays longer than ten consecutive days.
(33) "Use Fee" means any form of user fee
			 charged to boaters for access or use of a boating facility. This includes day
			 use, launch, parking, tie-up or any other general entrance or use
			 fee.
(34) "Vessel Waste Collection
			 System" means all types of stationary or portable systems that pump or remove
			 human waste from a recreational boat holding tank or portable potties. This
			 includes pumpouts, dump stations, related forward sewage lift stations,
			 necessary floats, piles, and gangways, and related facilities.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  830.110  & ORS
				  830.150
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  830.150