Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 736 - PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT › Division 10 - GENERAL PARK AREA RULES › Section 736-010-0015 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
As used in this division, unless the context requires
				otherwise:
(1) "Day Use Area" is a
			 park property or portion of a park property that the department has designated
			 for day use only.
(2) "District
			 Manager" means the immediate supervisor of park managers within a specified
			 geographic region of the state.
(3)
			 "Closed Area" means a park or portion of a park that the public is prohibited
			 from entering. Closures will be identified by signs in the park and notices
			 placed on the state park website.
(4) "Commission" means the Oregon State Parks
			 and Recreation Commission.
(5)
			 "Dawn" means 30 minutes prior to sunrise as calculated by the U.S. Naval
			 Observatory.
(6) "Department" means
			 the Oregon State Parks and Recreation Department.
(7) "Director" means the department
			 director.
(8) "Domestic Animals"
			 are those animals whose food and shelter are provided by a human
			 custodian.
(9) "Dusk" means 30
			 minutes after sunset as calculated by the U.S. Naval Observatory.
(10) "Enforcement Officer" means a peace
			 officer or park employee specifically designated by the director under ORS
			 390.050 to investigate observed
			 or reported state park rule violations and to issue oral or written warnings or
			 citations to enforce state park rules.
(11) "Handler" means any person who either
			 brings a domestic animal into a park property or keeps a domestic animal at a
			 park property.
(12) "Motorized
			 Vehicle" means any vehicle being powered by an engine or motor which is capable
			 of transporting a person.
(13)
			 "Other power-driven mobility device" means any mobility device powered by
			 batteries, fuel, or other engines, whether or not designed primarily for use by
			 individuals with mobility disabilities, that is used by individuals with
			 mobility disabilities for the purpose of locomotion, including golf cars,
			 electronic personal assistance mobility devices (EPAMDs), such as the
			 Segway® PT, or any mobility device designed to operate in areas without
			 defined pedestrian routes, but that is not a wheelchair within the meaning
			 defined in section (26) below.
(14)
			 "Park Property" means any state park, natural area, wayside, corridor, scenic
			 area, monument, historic structure or area, trail, greenway, or recreation area
			 under the jurisdiction of the department.
(15) "Park Employee" means an employee of the
			 department while on duty.
(16)
			 "Park Manager" means the supervisor or designated employee in charge of a park
			 property.
(17) "Park Resource"
			 means any natural feature, wildlife, vegetation, water, cultural artifact,
			 archaeological remains, or human-made structure or feature of a park
			 area.
(18) "Peace Officer" means a
			 sheriff, constable, marshal, municipal police officer, member of the Oregon
			 State Police, and other persons as may be designated by law.
(19) "Person" includes individuals, a public
			 or private corporation, an unincorporated association, a partnership, a
			 government or a governmental instrumentality, or a non-profit entity.
(20) "Public" includes all persons visiting
			 or intending to visit a park property that are not park employees.
(21) "Service Animal" means any dog that is
			 individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an
			 individual with a disability, including a physical, sensory, psychiatric,
			 intellectual, or other mental disability. Other species of animals, whether
			 wild or domestic, trained or untrained, are not service animals for the
			 purposes of this definition. The work or tasks performed by a service animal
			 must be directly related to the handler's disability. The crime deterrent
			 effects of an animal's presence and the provision of emotional support,
			 well-being, comfort, or companionship do not constitute work or tasks for the
			 purposes of this definition.
(22)
			 "State Park Rules" mean the rules, regulations, restrictions, prohibitions, or
			 limitations established by this division for the use or protection of park
			 properties.
(23) "State Park
			 Website" means the internet resource with the host name
			 http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/Parks/ and its associated links.
(24) "Violate" includes failure to
			 comply.
(25) "Visitor" means any
			 member of the public who arrives at or is present at a park property.
(26) "Wheelchair" means a manually-operated
			 or power-driven device designed primarily for use by an individual with a
			 mobility disability for the main purpose of indoor, or of both indoor and
			 outdoor locomotion.
(27) "Electric
			 assisted bicycle" means any vehicle as defined under ORS
			 801.258.
(28) "Other Agency" means local, state,
			 federal or tribal government entity that provides mental health, law
			 enforcement or human services.
Statutory/Other Authority: 390.124
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  390.050,
				  390.111 &
				  390.124