Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 635 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › Division 8 - LANDS: DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE LANDS › Section 635-008-0053 - Procedures for Issuance and Enforcement of Parking Permits for Department Wildlife Areas

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife hereby adopts the
				following procedures relating to issuance and enforcement of parking permits
				for certain vehicles on Department Wildlife Areas where parking permits are
				required:
(1) Parking may be limited
			 to designated parking areas. A parking permit is required at all times for
			 parking at all designated wildlife areas where a Wildlife Area Parking Permit
			 is required. Refer to specific wildlife area regulations listed in these
			 rules.
(2) Fee parking areas are
			 designated by ODFW approved signs.
(3) One of the following permits is required:
			 an annual permit or a daily permit.
(4) The fee for parking permits is $8.00
			 (plus $2.00 agent fee) for permits issued on a daily basis or $28.00 (plus
			 $2.00 agent fee) for permits issued on an annual basis beginning each January
			 1. Any annual hunting license (including Combination and Sports Pac) will
			 include a free annual parking permit.
(5) Permits are issued by selected local
			 agents, Department offices that sell licenses and the Department's Online
			 License Sales website to a party upon payment and may be transferred from
			 vehicle to vehicle.
(6) The permits
			 must be visible from outside the vehicle and be displayed in the front or rear
			 window of the vehicle.
(7) No
			 parking permits will be required for those vehicles which are owned or operated
			 by government agencies. Notwithstanding paragraph (5), the Department reserves
			 the right to issue free administrative parking permits for private vehicles
			 used by volunteers while participating in official Department-related
			 activities or to participants involved in a Department sponsored hunter
			 recruitment event. Parking permits will not be required for individuals
			 arriving in private vehicles to address fire, health or safety
			 emergencies.
(8)
(a) A person who parks a motor-propelled
			 vehicle in violation of restrictions established and posted under OAR
			 635-008-0051 through
			 635-008-0053 commits an offense
			 punishable as provided in ORS
			 496.992;
(b) The procedure for a peace officer (or
			 other person authorized to enforce the wildlife laws) to follow upon finding a
			 non-government vehicle parked in a designated fee parking area without a permit
			 shall consist of the issuance of a citation which shall be either delivered to
			 the defendant or placed in a conspicuous place upon the vehicle in the
			 violation.
(c) A person who is the
			 registered owner of an unattended motor-propelled vehicle parked in violation
			 of the restrictions established and posted under OAR
			 635-008-0051 through
			 635-008-0053 shall be presumed
			 to have violated OAR 635-008-0053(8)(a).
			 It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution of the registered owner of a
			 vehicle under subsection (8)(a) of this section that the use was not authorized
			 by the owner, either expressly or by implication.