Washington Administrative Code › Title 332 - Natural Resources, Board and Department of (See also Title 222) › Chapter 332-52 - Public access and recreation › INTRODUCTION, PURPOSE AND DEFINITIONS › Section 332-52-010 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
When used in this chapter, the following terms are
				  defined as follows:
"Applicant" means a person who applies for a
				  permit, reservation, or other written authorization from the
				  department.
"Authorized" means written approval given by the
				  department.
"Business hours" means 8:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.
				  Pacific Time, Monday through Friday, except holidays.
"Campfire" means any open flame using wood as a
				  fuel source as well as fuel made from materials such as manufactured
				  fireplace logs.
"Campground" means a developed area consisting of
				  more than one campsite used for the purposes of camping.
"Camping" means erecting a tent or shelter or
				  arranging bedding, or both, or parking a vehicle for the purpose of
				  remaining overnight on land.
"Camping party" means an individual or a group of
				  two or more people who are equipped and capable of camping
				  activity.
"Commissioner" means the commissioner of public
				  lands.
"Contact" means via telephone, e-mail, mail, in
				  person, fax, or other electronic methods as allowed by the department
				  unless otherwise noted.
"Corridor" means that portion of the Milwaukee Road
				  Corridor under the jurisdiction of the department.
"Day-use" means use during the period of one-half
				  hour before sunrise until one-half hour after sunset.
"Day-use areas and facilities" means any
				  department-managed lands, trailhead, picnic area, viewpoint, and
				  designated parking areas for vehicles, boat launch or other facility
				  that is designated for day-use only.
"Department" or "DNR" means the Washington state
				  department of natural resources.
"Department-managed lands" means lands of the state
				  of Washington administered by the department including but not
				  limited to state lands, state forest lands, state-owned aquatic
				  lands, natural area preserves, natural resources conservation areas,
				  other city, county, state and federal lands under department
				  management and department-managed roads.
"Department-managed roads" or "roads" when used in
				  the context of department-managed roads means all roads designated as
				  such and under DNR jurisdiction and all access roads across private
				  lands through which the department has acquired the right of public
				  use.
"Designated" means any facility, trail, or location
				  that has been approved by the department for public use.
"Developed recreation facility" means any
				  designated site or location built or improved for recreation on
				  department-managed land such as a trailhead, vista, parking area,
				  boat launch, picnic area, campground, or water trail site.
"Dispersed recreation" means recreation that occurs
				  on department-managed lands outside of a developed recreation
				  facility.
"Firearm" means a loaded or unloaded pistol, rifle,
				  shotgun, or other weapon that is designed to, or may be readily
				  converted to, expel a bullet or pellets by the ignition of a
				  propellant.
"Livestock" means any animal used for agriculture,
				  riding, pulling, or packing purposes.
"Motor vehicle or motorized vehicle" means any
				  device that is moved or propelled by an internal combustion engine or
				  electrically powered motor. It shall include, but not be limited to
				  automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles, motor bikes,
				  motor-scooters and off-road vehicles, whether or not they can be
				  licensed to operate on public roads. The term does not include
				  vessels or personal mobility assistive devices, such as
				  wheelchairs.
"Nonmotorized vehicles" means any device that is
				  moved or propelled by means other than an internal combustion engine
				  or electrically powered motor, including but not limited to bicycles,
				  roller blades, mountain boards, animal drawn carriages or
				  conveyances, excluding vessels and personal mobility assistive
				  devices, such as wheelchairs.
"Off-road vehicle (ORV)" or "off-highway vehicle
				  (OHV)" means any street or nonstreet licensed vehicle when used for
				  recreational purposes on nonhighway roads, trails, or a variety of
				  other natural terrain. Such vehicles include, but are not limited to,
				  all-terrain vehicles, motorcycles, four-wheel drive vehicles, and
				  dune buggies.
"Organized event" means: (a) Any planned activity
				  on department-managed lands involving more than twenty-five people,
				  unless otherwise posted; (b) conducted at an agreed upon date and
				  place, such as events advertised to the general public or as a
				  nonprofit club or group event; and (c) sponsored by any person. An
				  organized event does not include informal small groups who use
				  facilities and/or trails for their ordinary intended use.
"Parking" means the standing of a vehicle, whether
				  occupied or not, other than temporarily for the purpose of and while
				  actually engaged in loading or unloading property or
				  passengers.
"Person" means all individuals, firms,
				  partnerships, public or private corporations, limited liability
				  companies, clubs, and all associations or combinations of persons
				  when acting for themselves, by an agent, servant or employee.
"Pet" means a dog, cat, or any animal that has been
				  domesticated; livestock and service animals are specifically excluded
				  from this definition.
"Posted" means information displayed on any signs,
				  information boards, kiosks, web sites, maps, or other medium that
				  either allows or prohibits access or specific activities on
				  department-managed lands.
"Public trust doctrine" means the legal principle
				  as recognized by Washington courts under which navigable waters are
				  subject.
"Recreation permit" means a nontransferable,
				  revocable written document, which the department issues to allow a
				  person to engage in activities specifically authorized at such times
				  and in such locations as identified in the document, such as a land
				  use license.
"Refuse or waste" means discarded material from any
				  person, trailer, camper, automobile, other motorized vehicle, or
				  vessel, including but not limited to bottles, broken glass, spent
				  ammunition casings, ashes, waste paper, cans, garbage, or human
				  bodily waste.
"Region" means a geographical administrative unit
				  of the department of natural resources.
"Reservation" means setting aside
				  department-managed recreation facilities or lands for a specific use
				  at a defined location(s) for a specified time period.
"Service animal" means an animal that is trained
				  for the purposes of assisting or accommodating a disabled person's
				  sensory, mental, or physical disability.
"Snowmobile" means any self-propelled vehicle
				  capable of traveling over snow or ice, which utilizes as its means of
				  propulsion an endless belt tread, or cleats, or any combination of
				  these or other similar means of contact with the surface upon which
				  it is operated, and which is steered wholly or in part by skis or
				  sled type runners, and which is not otherwise registered as, or
				  subject to the motor vehicle excise tax in the state of
				  Washington.
"Trail" means a route on department-managed land,
				  other than a road that is suitable for travel by motorized or
				  nonmotorized means.
"Vessel" means every description of watercraft used
				  or capable of being used as a means of transportation on the water,
				  other than a seaplane. However, it does not include inner tubes, air
				  mattresses, and small rafts or flotation devices or toys customarily
				  used by swimmers.
Statutory Authority:
					 Chapter 43.30 RCW and
					 RCW 43.12.065.
					 09-05-034, § 332-52-010, filed 2/11/09, effective 3/14/09.
					 Statutory Authority: RCW 79.08.277 and 79.08.279. 87-18-035 (Order
					 516), § 332-52-010, filed 8/27/87; 84-21-038 (Order 435), §
					 332-52-010, filed 10/11/84. Statutory Authority: RCW 46.09.180 and
					 chapter 77.68 RCW. 79-06-039 (Order 313), § 332-52-010, filed
					 5/18/79; Order 29, § 332-52-010, filed 4/17/70, effective
					 5/20/70.