Or. Admin. Code § 736-010-0015 - [Effective until 7/1/2025] Definitions
As used in this division, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) "Boat" has the meaning
provided in ORS 830.005(2).
(2) "Camping" means the setting up of a tent
or shelter, preparing bedding for use, parking of a motor vehicle, recreational
vehicle, or other similar equipment or mooring of a boat for the purpose of
overnight occupancy.
(3) "Camping
Unit" means a tent, camper, camping trailer, recreational vehicle, or other
shelter designed to be used as a personal living space while camping.
(4) "Closed Area" means a park or portion of
a park that the public is prohibited from entering. Closures will be identified
by signs at the park, notices placed on the state park website, or by verbal
instruction from park staff.
(5)
"Criminal Trespass" means the crime of remaining or unlawfully re-entering a
park property during the period of time in which a violator has been ordered to
leave or be excluded. Criminal trespass in the second degree, ORS
164.245, is a Class C
misdemeanor, citable only by law enforcement.
(6) "Commission" means the Oregon State Parks
and Recreation Commission.
(7)
"Dawn" means 30 minutes prior to sunrise as calculated by the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration.
(8)
"Day Use" means those activities which are authorized to occur in an area
between dawn and dusk.
(9) "Day Use
Area" is a park property or portion of a park property that the department has
designated for day use only.
(10)
"Department" means the Oregon State Parks and Recreation Department.
(11) "Designate"- administratively assigned
and approve for a specific status or activity.
(12) "Director" means the department
director.
(13) "District Manager"
means the immediate supervisor of park managers within a specified geographic
region of the state.
(14) "Domestic
Animals" means an animal, other than livestock or equines, that is owned or
possessed by a person.
(15) "Dusk"
means 30 minutes after sunset as calculated by the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration.
(16)
"Electric assisted bicycle" has the meaning provided in ORS
801.258.
(17) "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.
(18) "Exclusion" means the administrative
action that prohibits a violator from entering a specific park property, or
properties for a specific period of time of one month or more. The violator may
appeal the exclusion.
(19)
"Handler" means any person who either brings a domestic animal or livestock
into a park property or keeps a domestic animal at a park property.
(20) "Highway" has the meaning provided in
ORS 801.305.
(21) "Livestock" has the meaning provided in
ORS 609.125.
(22) "Motor Vehicle" has the meaning provided
in ORS 801.360.
(23) "Order to Leave" means the
administrative action that orders a violator to leave a specific park property,
or properties, for up to 72 hours (3 nights).
(24) "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 (43).
(25) "Overnight facility" means everything
within the campground including showers, campsites, cabins, yurts, parking
areas associated with camping and other facilities for use by overnight
visitors.
(26) "Pack Animal" means
equines, llamas, alpacas, and goats.
(27) "Park Property" means any state park,
natural area, greenway, wayside, corridor, scenic area, monument, historic
structure or area, trail, or recreation area under the jurisdiction of the
department.
(28) "Park Employee"
means an employee of the department while on duty.
(29) "Park Manager" means the supervisor or
designated employee in charge of a park property.
(30) "Park Resource" means any natural
feature, wildlife, vegetation, water, cultural artifact, archaeological
remains, or human-made structure or feature of a park area.
(31) "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.
(32) "Person" includes individuals, a public
or private corporation, an unincorporated association, a partnership, a
government or a governmental instrumentality, or a non-profit entity.
(33) "Public" includes all persons visiting
or intending to visit a park property that are not park employees.
(34) "Public Indecency" as defined in ORS
163.465.
(35) "Recreational Vehicle (RV)" means motor
vehicles, campers or trailers or similar type vehicles with living areas
intending for temporary sleeping including vehicles converted to serve this
purpose, such as sprinter vans, buses, and utility trailers.
(36) "Service Animal" means any dog or
miniature horse 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.
(37) "State Park Rules" mean the rules,
regulations, restrictions, prohibitions, or limitations established by this
division for the use or protection of park properties.
(38) "State Park Website" means the internet
resource with the host name http://www.oregonstateparks.org
and its associated links.
(39)
"Violate" includes failure to comply.
(40) "Violator" means a person who violates
any state park rule, federal, state, county, or city law, or court order while
on state park property.
(41)
"Visitor" means any member of the public who arrives at or is present at a park
property.
(42) "Wildlife" has the
meaning provided in ORS
496.004.
(43) "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.
(44) "Other
Agency" means local, state, federal or tribal government entity that provides
mental health, law enforcement or human services.
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: 390.124 & 496.004
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 390.050, 390.111 & 390.124
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As used in this division, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) "Boat " has the meaning provided in ORS 830.005(2).
(2) "Camping " means the setting up of a tent or shelter, preparing bedding for use, parking of a motor vehicle , recreational vehicle, or other similar equipment or mooring of a boat for the purpose of overnight occupancy.
(3) "Camping Unit " means a tent, camper, camping trailer, recreational vehicle, or other shelter designed to be used as a personal living space while camping .
(4) "Closed Area " means a park or portion of a park that the public is prohibited from entering. Closures will be identified by signs at the park, notices placed on the state park website , or by verbal instruction from park staff.
(5) "Criminal Trespass " means the crime of remaining or unlawfully re-entering a park property during the period of time in which a violator has been ordered to leave or be excluded. Criminal trespass in the second degree, ORS 164.245, is a Class C misdemeanor, citable only by law enforcement.
(6) "Commission " means the Oregon State Parks and Recreation Commission .
(7) "Dawn " means 30 minutes prior to sunrise as calculated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
(8) "Day Use " means those activities which are authorized to occur in an area between dawn and dusk .
(9) "Day Use Area " is a park property or portion of a park property that the department has designated for day use only.
(10) "Department " means the Oregon State Parks and Recreation Department .
(11) "Designate"- administratively assigned and approve for a specific status or activity.
(12) "Director " means the department director .
(13) "District Manager " means the immediate supervisor of park managers within a specified geographic region of the state.
(14) "Domestic Animals " means an animal, other than livestock or equines, that is owned or possessed by a person .
(15) "Dusk " means 30 minutes after sunset as calculated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
(16) "Electric assisted bicycle " has the meaning provided in ORS 801.258.
(17) "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 .
(18) "Exclusion " means the administrative action that prohibits a violator from entering a specific park property , or properties for a specific period of time of one month or more. The violator may appeal the exclusion .
(19) "Handler " means any person who either brings a domestic animal or livestock into a park property or keeps a domestic animal at a park property .
(20) "Highway " has the meaning provided in ORS 801.305.
(21) "Livestock " has the meaning provided in ORS 609.125.
(22) "Motor Vehicle " has the meaning provided in ORS 801.360.
(23) "Order to Leave " means the administrative action that orders a violator to leave a specific park property , or properties, for up to 72 hours (3 nights).
(24) "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 (43).
(25) "Overnight facility " means everything within the campground including showers, campsites, cabins, yurts, parking areas associated with camping and other facilities for use by overnight visitors.
(26) "Pack Animal " means equines, llamas, alpacas, and goats.
(27) "Park Property " means any state park, natural area, greenway, wayside, corridor, scenic area, monument, historic structure or area, trail, or recreation area under the jurisdiction of the department .
(28) "Park Employee " means an employee of the department while on duty.
(29) "Park Manager " means the supervisor or designated employee in charge of a park property .
(30) "Park Resource " means any natural feature, wildlife , vegetation, water, cultural artifact, archaeological remains, or human-made structure or feature of a park area.
(31) "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.
(32) "Person " includes individuals, a public or private corporation, an unincorporated association, a partnership, a government or a governmental instrumentality, or a non-profit entity.
(33) "Public " includes all persons visiting or intending to visit a park property that are not park employees.
(34) "Public Indecency" as defined in ORS 163.465.
(35) "Recreational Vehicle (RV) " means motor vehicles, campers or trailers or similar type vehicles with living areas intending for temporary sleeping including vehicles converted to serve this purpose, such as sprinter vans, buses, and utility trailers.
(36) "Service Animal " means any dog or miniature horse 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.
(37) "State Park Rules " mean the rules, regulations, restrictions, prohibitions, or limitations established by this division for the use or protection of park properties.
(38) "State Park Website " means the internet resource with the host name http://www.oregonstateparks.org and its associated links.
(39) "Violate" includes failure to comply.
(40) "Violator " means a person who violates any state park rule, federal, state, county, or city law, or court order while on state park property .
(41) "Visitor " means any member of the public who arrives at or is present at a park property .
(42) "Wildlife " has the meaning provided in ORS 496.004.
(43) "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.
(44) "Other Agency " means local, state, federal or tribal government entity that provides mental health, law enforcement or human services.
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: 390.124 & 496.004
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 390.050, 390.111 & 390.124