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The chief of the division or his authorized agent shall collect fees or rent from every person prior to allowing use of any facility operated or maintained on the lands or waters under the administration of the division when such rent or fee is provided for by these rules. The provisions of this rule requiring payment prior to use of the facility may be waived by the chief of the division.
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 04/07/2003 and 02/25/2008
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 1541.03
Rule Amplifies: 1501.03, 1541.01, 1541.03, 1541.09
Prior Effective Dates: 6/14/75, 3/16/81, 7/1/83
No person shall, on any of the lands or waters under the administration of the division, use or occupy facilities or equipment privileges for the use or occupation of which a fee or other charge has been established unless he has first paid such fee or charge. At the discretion of the chief this rule may be waived for state officers and employees or persons on official business of the division, for state promotional purposes or for division programs.
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 04/07/2003 and 02/25/2008
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 1541.03
Rule Amplifies: 1541.01, 1541.03, 1541.09
Prior Effective Dates: 6/14/75, 3/16/81, 3/1/93
(A) Upon a finding that it will be for the best interests of the division, the chief may make available for dredging programs on state waters, or along the Muskingum river certain heavy equipment owned by the state of Ohio and utilized by the division in maintenance of the rivers, lakes, and lake channels, and qualified operators of such equipment who are employed by or are agents of the division. The fees charged for this service shall be as follows:
EQUIPMENT FEE
Suction dredge $5.00 per cubic yard (1,000 yards minimum)
3/4 yd. bucket dredge and smaller $100.00 per hour (4 hour minimum)
All bucket dredges larger than 3/4 yd $125.00 per hour (4 hour minimum)
Barge 19 ft x 48 ft and smaller $50.00 per hour (2 hour minimum)
All barges larger than 19 ft x 48 ft
up to 26×48 ft. $75.00 per hour (2 hour minimum)
Barges larger than 26 ft x 48 ft. $100.00 per hour (2 hour minimum)
(B) These fees do not include cost of fuel and operator. Cost incurred in fuel and operator are to be paid by the leasee. No person shall operate equipment listed in this rule unless he is a qualified operator and an employee or agent of the division.
(C) The above fees do not include the costs of moving equipment. Costs incurred for transporting equipment to and from the original site are to be paid by the leasee.
(D) The chief may make available for rent, all or part of the Jet Float dock system for use outside of East Fork state park upon finding it in the public interest. The chief may stipulate conditions and limitations to ensure the Jet Float dock system will be repaired or replaced by the renter if damaged or destroyed, to require its timely return to the park, and to employ other safeguards in the interests of the division.
The fee for rental of the Jet Float docks or any portion thereof shall be five hundred dollars per week or any portion thereof. The minimum rental period shall be one week. This fee shall not include the cost of handling or transporting the Jet Float docks, which is to be paid by the renter.
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 04/07/2003 and 02/25/2008
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 1541.03
Rule Amplifies: 1541.01, 1541.03, 1541.09
Prior Effective Dates: 6/14/75, 7/1/83, 1/1/88, 3/1/93
The fee for the utilization of the waters of the state administered by the division and for authorization to cut through containments on state lands for the purpose of filling channels provided for in rule 1501:41-3-29 of the Administrative Code shall be thirty cents per square foot of surface water.
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 03/29/2006 and 03/29/2011
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 1541.03
Rule Amplifies: 1541.01, 1541.03, 1541.09
Prior Effective Dates: 6/14/75, 7/1/01
(A) At those public service facilities operated by the division or operated under authority of section 1501.09 of the Revised Code by a concessionaire, the rental rates, fees and all other charges made by the operator to the public for goods or services shall be priced similar to and in conformance to the common rates charged by other similar outlets for such goods or services or as approved by the director or chief of the division pursuant to the terms and conditions of the concessionaire’s lease or contract.
(B) In the event the division is required to take over and operate any public service facility which has been operated by a concessionaire, the division shall collect the same rental rate, fee or other charges as the concessionaire.
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 04/07/2003 and 02/25/2008
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 1541.03
Rule Amplifies: 1541.01, 1541.03, 1541.09
Prior Effective Dates: 6/14/75, 5/15/78
(A) Persons who have a private structure built on state lands or in state waters or extending on or over the waters of the division shall pay an annual permit fee. The fee shall be based on the total number of structures or the total number of watercraft to be moored at the structures, whichever is the larger number. For the purposes of this paragraph a structure is defined as a dock, platform, covered dock, boathouse, tie up or other structure on state lands or over, in or on the waters of the division privately built and maintained by the applicant. Structures do not include breakwaters. Exempt from the fees in this paragraph are structures at lake Milton and Pymatuning:
Fee per season or any fraction thereof:
Total number of structures or boats to be moored at the structures per permit — Fee if structure is a boathouse or covered dock — Fee if structure is a dock, platform, tie ups or other structure
For one structure or one boat — $115.00 — $105.00
For two or more structures or boats — $90.00 per structure or boat in excess of one — $80.00 per structure or boat in excess of one
Effective January 1, 2011 the fee shall be:
For one structure or one boat — $120.00 — $110.00
For two or more structures or boats — $95.00 per structure or boat in excess of one — $85 per structure or boat in excess of one
(B) Persons who have a private structure on private land that is adjacent to state waters and which extends over, into or on the waters of the division or is used to moore a watercraft on state waters shall pay an annual permit fee. The fee shall be based on the total number of structures or the total number of watercraft to be moored at the structures, whichever is the larger number. For the purposes of this paragraph a private structure is defined as a tie-up, dock, boat house, covered dock or structure that is used by the applicant for the mooring of boats or other purposes. Private structures do not include breakwaters. Exempt from the fees in this paragraph are structures at lake Milton:
Fee per season or any fraction thereof:
Total number of structures or boats to be moored at the structures per permit — Fee if structure is a boathouse or covered dock — Fee if the structure is a tie-up, dock or other structure
For one structure or one boat — $85.00 — $75.00
For two or more structures or boats — $70.00 per structure or boat in excess of one — $50.00 per structure or boat in excess of one
Effective January 1, 2011 the fee shall be:
For one structure or one boat — $90.00 — $80.00
For two or more structures or boats — $75.00 per structure or boat in excess of one — $55.00 per structure or boat in excess of one
(C) State dock: For a dock space or other superaqueous structure owned and maintained by the division and used by the applicant for the mooring of private watercraft the fee per season or any portion thereof shall be:
Park Fee
Alum Creek
— Premium docks $1,315.00 per dock for one boat
— — $1,575.00 per dock if two boats are moored at dock
— Off shore sailboat moorings $395.00 per boat
— Other state park docks $33.00 per dock foot
Buck Creek $28.00 per dock foot
Buckeye lake $525.00 per dock space $240.00 per jet ski dock
Burr Oak $185.00 per dock space
Cleveland E. 55th st. marina $44.00 per dock foot or per boat foot whichever is the larger amount
— For use of electric an additional fee shall be charged as follows:
— In docks less than 30 ft. $42.00 per dock space
— In docks 30 ft. or larger $135.00 per dock space
— For a second watercraft moored at a dock $160.00 per additional watercraft
Cowan lake $270.00 per dock space
Delaware
— Southwest dock area $290.00 per dock space
— Marina area
— 16 foot docks $345.00 per dock space
— 20 foot docks $475.00 per dock space
— Premium docks $475.00 per dock space at southwest dock area
— — $770.00 per dock space at marina
Dillon
— 20 foot dock $240.00 per dock space
— 24 foot dock $280.00 per dock space
Grand lake St. Marys
— Shells dock area $300.00 per dock space
— Other state docks $315.00 per dock space
Hueston Woods $235.00 per dock space
Indian lake $450.00 per dock space
Lake Loramie $240.00 per dock space
Lake Milton
— 20 foot docks $450.00 per dock space
— 24 foot docks $530.00 per dock space
M.J. Thurston
— for boats 20 foot or less $250.00 per dock space
— for boats longer than 20 feet but less than 26 feet $300.00 per dock space
— for boats 26 feet long or longer $325.00 per dock space
Middle Bass Island
— 32 foot docks $1,600.00 per dock space
— 36 foot docks $1,800.00 per dock space
— 40 foot docks $2,000.00 per dock space
— 44 foot docks $2,200.00 per dock space
— 48 foot docks $2,400.00 per dock space
— 52 foot docks $2,990.00 per dock space
Mosquito
— For boats less than 22 feet $430.00 per dock space
— For boats 22 feet or longer $460.00 per dock space
North Bass Island $420.00 per dock space
Punderson $105.00 per dock space
Rocky Fork
— For cluster docks $395.00 per dock space
— For all other docks $315.00 per dock space
Salt Fork
— Main marina
— 20 foot docks $375.00 per dock space
— 24 foot docks $450.00 per dock space
— 28 foot docks $500.00 per dock space
— 32 foot docks $790.00 per dock space
— Sugartree marina
— 20 foot docks $450.00 per dock space
— 24 foot docks $500.00 per dock space
Shawnee
— Docks A $385.00 per dock space
— Docks B $440.00 per dock space
— Docks C $625.00 per dock space
— Docks D
— with 30 amp $900.00 plus $25.00 per boat foot in excess of 35 feet
— with 50 amps $1,120.00 plus $31.00 per boat foot in excess of 35 feet
— Jet ski spaces $280.00 per jet ski space
— Jet ski ramp $150.00 per ramp
West Branch $26.00 per dock foot
All other state park areas not listed above $180.00 per dock space
Effective January 1, 2011, the fee for state docks shall be:
Park Fee
Alum Creek
— Premium docks $1,385.00 per dock for one boat $1,655.00 per dock if two boats are moored at dock
— Off shore sailboat moorings $415.00 per boat
— Other state park docks $34.00 per dock foot
Buck Creek $29.00 per dock foot
Buckeye lake
— $550.00 per dock space
— $250.00 per jet ski dock
Burr Oak $195.00 per dock space
Cleveland E. 55th st. marina $45.00 per dock foot or perboat whichever is the larger amount
For use of electric, an additional fee shall be charged as follows:
— In docks less than 30 foot $43.00 per dock space
— In docks 30 foot or larger $140.00 per dock space
For a second watercraft moored at a dock $170.00 per additional watercraft
Cowan lake $285.00 per dock space
Delaware
— Southwest dock area $305.00 per dock space
— Marina area
— 16 foot docks $365.00 per dock space
— 20 foot docks $500.00 per dock space
Premium docks $500.00 per dock space at southwest docking area $810.00 per dock space at marina
Dillon
— 20 foot dock $255.00 per dock space
— 24 foot dock $295.00 per dock space
Grand lake St. Marys
— Schells docking area $315.00 per dock space
— Other state docks $330.00 per dock space
Hueston Woods $250.00 per dock space
Indian lake $475.00 per dock space
Lake Loramie $255.00 per dock space
Lake Milton
— 20 foot docks $475.00 per dock space
— $24 foot docks $560.00 per dock space
M. J. Thurston
— for boats 20 foot or less $265.00 per dock space
— for boats longer than 20 feet but less than 26 feet $315.00 per dock space
— for boats 26 feet long or longer $340.00 per dock space
Middle Bass Island
— 32 foot docks $1,600.00 per dock space
— 36 foot docks $1,800.00 per dock space
— 40 foot docks $2,000.00 per dock space
— 44 foot docks $2,200.00 per dock space
— 48 foot docks $2,400.00 per dock space
— 52 foot docks $2,990.00 per dock space
Mosquito
— For boats less than 22 feet in length $455.00 per dock space
— For boats 22 feet long or longer $485.00 per dock space
— North Bass Island $445.00 per dock space
— Punderson $110.00 per dock space
Rocky Fork
— For cluster docks $415.00 per dock space
— For all other docks $330.00 per dock space
Salt Fork
Main marina
— 20 foot docks $415.00 per dock space
— 24 foot docks $475.00 per dock space
— 28 foot docks $525.00 per dock space
— 32 foot docks $830.00 per dock space
Sugartree marina
— 20 foot docks $475.00 per dock space
— 24 foot docks $525.00 per dock space
Shawnee
Dock A $405.00 per dock space
Dock B $465.00 per dock space
Dock C $660.00 per dock space
Dock D with 30 amp $945.00 plus $26.00 per boat foot in excess of 35 feet
Dock D with 50 amp $1,180.00 plus $32.00 per boat foot in excess of 35 feet
Jet ski spaces $295.00 per jet ski space
Jet ski ramp $160.00 per ramp
West Branch $27.00 per dock foot
All other state park areas not listed above $190.00 per dock space
(D) State tie-ups: Where the division furnishes stakes or posts for the purpose of tying boats thereto in the zone area provided therefore by the division in lieu of dock structures the fee shall be as follows:
Park Fee per boat Fee per boat effective January 1, 2011
Burr Oak $65.00 $70.00
Cowan lake $85.00 $90.00
Kiser lake $55.00 $60.00
Lake Logan $55.00 $60.00
Lake Loramie $75.00 $80.00
Punderson $60.00 $65.00
Pymatuning $115.00 $120.00
Guilford lake $55.00 $60.00
All other state parks $55.00 $60.00
(E) Private dock or structure at lake Milton state park: For a tie-up from private land or a dock or other structure which extends over or on the waters of lake Milton or for any new or newly renovated structure on lake Milton state park:
Fee:
Eighty-five dollars per season or any portion thereof for each structure, dock or tie-up used for the mooring of watercraft. This fee includes the privilege of mooring one boat owned or leased by applicant to said dock, tie-up or structure. If more than one boat owned or leased by applicant is moored, the applicant shall pay a fee of eighty-five dollars per season or any portion thereof for each additional boat except for personal watercraft. If the dock is designed and designated for more than two watercraft then the fee shall be five hundred five dollars per slip excluding slips for personal watercraft. For personal watercraft the fee shall be forty dollars per season for each additional personal watercraft. With the park manager’s approval persons who own a private dock at lake Milton may permit watercraft not owned or leased by the dock owner to seasonally moore at the private dock for a fee of two hundred sixty-five dollars per watercraft per year. For decks or other structures privately built and maintained at lake Milton but not used for the mooring of watercraft, the fee shall be one dollar per square foot.
Fee effective January 1, 2011:
Ninety dollars per season or any portion thereof for each structure, dock or tie-up used for the mooring of watercraft. This fee includes the privilege of mooring one boat owned or leased by applicant to said dock, tie-up or structure. If more than one boat owned or leased by applicant is moored, the applicant shall pay a fee of ninety dollars per season or any portion thereof for each additional boat except for personal watercraft. If the dock is designed and designated for more than two watercraft then the fee shall be five hundred thirty dollars per slip excluding slips for personal watercraft. For personal watercraft the fee shall be forty-two dollars per season for each additional personal watercraft. With the park manager’s approval persons who own a private dock at lake Milton may permit watercraft not owned or leased by the dock owner to seasonally moore at the private dock for a fee of two hundred eighty dollars per watercraft per year. For decks or other structures privately built and maintained at lake Milton but not used for the mooring of watercraft, the fee shall be one dollar per square foot.
(F) There may be designated area to be used for guest docks. The chief of the division or his authorized agent may issue a temporary license, valid for twenty-four hours or any portion thereof, to persons for the use of division-operated guest docks:
Fee:
(1) For South Bass Island Oak Point the fee per continuous docking of one boat shall be eleven dollars per boat between the hours of nine a.m. and six p.m. or any portion thereof and twenty-one dollars per boat between the hours of six p.m. and nine a.m. or any portion thereof.
Effective January 1, 2011, the fee for continuous docking of one boat shall be twelve dollars per boat between the hours of nine a.m. and six p.m. or any portion thereof and twenty-two dollars per boat between the hours of six p.m. and nine a.m. or any portion thereof.
(2) For Shawnee marina the fee shall be thirty-two dollars for a boat in docks C or D, sixteen dollars for a boat in docks A or B and fifteen dollars for a jet ski.
Effective January 1, 2011, the fee shall be thirty-three dollars for a boat in docks C or D, seventeen dollars for a boat in docks A or B ad seventeen dollars for a jet ski.
(3) For Salt Fork state park the fee shall be sixteen dollars per boat per twenty-four hours.
Effective January 1, 2011, the fee shall be seventeen dollars per boat per twenty-four hours.
(4) For Middle Bass Island state park the fee per continuous docking of one boat during the day only shall be fifteen dollars per boat at docks without electricity and twenty dollars per boat for docks with electricity. The nightly fee for overnight docking shall be one dollar and fifteen cents per boat foot at docks without electricity and one dollar and forty-five cents per boat foot for docks with electricity or the fee shall be thirty dollars per boat per night whichever is the greater amount.
(5) For lake Milton and Mosquito lake state parks the fee shall be eleven dollars per boat per twenty-four hours. For Indian lake state park the fee shall be sixteen dollars per twenty-four hours.
Effective January 1, 2011, the fee for lake Milton and Mosquito lake state parks shall be twelve dollars per boat per twenty-four hours and for Indian lake state park the fee shall be seventeen dollars per twenty-four hours.
(6) For state park guest docks except those identified in paragraph (F)(1), (F)(2), (F)(3), (F)(4) or (F)(5) of this rule the fee shall be seven dollars per boat per twenty-four hours.
Effective January 1, 2011, the fee for state park guest docks except those identified in paragraph (F)(1), (F)(2), (F)(3), (F)(4), or (F)(5) of this rule shall be eight dollars per boat per twenty-four hours.
(G) At Cleveland Lakefront E. 55 Street Marina, dock renters are issued two gate cards with the rental of a dock space. Replacement gate cards shall be ten dollars each. In addition each dock renter at E. 55th Street Marina shall receive two free parking passes. If lost replacement parking passes may be purchased for ten dollars each.
(H) At Cleveland Lakefront E. 55 Street Marina persons mooring watercraft at seasonal docks after October thirty-first shall pay five dollars per boat storage fee for each day the watercraft is moored at the dock after October thirty-first. This fee is in addition to the seasonal dock fees specified in paragraph (C) of this rule.
(I) The half-season fee for state-operated docks shall be fifty-five per cent of the fee listed in paragraph (C) of this rule. For the purpose of this rule, “half-season” is defined as the period from July fifteenth through November first, or any portion thereof.
(J) At Buckeye lake, Grand lake St. Marys, Guilford lake, Indian lake, lake Loramie, and Portage lakes annual private dock and tie up fees paid on or after May first will be ten dollars more or ten percent more, whichever is the greater amount, than the fees specified in paragraphs (A) and (B) of this rule.
(K) At lake Milton state park, annual private dock fees paid after April tenth will be twenty-five dollars more than the fee specified in paragraph (E) of this rule.
(L) During the hunting season at parks designated by the chief, persons may rent and use vacant docks for the duration of the duck hunting season. The rental fee shall be fifty dollars per dock space except at lake Milton where the fee shall be forty dollars per dock space.
Effective January 1, 2011 the fee shall be fifty-five dollars per dock space except at lake Milton where the fee shall be forty-five dollars per dock space.
(M) At Cleveland Lakefront state park the chief may reduce the charges for electricity at East fifty-fifth street marina if the electricity used by the dock renter the previous year was less than the division charged.
(N) Private docks at Pymatuning state park: For a dock, platform, off shore mooring or other structure over or on the waters of the division privately built and maintained by the applicant:
Fee:
One hundred five dollars per season or any portion thereof for each off shore mooring and one hundred eighty-five dollars per season or any portion thereof for each dock, platform, or other structure. This fee includes the privilege of mooring one boat to said off shore mooring, dock, platform or structure. If more than one boat is moored, the applicant shall pay a fee of one hundred five dollars per season for each additional boat moored to the off shore mooring and one hundred eighty-five dollars per season or any portion thereof for each additional boat moored to the dock, platform or other structure.
Effective January 1, 2011, the fee shall be one hundred ten dollars per season or any portion thereof for each off shore mooring and one hundred ninety-five dollars per season or any portion thereof for each dock, platform, or other structure. This fee includes the privilege of mooring one boat to said off shore mooring, dock, platform or structure. If more than one boat is moored, the applicant shall pay a fee of one hundred ten dollars per season for each additional boat moored to the off shore mooring and one hundred ninety-five dollars per season or any portion thereof for each additional boat moored to the dock, platform, or other structure.
(O) Shawnee state park monthly rate: the monthly rate for dock spaces at Shawnee state park shall be:
Fee:
One hundred sixty-five dollars per space per month for dock spaces in docks A or B and two hundred fifteen dollars per space per month for dock spaces in docks C.
Effective January 1, 2011, the fee shall be one hundred seventy-five dollars per space per month for dock spaces in docks A or B and two hundred twenty-five dollars per space per month for dock spaces in docks C.
(P) Shawnee state park winter dock rate: for a dock space at Shawnee state park during the winter season the fee shall be thirteen dollars and fifty cents per boat foot.
Effective July 1, 2011, the winter season fee shall be fourteen dollars and twenty cents per boat foot.
(Q) At Buckeye lake state park political subdivisions of the state are exempt from paying the fees specified in paragraphs (A), (B) and (D) of this rule if the dock or tie up is used exclusively for free guest dockage with a four hour limit.
Effective: 11/07/2008
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 08/14/2008 and 10/15/2013
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 1541.03
Rule Amplifies: 1541.01, 1541.03, 1541.09
Prior Effective Dates: 1/1/77, 5/15/78, 7/1/80, 3/16/81, 5/16/82, 8/2/83, 6/12/86, 3/18/88, 1/28/89, 4/10/90, 2/18/92, 3/1/93, 2/27/94, 3/1/95, 3/1/96, 3/1/97, 3/1/98, 10/1/98, 5/17/00, 7/1/01, 4/11/02, 10/1/03, 4/1/04, 3/1/05, 3/1/06
Rescinded eff 11-07-08
(A) The fee for camping at primitive campgrounds at state parks is:
In season No charge
Winter season No charge
(B) The nightly fee for camping at state operated family camping areas at state parks during the in season is:
Electric Without electric
Alum Creek
Premium sites $28.00
Regular sites $26.00
Full service sites $34.00
A.W. Marion $20.00 $16.00
Barkcamp $19.00 $14.00
Beaver Creek $16.00
Blue Rock $17.00 $14.00
Buck Creek $24.00 $20.00
Burr Oak
Dock 2 and 3 areas $15.00
Class A camp $17.00
Caesar Creek $25.00
Cowan lake $25.00 $20.00
Deer creek $25.00
Delaware $24.00
Dillon $22.00 $16.00
East Fork
Regular sites $24.00
Full service sites $31.00
East Harbor
Regular sites $25.00 $20.00
Pull through sites $29.00 $22.00
Back in full service sites $29.00
Pull through full service sites $33.00
Sites in the group area when rented as an individual campsite $21.00
Findley $24.00 $20.00
Forked Run $20.00 $16.00
Geneva
Regular sites $26.00 $18.00
Full service sites $31.00
Grand Lake St. Marys $23.00 $19.00
Great Seal $16.00
Guilford $22.00
Harrison lake $22.00 $16.00
Hocking Hills
Old Mans Cave, S.R. 664 $26.00 $22.00
Hike in camp off S.R. 374 $19.00
Hueston Woods $22.00 $17.00
Indian lake
Regular sites $23.00
Premium sites $25.00 $21.00
Full service sites $33.00
Jackson lake $19.00 $15.00
Jefferson lake $16.00
John Bryan $20.00 $16.00
Kelleys Island
Regular sites $29.00 $23.00
Premium sites $28.00
Kiser lake $20.00 $16.00
Lake Alma $20.00 $16.00
Lake Hope $20.00 $16.00
Lake Loramie
Premium sites $24.00 $20.00
Regular sites $22.00 $18.00
Malabar Farm $16.00
Maumee Bay $25.00
M.J. Thurston
Regular sites $16.00
Premium sites $18.00
Middle Bass Island $16.00
Mohican
Full service sites $36.00
Regular sites $28.00 $18.00
Walk in sites $23.00
Mosquito creek
Regular sites $22.00 $18.00
Mount Gilead $19.00 $15.00
Muskingum
Premium sites $15.00
Regular sites $14.00
Paint Creek
Regular sites $22.00
Premium deck sites $24.00
Pike lake $18.00 $14.00
Portage lakes $23.00 $19.00
Punderson
Full service sites $32.00
Regular sites $23.00 $19.00
Pymatuning
Regular sites $22.00 $19.00
Premium sites $24.00
Full service sites $30.00
Rocky Fork
Regular sites $22.00 $19.00
Premium sites $22.00
Full service sites $31.00
Salt Fork
Regular sites $24.00
Full service sites $33.00
Scioto Trail $20.00 $16.00
Shawnee
Regular sites $21.00 $16.00
South Bass Island
Regular sites $25.00
Full service sites $30.00
Stonelick
Premium sites $23.00
Regular sites $21.00 $17.00
Strouds Run $16.00
Tar Hollow $22.00 $19.00
Van Buren $20.00 $16.00
West Branch
Regular sites $24.00 $20.00
Full service sites $30.00
Wolf Run
Regular sites $21.00 $17.00
Premium sites $18.00
Four dollars will be added to the non-electric campground fee if electric is added to any sites not now having electric.
At South Bass Island and Middle Bass Island state parks the fees specified in this paragraph permit up to two adults plus children on one site for one night. Additional adults may camp on the site for a fee of five dollars per additional adult per night.
The chief of the division may reduce the fee for electric sites listed in this paragraph if the electric to the site becomes disconnected or unavailable for any extended period of time.
For any family campground not listed above the fee shall be thirteen dollars.
(C) The fee for camping at family camp areas at state parks shall be two dollars less than the fee listed in paragraph (B) of this rule during the winter season.
(D) The nightly per site fee for persons camping in state park horse camps shall be:
In season fee Off season fee
Alum Creek $14.00 $12.00
Barkcamp $19.00 $17.00
Beaver Creek $14.00 $12.00
Caesar Creek $14.00 $12.00
Deer Creek $15.00 $13.00
East Fork $24.00 $22.00
Great Seal $15.00 $13.00
Hueston Woods
Sites with electric $18.00 $14.00
Sites without electric $14.00 $12.00
Jefferson $16.00 $14.00
Malabar Farm $16.00 $14.00
Paint Creek $14.00 $12.00
Salt Fork $14.00 $12.00
Sycamore $14.00 $12.00
Van Buren sites without electric $16.00 $14.00
Van Buren sites with electric $19.00 $17.00
West Branch $15.00 $13.00
All other state park horse camps $14.00 $12.00
All or a portion of the fees for horse camps may be waived by the park manager for persons performing service projects that directly benefit the park.
(E) For the purposes of this rule, “premium sites” are those sites in high demand and designated by the chief as “premium sites”.
(F) At those campsites the chief has designated as “seasonal sites” persons may rent and occupy the seasonal site for an entire month or the entire in season for a fee not to exceed the total of the daily rental fees specified in paragraph (B) of this rule.
(G) Any person entering and camping on a campsite prior to six a.m. shall pay the fee listed in paragraph (B) of this rule for the preceding day.
(H) The chief of the division may waive all or a portion of these fees for promotional purposes.
(I) For the purposes of this rule “full service sites” are those sites that have electric, water and sewage hookups available at the site.
(J) For the purpose of this rule “pull through sites” are those sites that provide the availability for a camping unit to access the site without having to back the camping vehicle.
(K) On the Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights of Memorial Day weekend, and Labor Day weekend and for the day before and the day of Fourth of July a two dollar holiday fee shall be added to the camp fees specified in paragraphs (B) and (D) of this rule. For Friday and Saturday nights, excluding holiday weekends and July third and July fourth, a one dollar weekend fee shall be added to the camp fees specified in paragraphs (B) and (D) of this rule starting on the weekend prior to Memorial Day weekend and ending on the first Sunday following Labor Day.
(L) Effective April 1, 2009 a one dollar fee shall be charged for all nightly family campsites and horseman campsites. This fee is in addition to the fees listed in paragraphs (B) and (D) of this rule. rule. Effective April 1, 2011 a two dollar fee shall be charged for all nightly family campsites and horse campsites. This fee is in addition to the fees listed in paragraphs (B) and (D) of this rule.
Effective: 11/07/2008
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 08/14/2008 and 10/15/2013
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 1541.03
Rule Amplifies: 1541.01, 1541.03, 1541.09
Prior Effective Dates: 1/1/77, 3/24/81, 5/16/82, 10/18/82, 11/1/83, 6/6/86, 6/12/87, 3/18/88, 1/28/89, 4/10/90, 2/18/92, 3/1/93, 4/1/94, 3/1/95, 3/1/96, 7/1/96, 4/11/97, 4/1/98, 5/17/00, 7/1/01, 4/11/02, 6/9/03, 4/1/04, 4/1/05, 3/23/06
Rescinded eff 4-1-04
The chief of the division may, at his/her discretion, for promotional purposes during division-sponsored programs, waive all or a portion of the fees for program/promotion participants.
(A) Residence camps
Tar Hollow state park group resident camp building complex (maximum: two hundred persons).
Fee:
The fee shall be three hundred ninety dollars per day for up to and including one hundred seventy-five persons; over one hundred seventy-five, the daily fee shall be three hundred ninety dollars plus one dollar per day for each additional person in excess of one hundred seventy-five. On Monday through Thursday from September first through October thirty-first the fee shall be two hundred ten dollars per day.
(B) Overnight group lodges
(1) Lake Hope state park, Laurel lodge.
Rental of entire lodge (beds for twenty-two).
Fee: For Friday, Saturday or Sunday night rentals, the fee is three hundred fifty dollars per night. For Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday night rentals, the fee is be three hundred ten dollars per night.
(2) Pike lake state park group lodge (maximum twenty-two persons).
Fee: The maximum fee for a one week rental is seven hundred seventy dollars. For less than a full week the fee is one hundred twenty-five dollars per night.
(C) Group meeting rooms
(1) Hueston Woods state park office meeting rooms.
Fee per day: $145.00
(2) Quail Hollow meeting rooms and rental house.
Meeting room A
Fee: Four hours $50.00
Eight hours $100.00
Dining room, kitchen, breakfast room in combination with meeting room A:
Fee: Four hours $75.00
Eight hours $150.00
Meeting room B
Fee: Four hours $30.00
Eight hours $60.00
Dining room, kitchen, breakfast room in combination with meeting room B:
Fee: Four hours $55.00
Eight hours $110.00
Kitchen and breakfast room:
Fee: Four hours $20.00
Eight hours $40.00
Dining room:
Fee: Four hours $40.00
Eight hours $80.00
(3) Rocky Fork
Activity center meeting room
Fee: Per day $75.00
Recreation barn
Fee: Per day $40.00
If camping with twenty or more in group camp area no charge for use of barn.
East end overlook facility
Fee: Per day $300.00
Per weekend, Friday through Sunday $400.00
(4) Malabar Farm.
Pugh cabin.
Fee: Rentals from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. $125.00
Rentals from 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 a.m. $125.00
Rentals from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. $200.00
Big house.
Fee: up to one hour $400.00
Visitor center library
Fee: per day $100.00
(5) Lake White meeting room.
Fee: For Saturdays, Sundays or holidays $100.00 per day
For weekdays $50.00 per day
(6) Cleveland Lakefront office meeting room.
Fee: Per day $75.00
(7) Cowan lake commissary meeting room.
Fee: Per day $100.00
If one to four cabins are rented the per day fee shall be: $60.00
If five or more cabins are rented the per day fee shall be: $50.00
(8) Shawnee marina meeting room.
Fee: Per day $80.00
(9) Dillon indoor beach shelter.
Fee: Per day $75.00
For four hours or less $40.00
(10) Mohican commissary meeting room.
Fee: Per day $50.00
(11) Scioto Trail historic church
The daily fee for rental of the historic church at Scioto Trail shall be seventy-five dollars.
(D) Day use group lodges
(1) John Bryan state park day use lodge
Fee: In season per weekday $140.00
For Saturdays, Sundays, Memorial Day, July Fourth and Labor Day $170.00
Winter season per day $50.00
(2) Caesar Creek day use lodge
Fee: Per day weekdays $100.00
Per day weekends $150.00
(3) M.J. Thurston group lodge.
Fee: For one to six hours $60.00
For more than six hours $85.00
(E) Group camps
Sycamore group camp camps.
When used only for day use (from ten a.m. to eleven p.m.)
Fee per day:
Site A $100.00
Site B $50.00
When used as an organized group camp:
Fee for site A: $100 per night
Fee for site B: $50.00 per night
(F) For shelterhouses that are reserved the fee is:
Park Fee per day
Adams lake shelter Saturday or Sunday $50.00
Adams lake shelter on weekdays $45.00
Blue Rock shelter $40.00
Buck Creek shelter $60.00
Buckeye lake shelter $50.00
Caesar Creek shelter weekdays $50.00
Caesar Creek shelter Saturday or Sunday $75.00
Cleveland Edgewater shelter for one side $125.00
Cleveland Edgewater entire shelter $225.00
Cleveland Euclid beach shelter $100.00
Cleveland Wildwood shelter $100.00
Cowan lake camp shelter and dance pavilion with electric on weekdays $60.00
Cowan lake shelter and dance pavilion with electric Saturday or Sunday $75.00
Cowan lake shelter without electric on weekdays $50.00
Cowan lake shelter without electric Saturday or Sunday $65.00
Dillon shelter on weekdays $40.00
Dillon shelter on Saturday, Sundays, and the holiday of Memorial Day, Labor Day weekend and July 1, 2, 3, and 4. $50.00
East Fork shelter $65.00
East Harbor shelter $50.00
Findley shelter weekdays $40.00
Findley shelter Saturday or Sunday $50.00
Geneva shelter weekdays $40.00
Geneva shelter Saturday or Sunday $50.00
Grand lake Saint Marys shelter $50.00
Great Seal Ireland shelter $45.00
Great Seal Vista shelter $45.00
Harrison lake beach shelter $65.00
Harrison lake Marzolf shelter $45.00
Harrison lake north shelter $40.00
Headlands shelter $75.00
Hocking Hills shelter without electric $45.00
Hocking Hills shelter with electric $50.00
Hueston Woods horse camp shelter $50.00
Independence shelter $45.00
Indian lake shelter without electricity $40.00
Indian lake shelter with electricity $50.00
John Bryan lower picnic area shelter $50.00
Lake Hope shelter $40.00
Lake Loramie Earls Island shelter for one side $40.00
Lake Loramie Earls Island shelter for entire shelter $70.00
Lake Milton pavilion or gazebo $40.00
Lake White upper shelter $45.00
Lake White lower shelter $40.00
Maumee Bay sun shelter $25.00
Mohican shelters $50.00
Mount Gilead shelter two or three $40.00
Mount Gilead shelter one $45.00
Mount Gilead tarps for shelter one $25.00
Paint Creek shelter per half $40.00
Portage lakes shelters $50.00
Rocky Fork shelter $50.00
Scioto Trail shelter $50.00
Shawnee shelter Saturday or Sunday $50.00
Shawnee shelter on weekdays $45.00
Strouds Run shelter $40.00
Stonelick shelter $40.00
Sycamore shelter $65.00
Tar Hollow shelter $50.00
Wolf Run shelter $45.00
Other shelters designated by the chief $40.00
(G) Shelter Camps
The fee for Tar Hollow shelter camps is:
Fee:
Shelters with electricity $50.00 per night for twelve persons
Shelters without electricity $45.00 per night for twelve persons
For additional persons $ 2.00 per night per person
(H) For rental of the gazebo and amphitheater at Mount Gilead and Scioto Trail state parks the daily fee shall be as follows:
Fee:
Mount Gilead gazebo $40.00
Mount Gilead amphitheater $50.00
Scioto Trail gazebo $45.00
Scioto Trail amphitheater $45.00
(I) For rental of a group tent the fee shall be as follows:
Fee per tent: Malabar farm tent $75.00 per day
Shawnee tent $50.00 per day
Other state park group tents $50.00 per day
(J) For rental of the horse arena at Hueston Woods state park the fees shall be as follows:
Fee per day:
Per group without electric $25.00
Per group with electric $50.00
Per person $2.00
(K) For a reservation at Maumee Bay state park of the picnic area at parking lot number three the fee shall be twenty-five dollars per day.
(L) The nightly fee for organized group camp areas and for the Tar Hollow fire tower camp shall be:
Alum Creek $40.00 per group site
A.W. Marion $40.00 per group site
Beaver Creek $35.00 per group site
Burr Oak $30.00 per group site
Caesar Creek Wellman meadow and 50 springs group camps $75.00 per group site
Deer Creek Summer season $50.00 per group site
Winter season $40.00 per group site
Delaware $40.00 per group site
East Harbor Adult groups $180.00 per group area
Youth groups $5.00 per adult $2.00 per youth
Findley $40.00 per group site
Forked Run $30.00 per group site
Grand lake Saint Marys Youth groups in season $5.00 per adult $2.00 per youth
Youth groups winter season $3.00 per adult $.50 per youth
Adult groups $90.00 per group site
Hocking Hills Large main group area $60.00 per group site
Small main group area $40.00 per group site
Youth group areas A, B and C $50.00 per group site
Group sites 1 through 10 $20.00 per group site
Hueston Woods Small group area $50.00 per group site
Large group area $100.00 per group site
Indian lake Small group area $85.00 per group site
Large group area $100.00 per group site
Lake Hope Small group area $25.00 per group site
Large group area $35.00 per group site
Lake Loramie Adult groups $100.00 per group site
Youth group in season $5.00 per adult $1.00 per youth
Youth group winter season $3.00 per adult $ .50 per youth
Mohican $45.00 per group site
Mosquito $40.00 per group site
Mount Gilead $40.00 per group site
Pike lake $50.00 per group site
Punderson $40.00 per group site
Rocky Fork Group Camp $95.00 per group site
Group activity center $125.00 per night
Salt Fork $5.00 per adult $2.00 per youth
Shawnee $35.00 per group site for up to twelve people plus $1.00 for each person in excess of twelve
Strouds Run $30.00 per group site
Tar Hollow Fire tower camp $4.00 per adult $1.00 per youth
West Branch With electricity $40.00 per group site
Without electricity $30.00 per group site
All other state park group camps
In season $4.00 per adult $1.00 per youth
Winter season $2.00 per adult $ .50 per youth
At lake Erie Islands state park a ten dollar non-refundable deposit is required at the time of reservation. This deposit will be applied to the group fee at the time of occupancy.
At Kiser lake state park the minimum per night fee for a group camp shall be twenty dollars.
All or a portion of group camp fees may be waived by the park manager for groups performing service projects that directly benefit the park.
Effective: 11/07/2008
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 08/14/2008 and 10/15/2013
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 1541.03
Rule Amplifies: 1541.01, 1541.03, 1541.09
Prior Effective Dates: 1/1/77, 3/24/81, 5/16/82, 10/18/82, 11/1/83, 10/16/86, 1/1/88, 3/18/88, 4/10/90, 2/25/92, 3/1/93, 4/1/94, 3/1/95, 4/1/96, 3/1/97, 4/1/98, 5/17/00, 7/1/01, 4/11/02, 4/1/04, 4/1/05, 3/1/06
Rescinded eff 4-1-04
(A) The fee for rental of housekeeping cottages is:
Park Per week Per night
Buck Creek preferred $545.00 $85.00
Cowan lake
Preferred $615.00 $95.00
Premium $745.00 $115.00
Dillon
Preferred $585.00 $90.00
Premium $715.00 $110.00
Hocking preferred $675.00 $105.00
Hocking premium $725.00 $130.00
Lake Hope
Basic family $520.00 $80.00
Wood burner with two bedrooms $470.00 $70.00
Wood burner with three bedrooms $610.00 $95.00
Mohican preferred $760.00 $110.00
Pike lake
Basic family $405.00 $60.00
Preferred $535.00 $80.00
Pymatuning
Basic family $440.00 $65.00
Preferred $610.00 $90.00
Premium $920.00 $135.00
(B) The chief of the division may, at his/her discretion, for promotional purposes during division-sponsored programs, waive all or a portion of the fees for program/promotional participants.
(C) A ten dollar per night holiday fee shall be charged for each cottage rented on the following dates. This fee is in addition to the fees specified in paragraph (A) of this rule. The holiday fee shall be charged the Friday, Saturday and Sunday of Memorial Day weekend, Labor Day weekend and Columbus Day weekend; the day before and the day of Fourth of July, Veterans Day, and New Years day; the day before, the day of and ten days following Thanksgiving day; the day of and six days following Christmas day.
(D) The chief may designate certain cottages as allowing dogs. In cottages so designated, persons may bring and keep up to two dogs in the cottage. A fee of five dollars per night per cottage shall be charged for rental of a cottage designated as allowing dogs. This fee is in addition to the fees specified in paragraphs (A) and (C) of this rule.
Effective: 11/07/2008
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 08/14/2008 and 10/15/2013
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 1541.03
Rule Amplifies: 1541.01, 1541.03, 1541.09
Prior Effective Dates: 7/1/76, 5/15/78, 7/24/80, 4/1/81, 5/1/81, 5/16/82, 10/18/82, 11/1/83, 1/1/88, 2/18/92, 3/1/93, 2/27/94, 9/1/94, 3/1/95, 3/1/96, 3/1/97, 3/1/98, 5/17/00, 7/1/01, 4/11/02, 6/9/03, 4/1/04, 4/1/05, 3/23/06
(A) Swimming pool fee.
The fee for swimming at the Hocking Hills dining lodge swimming pool is:
Adults daily passes $3.50 per day
Youths daily passes $3.00 per day
Adult season pass $75.00 per season
Youth season pass $50.00 per season
Group season pass $225.00 per season
For the purposes of this rule, “Youths” are defined as persons ages four through fifteen. No fee will be charged for children ages three or younger nor to registered cabin guests during normal pool hours. A season pass is valid Memorial Day through Labor Day. For the purposes of this rule, “group” is defined as up to six persons. Lost of stolen cards can be replaced for a fee of $5.00. The half season pass fees shall be fifty percent of the season fees listed in this rule. For the purposes of this rule, “half season” is defined as the period from July 15 through Labor Day.
(B) Lodge meeting room fee.
The fee for meeting room rentals at Hocking Hills dining lodge is:
For one meeting room, $30.00 per day.
No fee will be charged if the rental is for a banquet arranged through the lodge concessionaire.
(C) Exceptions.
The fees in this rule do not apply when the above facilities are operated by a concessionaire.
Effective: 11/07/2008
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 08/14/2008 and 10/15/2013
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 1541.03
Rule Amplifies: 1541.01, 1541.03, 1541.09
Prior Effective Dates: 5/16/82, 10/18/82, 6/28/84, 2/27/94, 3/1/96, 3/1/98, 5/17/00, 4/1/05
(A) House tour fees per person per tour are as follows:
Adults $4.00
Youths (six through seventeen years of age) $2.00
Tour groups
Adults $3.50
Youth (six through seventeen years of age) $1.50
Children under six years of age admitted free.
No fee for special events authorized by the chief.
The chief may waive all or a portion of these fees for promotional purposes.
(B) Membership fees for a twelve month period are as follows:
Individual (one person eighteen years or older) $25.00 per person
Family (two adults and all children under twenty-one in one household $50.00 per family
Memberships entitle the person or family to free house tours, wagon tours and hayrides; access to membership only events; and a ten percent discount on non-food purchases from the giftshop and on workshops and seminars.
(C) Recreational hayride fees per person per ride are as follows:
Adults $2.00
Youth (seventeen years of age and under) $2.00
No fee for children under six years of age.
(D) Fees for wagon rental ride are as follows:
Tractor drawn wagon $ 75.00 per hour
(E) Fees for interpretive wagon tour are as follows:
Persons six years old or older $2.00 per tour
Persons under six years old free
Persons with a tour group $1.50
(F) Fees for combination house and wagon tours when purchased at the same time are as follows:
Adults $5.00
Youths (six through seventeen years of age) $2.00
Persons with tour groups $4.50
Child (under six years of age) Free
(G) For youth groups requesting a special program from the staff of Malabar farm a fee of two dollars per person shall be paid. One adult will be permitted to participate free of charge for each twenty persons paying the fee.
(H) Persons of prospective tour groups participating in organized familiarization tours, bus drivers of a tour bus and tour guides of a tour group are exempt from the fees specified in paragraphs (A), (C), and of this rule.
(I) For the purposes of this rule “tour groups” are tour group and bus operator groups that guarentee a reservation in advance for thirty or more people.
HISTORY: Eff 1-1-77; 5-15-78; 7-1-80; 2-18-92; 2-27-94; 3-1-95; 3-1-97; 9-1-97; 1-1-99; 5-17-00; 7-1-01; 6-9-03
Rule promulgated under: RC 119.03
Rule authorized by: RC 1541.03
Rule amplifies: RC 1541.01, 1541.03, 1541.09
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 03/20/2003 and 06/09/2008
Persons who are Ohio residents and holders of a “Golden Buckeye Card,” issued by the Ohio department of aging on or after September 1, 2003, shall have reduced rates and fees on certain recreation facilities and related activities. The discounts for qualifying persons are as follows:
(A) Fifty per cent off of the camping fees listed in rule 1501:41-2-11 of the Administrative Code. This discount does not apply to weekend camping. For the purposes of this rule, a “weekend” is defined as Friday night and Saturday night.
(B) At least ten per cent off of the regular charges for other state recreational facilities, equipment and services, and food service operations. As used in this paragraph, “food service operations” means restaurants which are owned by the department at Hocking Hills, lake Hope, Malabar Farm, and Rocky Fork state park, or are part of a state park lodge. It does not include automatic vending machines, concession stands or snack bars.
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 04/07/2003 and 02/25/2008
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 1541.03
Rule Amplifies: 1501.03, 1541.01, 1541.03, 1541.09
Prior Effective Dates: 6/14/76, 5/15/78, 8/1/80, 3/16/81, 10/18/82, 7/1/83, 6/6/86, 1/1/88
Rescinded eff 4-1-04
(A) Persons occupying and sleeping overnight at the boat camping areas located within and operated in conjunction with the campgrounds at state parks shall obtain a regular camping permit at the cost stipulated in rule 1501:41-2-11 of the Administrative Code.
(B) Persons registered as a camper in a state park operated campground located at the park where the designated sleeping area is located shall be exempted from paying the fee prescribed in paragraph (A) of this rule.
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 04/07/2003 and 02/25/2008
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 1541.03
Rule Amplifies: 1541.01, 1541.03, 1541.09
Prior Effective Dates: 5/15/78, 10/23/82, 6/12/87
When the usage of waste station facilities by holders of camping permits would not be restricted or limited, persons not registered as campers may enter a campground and utilize the trailer waste station facility to empty the holding tanks on recrational vehicles, travel trailers, and boats upon payment of a fee of ten dollars.
HISTORY: Eff 5-15-78; 7-1-83; 3-18-88; 2-18-92; 6-9-03
Rule promulgated under: RC 119.03
Rule authorized by: RC 1541.03
Rule amplifies: RC 1541.01, 1541.03, 1541.09
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 03/20/2003 and 06/09/2008
A camping fee shall be charged at horseman’s camping areas, except those designated as primitive areas.
The area manager may limit the size of groups in accordance with the capacity of the designated group camping area. The fee charged shall be the fee established in rule 1501:41-2-11 of the Administrative Code. An additional nightly fee of one dollar per horse will be charged. The chief of the division may waive all or a portion of the nightly fee for horses at designated areas.
HISTORY: Eff (Amended) 7-1-80; 8-2-83
Rule promulgated under: RC Chapter 119.
Rule amplifies: RC 1501.03, 1541.01, 1541.03, 1541.09
119.032 Review Date: 2-25-03
A refund of a camping, cabin or dock fees as set forth in rule 1501:41-2-08, 1501:41-2-11, 1501:41-2-15, 1501:41-2-16, 1501:41-2-20, 1501:41-2-24, or 1501:41-2-26 of the Administrative Code shall be issued in the event of an emergency, or in those situations where the chief deems a refund appropriate.
For the purpose of this rule, an “emergency” is defined as any situation in which the necessity for vacancy of a facility is beyond control of the occupant. “Emergencies” include, but are not limited to,
(A) Death or illness of family member
(B) Natural disaster or impending natural disaster at the park area or home of the occupant or lessee
(C) Termination of necessary services at the park
(D) Forced evacuation of the park due to epidemic, contamination, or any threat to the visitor’s health or well being.
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 04/07/2003 and 02/25/2008
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 1541.03
Rule Amplifies: 1541.01, 1541.03, 1541.09
Prior Effective Dates: 7/1/80, 5/16/82
(A) A fee of fifty dollars shall be paid for each permanent duck blind permit issued in accordance with rule 1501:41-15-13 of the Administrative Code
(B) For duck blinds built and maintained by the division. A fee of twenty dollars shall be paid for use of the blind for a period of three consecutive days.
(C) For a deer stand erected at Tinkers Creek state park a fee of fifty dollars for the first hunter and twenty-five dollars for the second hunter shall be paid for each permit issued. Permits are issued in accordance with the official hunting maps.
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 03/04/2005 and 03/01/2010
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 1541.03
Rule Amplifies: 1541.01, 1541.03, 1541.09
Prior Effective Dates: 4/10/90, 2/27/94, 9/1/94, 10/1/98, 5/17/00
(A)The chief may designate areas at state parks where watercraft, trailers, or campers may be stored for a period of time during the winter or summer season. The storage fee at designated areas per boat, trailer, or camper shall be:
PARK FEE
Caesar Creek $20.00 per month or $100.00 per season
Burr oak $90.00 per winter season
Cleveland Lakefront $40.00 per month from October 17 through April 30
$200.00 per season from October 17 through April 30
$10.00 per day for May 1 through May 30
$20.00 per day for May 31 through June 30
Delaware $30.00 per month
$150.00 for a six month period
$260.00 for a one year period
$2.00 per day
fee for boat trailer if boat dock is rented at park $20.00 per month
$100.00 for a six month period
$190.00 for a one year period
Cowan $20.00 per month or $100.00 per winter season
Lake Logan $20.00 per month or $100 per winter season
Stonelick $30.00 per month or $100.00 per season
Hueston Woods $150.00 per summer season
$150.00 per winter season
State park areas not listed above $30.00 per month or $150.00 per season
(B) The fee shall be seventy-five dollars per season for one space in a dry rack storage facility provided or permitted on state property by the division in lieu of dock structures at designated areas where the applicant uses said space for the sole purpose of keeping one watercraft.
Replaces: 1501:41-2-09
Effective: 11/07/2008
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 08/14/2008 and 10/15/2013
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 1541.03
Rule Amplifies: 1541.01, 1541.03, 1541.09
Prior Effective Dates: 2/18/92, 2/27/94, 3/1/97, 3/1/98, 5/17/00, 11/1/01, 4/11/02, 6/9/03, 3/1/06
(A) For any special activities permit issued under the authority of rule 1501:41-03-28 of the Administrative Code the person requesting the permit shall pay a fee of forty dollars to the division to pay administrative costs for the processing of the permit. Exempt from this fee are special activities where the division is the sponsor or a cosponsor.
(B) Where the chief has approved a special activity which is not exclusively sponsored by the division, and the special activity requires the division to incur additional labor, material, or utility costs as a direct result of the activity, the special activity permit fee may be increased to an amount equal to the additional costs to be incurred by the division to provide those services and materials to support the event.
(C) At division sponsored events where the chief has approved the sale of items other than food and beverages by a special activity permit, a vendor permit fee not to exceed fifty dollars may be charged to each vendor to defray a portion of the cost of the event.
(D) At division sponsored events where the chief has approved the sale of food or beverages by a special activity permit, a permit fee not to exceed fifteen percent of the gross receipts from the sale of food and beverages may be charged to each vendor selling food or beverages. The permit fee shall be paid to the division within thirty days after the event and be accompanied by an accurate financial statement in a format specified by the chief.
(E) At Maumee Bay and Cleveland Lakefront state parks where the chief has approved a special activity which is not sponsored by the division and the permit authorizes exclusive use of a portion of the day use area, a fee of one dollar per one hundred square feet of exclusive use area shall be charged. This fee is in addition to other fees specified in this rule. No fee shall be charged for permits issued to school groups.
Effective: 11/07/2008
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 08/14/2008 and 10/15/2013
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 1541.03
Rule Amplifies: 1541.01, 1541.03, 1541.09, 1541.19
Prior Effective Dates: 2/18/92, 2/27/94, 9/1/97, 3/1/06
(A) A fee shall be charged to those persons passing through the division operated locks on the Muskingum river with a watercraft. The fee shall be as follows:
$15.00 for an annual pass for each watercraft
sixteen feet or less in length and for each watercraft without a motor.
$35.00 for an annual pass for each motorized
watercraft longer than sixteen feet but less than twenty-six feet in length.
$50.00 for an annual pass for each motorized
watercraft twenty-six feet in length or longer.
$20.00 for a weekend pass for each motorized watercraft of any size.
This pass is good for one weekend during normal scheduled hours of lock operation.
For the purposes of this rule a weekend is Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday.
$ 5.00 per one way lockage of a lock by a watercraft
during normal hours of operation.
$15.00 per one way lockage of a lock outside the normal hours of operation
if all boaters locking through the lock have current annual passes for their watercraft.
$25.00 per one way lockage of a lock outside the normal hours of operation
if one or more of the boaters locking through the locks do not
have a current annual pass for their watercraft.
For the purposes of this rule an annual pass shall be valid for the calendar year January first through December thirty-first, and entitles the pass holder to unlimited lockage with one watercraft during the normal, scheduled hours of lock operation.
The passes specified in this rule are per watercraft. Additional watercraft require additional passes. The passes cannot be transferred to another person.
(B) For liveries operating on the Muskingum river, the fee for each canoe or kayak pass shall be twenty-five percent less than the fee specified in paragraph (A) of this rule.
(C) If a person is towing an unmanned, smaller boat through the lock, the boater does not need to pay a lock fee for the boat in tow as long as it does not need to be locked through separately.
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 03/04/2005 and 03/01/2010
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 1541.03
Rule Amplifies: 1541.01, 1541.03, 1541.09
Prior Effective Dates: 1/1/95, 3/1/96, 3/1/98, 5/17/00
Persons applying for a dock, building or sea wall construction permit or requesting a reissue of the dock mylar sticker or replacement dock plate or persons requesting to transfer docks to another person at Lake Milton state park or Buckeye lake state park shall pay a fee of twenty-five dollars per permit application per dock plate reissue request, per transfer request or per mylar reissue request.
HISTORY: Eff 2-27-94; 3-1-96; 6-9-03
Rule promulgated under: RC 119.03
Rule authorized by: RC 1541.03
Rule amplifies: RC 1541.01, 1541.03, 1541.09
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 03/20/2003 and 06/09/2008
(A) Persons not registered to camp may obtain a daily visitor’s shower pass which entitles the person the use of the campground shower house for the day at the following family campgrounds:
Park Fee
Tar Hollow $1.00
Stonelick For persons registered in the primitive camp at Stonelick $1.00
Shawnee $2.00
Dillon $1.00
Salt Fork For persons registered to camp in Salt Fork’s horseman’s or group camp Free
For persons renting a Salt Fork seasonal dock Free
For all other persons $3.00
(B) At the parks named in this paragraph, a vehicle pass may be purchased. The vehicle pass entitles a registered camper to have an additional vehicle in the campground in excess to the number permitted by rule 1501:41-9-03 of the Administrative Code. Vehicle passes issued to persons who are not registered campers entitles the person to take their vehicle in the campground to visit campers and use the campground facilities. Short term additional vehicle passes may be issued for less than one hour at no charge.
Park Fee
Alum Creek $3.00
Caesar Creek From Tuesday before Memorial Day to Labor Day $3.00
Cowan From Tuesday before Memorial Day to Labor Day $3.00
From October 1 to the Sunday of Cowan’s fall campout $5.00
East Fork $3.00
Findley $1.00
Geneva $2.00
Grand lake St. Marys From the Tuesday before Memorial Day to Labor Day $3.00
Harrison lake $2.00
Hocking Hills $1.00
Hueston Woods $2.00
Indian lake From the Tuesday before Memorial Day to Labor Day $3.00
Kelleys Island $5.00
Kiser lake $1.00
Lake Loramie $2.00
Maumee Bay $1.00
Paint Creek $2.00
Portage lakes $2.00
Punderson $2.00
Pymatuning $2.00
Rocky Fork $2.00
South Bass Island $5.00
West Branch $1.00
(C) At Mohican state park persons may purchase a daily visitor’s pass for the class “A” campground if they are camping in the class “B” camp persons visiting campers or cabin guests in the class “A” area must purchase a visitor’s pass from the Friday before Memorial Day to the first Tuesday after Labor Day. Short term passes for less than one hour for persons visiting a camper or cabin guest may be issued at no charge. A visitor’s pass entitles a person to use of the class “A” facilities for one day. The fee for the visitor’s pass is two dollars for persons sixteen years old and older and one dollar for persons six through fifteen years old. Children five years old or younger may obtain a visitor’s pass free of charge when accompanied by an adult.
(D) At Caesars Creek state park persons may purchase a seasonal launch ramp pass which entitles the person to utilize the boat ramp facility in the Caesar Creek campground. The fee for each seasonal launch ramp pass shall be twenty-five dollars. Each launch ramp pass shall be valid from January first through December thirty-first
Effective: 03/01/2006
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 11/29/2005 and 03/01/2011
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 1541.03
Rule Amplifies: 1541.01, 1541.03, 1541.09
Prior Effective Dates: 4/1/94, 3/1/95, 3/1/96, 4/11/97, 9/1/97, 4/1/98, 10/1/98, 5/17/00, 7/1/01, 6/9/03, 4/1/04
At Guilford lake state park persons transferring ownership of a private dock shall pay fifty dollars per dock per transfer. This fee is in addition to the annual dock fees specified in rule 1501:41-2-08 of the Administrative Code.
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 04/07/2003 and 02/25/2008
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 1541.03
Rule Amplifies: 1541.01, 1541.03, 1541.09
Prior Effective Dates: 3/1/95
(A) The nightly fee for persons renting a tepee shall be thirty dollars per site.
(B) The fee for persons renting a recreation vehicle shall be as follows:
Park — Fee
East Harbor per night $90.00
East Harbor per week $480.00
Indian lake per night $70.00
Other parks per night $70.00
(C) The fee for persons renting a yurt shall be as follows:
Park — Fee
Maumee Bay per night $45.00
Kelleys Island per night $100.00
Kelleys Island per week $625.00
Delaware per night $50.00
Harrison lake per night $50.00
Other state parks per night $45.00
(D) The fee per cabin for persons renting a camper cabin shall be as follows:
Park — Fee
Alum Creek per night $45.00
Barkcamp per night $45.00
Blue Rock per night $25.00
Burr Oak
Small cabin per night $35.00
Large cabin per night $40.00
Caesar Creek per night $50.00
Deer Creek per night $60.00
Deer Creek per week $360.00
East Fork per night $36.00
East Harbor per night $55.00
East Harbor per week $330.00
Findley per night $50.00
Forked Run per night $40.00
Grand lake Saint Marys
Small cabin per night $40.00
Small cabin per week $220.00
Large cabin per night $50.00
Large cabin per week $290.00
Harrison lake per night $60.00
Hocking Hills per night $40.00
Hueston Woods per night $45.00
Indian lake per night $50.00
Kiser lake per night $35.00
Lake Alma per night $30.00
Lake Hope per night $35.00
Lake Loramie per night $90.00
Lake Loramie per week $540.00
Mary Jane Thurston per night $40.00
Mohican per night $50.00
Mount Gilead per night $34.00
Paint Creek per night $50.00
Salt Fork per night $45.00
Scioto Trail per night $45.00
Scioto Trail per week $275.00
Shawnee per night inseason $45.00
Shawnee per week inseason $275.00
Shawnee per night winter season $40.00
Shawnee per week winter season $250.00
Stonelick per night $45.00
Strouds Run per night $30.00
Wolf Run per night $45.00
All other parks per night $30.00
(E) The fee for persons renting a cedar cabin shall be as follows:
Park — Fee
Alum Creek per night $75.00
Alum Creek per week $450.00
Caesar Creek per night $75.00
Caesar Creek per week $450.00
East Fork per night $75.00
East Fork per week $450.00
Geneva per night $100.00
Geneva per week $600.00
Grand lake Saint Marys per night $90.00
Grand lake Saint Marys per week $540.00
All other parks $60.00
(F) The fee for persons renting a South Bass Island getaway rental unit shall be as follows:
Per night Per week
Cabent rentals $100.00 $500.00
Cottage rental $125.00 per night $625.00
(G) The per night fee for persons renting a rent a camp unit shall be as follows:
Park — Fee
Barkcamp $30.00
Blue Rock $26.00
Deer Creek $37.00
Kelleys Island $47.00
Lake Hope $30.00
Lake Loramie $36.00
Maumee Bay $35.00
All other parks $30.00
Effective: 11/07/2008
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 08/14/2008 and 10/15/2013
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 1541.03
Rule Amplifies: 1541.01, 1541.03, 1541.09
Prior Effective Dates: 7/1/76, 1/1/77, 5/15/78, 7/25/80, 3/16/81, 5/1/81, 5/16/82, 11/1/83, 6/12/87, 1/1/88, 4/10/90, 2/18/92, 3/1/93, 2/27/94, 4/1/94, 3/1/95, 3/1/96, 3/1/97, 4/1/98, 4/24/98, 5/17/00, 7/1/01, 4/11/02, 6/9/03, 4/1/04, 3/1/06
Rescinded eff 4-1-04
(A) The chief of the division may designate certain areas of parks as open vendor areas. The designation will stipulate the dates, times, and types of items or services that may be sold or provided by persons obtaining a permit. In open vendor areas persons may sell merchandise and food items or provide rentals or services in accordance with the designation if they first obtain a vendor’s permit specified in paragraph (B) of this rule. Persons requesting a vendor’s permit must have all other licenses and permits required by state law or local ordinances for the sale of their products or services.
(B) Persons may obtain a vendor’s permit from the chief or his designee to sell merchandise and food items or provide rentals or serices in an open vendor area. The fee for a permit is ten dollars for a one day permit, twenty dollars for a three, consecutive day permit, and thirty-five dollars for a thirty, consecutive day permit.
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 03/04/2005 and 03/01/2010
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 1541.03
Rule Amplifies: 1541.01, 1541.03, 1541.09
Prior Effective Dates: 5/17/00
Rescinded eff 4-20-07
At parks designated by the chief, groups requesting special interpretive or educational programs from park staff shall pay two dollars per person. For youth groups, one adult will be permitted to participate free of charge for each twenty persons paying the fee.
HISTORY: Eff 4-1-04
Rule promulgated under: RC 119.03
Rule authorized by: RC 1541.03
Rule amplifies: RC 1541.01, 1541.03, 1541.09
RC 119.032 review date: 4/1/09
(A) Ohio residents who at the time of registration present a letter issued to them from the department of veteran affairs that states the person is eligible for free camping in Ohio state parks and certifies the person is a former prisoner of war who was honorably discharged from the military forces is exempt from the camping fees listed in rule 1501:41-2-11 of the Administrative Code.
(B) Ohio residents who at the time of registration present a letter issued to them from the department of veteran affairs that states the person is eligible for free camping in Ohio state parks and certifies the person is a permanently and totally disabled veteran who is receiving a pension or compensation from the department of veteran affairs and has received an honorable discharge from the armed forces of the United States is exempt from the camping fees listed in rule 1501:41-2-11 of the Administrative Code.
(C) Ohio residents who at the time of registration present an Ohio license plate issued to them by the registrar of motor vehicles under the authority of section 4503.41 or 4503.46 of the Revised Code shall be exempt from the camping fees listed in rule 1501:41-2-11 of the Revised Code.
HISTORY: Replaces: 1501:41-2-21; Eff 4-1-04
Rule promulgated under: RC 119.03
Rule authorized by: RC 1541.03
Rule amplifies: RC 1541.01, 1541.03, 1541.09
RC 119.032 review date: 4/1/09
(A) No person shall construct a breakwater in any lake administered by the division without first obtaining a license from the chief. The license shall be valid for up to twenty-five years at which time a new license must be obtained. The fee for the license shall be six dollars per square foot of breakwater. The square footage shall be calculated on the base dimensions of the breakwater. This fee is in addition to fees charged by other agencies or other divisions in the department of natural resources. The breakwater license does not authorize the construction of private docking structures or the mooring of watercraft.
Effective: 03/01/2006
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 03/01/2011
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 1541.03
Rule Amplifies: 1541.01, 1541.03, 1541.09
Persons taking a tour of the Marblehead lighthouse shall pay two dollars per tour per person. Children under six years of age are free.
Effective: 11/07/2008
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 10/15/2013
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 1541.03
Rule Amplifies: 1541.01, 1541.03, 1541.09