Whenever used in any division of parks and
watercraft rules the following terms, unless otherwise therein expressly
defined, shall mean and include the following:
(A) "Air propelled powercraft"
means any powercraft propelled by machinery which produces a current of air for
the purpose of locomotion and direction control on water or marsh
areas.
(B) "Airfoil" means a device
designed to provide lift. For the purposes of this division, an airfoil
includes any device designed to be towed behind a vessel or vehicle that allows
a person or persons to be lifted into the air.
(C) "All purpose vehicle" as used in these rules shall
have the same meaning as set forth in section 4519.01 of the Revised
Code.
(D) "Area manager" means a person designated by the
chief of the division to be responsible for the supervision, operation,
protection and maintenance of an area of land or water under the administration
of the division.
(E) "Beach," "bathing beach," or
"bathing area" means any area designated by the division as such,
including the actual sand beach, if any, and the adjoining land area as well as
the adjacent waters used for bathing, swimming and wading.
(F) "Bridle path" or "bridle trail" means any
path or trail designated for persons riding on horseback.
(G) "Camping" means utilization of any piece of
equipment for sleeping in or upon, including, but not limited to, a sleeping
bag, hammock, station wagon, car, van, motor home, bus, trailer, tent, tarp,
truck, house vehicle, pickup camper, or watercraft, for the purpose of
occupying a portion of state land or water for transient and temporary outdoor
living.
(H) "Chief" or "chief of the division" means
the chief of the division of parks and watercraft, department of natural
resources, state of Ohio.
(I) "Closed zone" means any
water area wherein the presence or operation of any recreational vessel is
prohibited, and is marked as provided in section 1547.08 of the Revised
Code.
(J) "Danger zone" means that
water area wherein are located navigation hazards requiring reduced operating
speeds.
(K) "Department" means the
state of Ohio, department of natural resources.
(L) "Designated areas" means
any location, place, site, region, facility, zone, or space identified by the
chief. Information about these areas is on record and available to the public
at the "Office of the Chief, 2045 Morse Road, Building C, Columbus, Ohio
43229-6693," Monday through Friday, between the hours of eight a.m. and
five p.m.
(M) "Director" means the
director of the department of natural resources, state of Ohio.
(N) "Division" means the state
of Ohio, department of natural resources, division of parks and
watercraft.
(O) "Dock" means any structure
a part of which is over or on the water of the division which may be used for
the moorage of recreational vessels.
(P) "Field trial" means the
using or working of hunting dogs that are being tested or judged in their field
performance by persons other than the owner.
(Q) "Guest dock" means dock
space or tie-up space rented for a period of twenty-four hours or any part
thereof. Any dock space or tie-up space not being rented on a seasonal basis
may be designated by the chief of the division as a guest dock.
(R) "In season" means the
period April first through October thirty-first annually.
(S) "Horsepower" means the
horsepower rating published by the manufacturer for the power unit
involved.
(T) "Ice boat" means any
contrivance used or designed to skim over frozen bodies of water and which is
driven along by sail, propeller, motor, or jet engine.
(U) "Lock" means the lock
walls, chamber, gates and the adjoining areas in the immediate vicinity of any
enclosed part of a canal, river, stream, or other waterway, equipped with gates
so that the level of the water in the chamber can be changed to raise or lower
boats from one level to another.
(V) "Nature trail" is any trail
in any area administered by the division that is so designated and so marked at
a point on the trail.
(W) "No motor zone" means any
water area wherein the operation of powercraft is prohibited. No motor zone
buoys shall be lettered "No Motors."
(X) "Open zone" means any water area whereon watercraft
activities may take place which are not specifically restricted by either the
Revised Code or Administrative Code of the division of parks and
watercraft.
(Y) "Operator" means any person who operates or is in
actual physical control of a vehicle which includes, but is not limited to, a
snowmobile or all purpose vehicle, motor vehicle, bicycle, or
watercraft.
(Z) "Organized group" includes the following defined
groups:
(1) "Youth
group" means an assemblage of juveniles occupying any area administered by
the division as an organized group under the supervision of one or more adult
leaders responsible for the conduct and activities of the
juveniles.
(2) "Adult
group" means an assemblage of adults occupying any area administered by
the division as a club, organization, or fraternal association.
(AA) "Owner" includes any person, firm, association,
partnership, or corporation, owning, leasing, operating, or having the
exclusive use of a vehicle, watercraft, animal, or any other property under a
lease or otherwise, or any of the above who claims lawful possession by virtue
of legal title or equitable interest therein which entitles him to such
possession.
(BB) "Parking area" means any designated part of any
park road, drive, dock, metered dock space, or special area, set apart for the
standing or stationing of any vehicles or watercraft and marked as
such.
(CC) "Person" includes any individual, firm,
partnership, corporation, company, association, or body politic, or any
combination of individuals, except the United States and the state of Ohio, and
includes any agent, trustee, executor, receiver, assignee, or other
representative thereof.
(DD) "Powercraft" has the same meaning as found in
section 1546.01 of the Revised Code.
(EE) "Primitive
weapons" means weapons that are single-shot, muzzleloading rifles,
thirty-eight caliber or larger; or muzzleloading shotguns using single ball; or
longbow and arrow; or a crossbow having a working safety and a stock more than
twenty-five inches in length.
(FF) "Shore
zone" means that water area of a uniform width of three hundred feet lying
parallel with and contiguous to the shoreline, except that as it pertains to
and describes lake White, Salt Fork lake, lake Loramie, Dillon lake, and
Delaware lake, "shore zone" shall mean that water of a uniform width
of one hundred feet lying parallel with and contiguous to the
shoreline.
(GG) "Ski zone"
means any water area whereon engaging in towed watersports is permitted within
the buoys so placed to designate the zone. Ski zone buoys shall be lettered
"Ski Zone."
(HH) "Snowmobile" as used in these rules shall have the
same meaning as set forth in section 4519.01 of the Revised Code.
(II) "Special water
ski zone" means a ski zone designated for public use and wherein equipment
or facilities for trick skiing may be placed or acrobatic skiing by more than
one person acting together may be performed.
(JJ) "Speed
zone" means any water area wherein powercraft may be operated at such
speed as is reasonable, having due regard to traffic, surface and any hazardous
conditions then existing. Speed zone buoys shall be lettered "Speed
Zone."
(KK) "State
trail" means any trail acquired by the director under Chapter 1519. of the
Revised Code and any other trail on lands or waters administered by the
division that the director designates as a "state trail" by entry in
his journal.
(LL) "Unzoned
area" means any water area that has not been zoned.
(MM) "Water"
and "water area" means any and all bodies of water in a liquid or
frozen condition which are administered by the division.
(NN) "Watercraft" has the same meaning as found in
section 1546.01 of the Revised Code.
(OO) "Winter
season" means the period from November first to March thirty-first
annually.
