Section 571.61.2. Definitions.

“Bank”  or “shoreline”  means the zone of contact of a body of water with the land and an area within 25 feet of the water’s edge.

“Basic unit”  or “basic camping unit”  means the portable shelter used by one to six persons.

“Beach” is as defined in rule 571—64.1(461A).

“Beach house open shelter” means a building located on the beach which is open on two or more sides and which may or may not have a fireplace.

“Cabin” means a small, one-story dwelling of simple construction which is available for rental on a daily or weekly basis.

“Call center” means a phone center where operators process all telephone reservations, reservation changes and reservation cancellations for camping and rental facilities.

“Camping” means the erecting of a tent or shelter of natural or synthetic material or placing a sleeping bag or other bedding material on the ground or parking a motor vehicle, motor home, or trailer for the apparent purpose of overnight occupancy.

“Centralized reservation system” means a system that processes reservations using more than one method to accept reservations. Each method simultaneously communicates to a centralized database at a reservation contractor location to ensure that no campsite or rental facility is booked more than once.

“Chaperoned, organized youth group” means a group of persons 17 years of age and under, which is sponsored by and accompanied by adult representatives of a formal organization including, but not limited to, the Boy Scouts of America or Girl Scouts of America, a church, or Young Men’s or Young Women’s Christian Association. “Chaperoned, organized youth group” does not include families of members of a formal organization.

“Commission” means the natural resource commission.

“Department” means the department of natural resources.

“Fishing” means taking or attempting to take fish by utilizing hook, line and bait as described in Iowa Code section 481A.72, or use of permitted devices for taking rough fish as determined by Iowa Code sections 461A.42 and 481A.76.

“Free climbing” means climbing with the use of hands and feet only and without the use of ropes, pins and other devices normally associated with rappelling and rock climbing.

“Group camp” means those camping areas at Dolliver Memorial State Park and Lake Keomah State Park where organized groups (i.e., family groups or youth groups) may camp. Dining hall facilities are available.

“Immediate family” means spouses, parents or legal guardians, domestic partners, dependent children and grandparents.

“Lodge” means a day-use building which is enclosed on all four sides and may have kitchen facilities such as a stove or refrigerator and which is available for rent on a daily basis. “Lodge” does not include buildings that are open on two or more sides and that contain fireplaces only.

“Modern area” means a camping area which has showers and flush toilets.

“Nonmodern area” means a camping area in which no showers are provided and which contains only pit-type latrines or flush-type toilets. Potable water may or may not be available to campers.

“Open shelter” means a building which is open on two or more sides and which may or may not include a fireplace.

“Open shelter with kitchenette” means a building which is open on two or more sides and contains a lockable, enclosed kitchen area.

“Organized youth group campsite” means a designated camping area within or next to the main campground where chaperoned, organized youth groups may camp.

“Persons with disabilities parking permit” means an identification device bearing the international symbol of accessibility that is issued by the Iowa department of transportation or similar devices that are issued by other states. The device can be a hanging device or on a motor vehicle as a plate or sticker as provided in Iowa Code section 321L.2 or 321L.9.

“Person with physical disability” means any of the following: an individual, commonly termed a paraplegic or quadriplegic, with paralysis or a physical condition of the lower half of the body with the involvement of both legs, usually due to disease or injury to the spinal cord; a person who is a single or double amputee of the legs; or a person with any other physical affliction which makes it impossible to ambulate successfully in park or recreation area natural surroundings without the use of a wheeled conveyance.

“Possession” means exercising dominion or control with or without ownership over property.

“Prohibited activity” means any activity other than fishing as defined in this chapter including, but not limited to, picnicking and camping.

“Property” means personal property such as goods, money, or domestic animals.

“Recreation areas” means the following areas that have been designated by action of the commission:

Area	County
Badger Creek Recreation Area	Madison
Brushy Creek Recreation Area	Webster
Claire Wilson Park	Dickinson
Emerson Bay and Lighthouse	Dickinson
Fairport Recreation Area	Muscatine
Lower Gar Access	Dickinson
Marble Beach	Dickinson
Mines of Spain Recreation Area	Dubuque
Pleasant Creek Recreation Area	Linn
Templar Park	Dickinson
Volga River Recreation Area	Fayette
Wilson Island Recreation Area	Pottawattamie

These areas are managed for multiple uses, including public hunting, and are governed by rules established in this chapter as well as in 571—Chapters 52 and 105.

“Refuse” means trash, garbage, rubbish, waste papers, bottles or cans, debris, litter, oil, solvents, liquid or solid waste or other discarded material.

“Rental facilities” means those facilities that may be rented on a daily or nightly basis and includes open shelters, open shelters with kitchenettes, beach house open shelters, warming lodges, lodges, cabins, yurts and group camps.

“Reservation transaction fees” means fees as given in this chapter to process a reservation, change a reservation or cancel a reservation.

“Reservation window” means a rolling period of time in which a person may reserve a campsite or rental facility.

“Scuba diving” means swimming with the aid of self-contained underwater breathing apparatus.

“State park” means the following areas managed by the state and designated by action of the commission:

Area	County
A. A. Call	Kossuth
Backbone	Delaware
Banner Lakes at Summerset	Warren
Beed’s Lake	Franklin
Bellevue	Jackson
Big Creek	Polk
Black Hawk	Sac
Cedar Rock	Buchanan
Clear Lake	Cerro Gordo
Dolliver Memorial	Webster
Elinor Bedell	Dickinson
Elk Rock	Marion
Fort Atkinson	Winneshiek
Fort Defiance	Emmet
Geode	Henry and Des Moines
George Wyth	Black Hawk
Green Valley	Union
Gull Point	Dickinson
Honey Creek	Appanoose
Lacey-Keosauqua	Van Buren
Lake Ahquabi	Warren
Lake Anita	Cass
Lake Darling	Washington
Lake Keomah	Mahaska
Lake Macbride	Johnson
Lake Manawa	Pottawattamie
Lake of Three Fires	Taylor
Lake Wapello	Davis
Ledges	Boone
Lewis and Clark	Monona
Maquoketa Caves	Jackson
McIntosh Woods	Cerro Gordo
Mini-Wakan	Dickinson
Nine Eagles	Decatur
Okamanpedan	Emmet
Palisades-Kepler	Linn
Pikes Peak	Clayton
Pikes Point	Dickinson
Pilot Knob	Winnebago
Pine Lake	Hardin
Prairie Rose	Shelby
Preparation Canyon	Monona
Red Haw	Lucas
Rice Lake	Winnebago
Rock Creek	Jasper
Shimek Forest Campground	Lee
Springbrook	Guthrie
Stephens Forest Campground	Lucas
Stone	Plymouth and Woodbury
Trapper’s Bay	Dickinson
Twin Lakes	Calhoun
Union Grove	Tama
Viking Lake	Montgomery
Walnut Woods	Polk
Wapsipinicon	Jones
Waubonsie	Fremont
Wildcat Den	Muscatine
Yellow River Forest Campground	Allamakee

Use and management of these areas are governed by Iowa Code chapter 461A and by other restrictions prescribed on area signs pursuant to Iowa Code section 461A.44.

“State park managed by a management company” means the following area established by Iowa Code chapter 463C:

Area	County
Honey Creek Resort State Park	Appanoose

Use and management of this area are governed by rules established in this chapter, as well as by the indenture of trust entered into by and among the department, the treasurer of state, the Honey Creek Premiere Destination Park bond authority as established by Iowa Code chapter 463C, and Banker’s Trust Corporation, dated October 1, 2006.

“State park managed by another governmental entity” means the following areas designated by action of the commission:

Area	County
Bobwhite	Wayne
Browns Lake-Bigelow Park	Woodbury
Cold Springs	Cass
Crystal Lake	Hancock
Eagle Lake	Hancock
Echo Valley	Fayette
Frank A. Gotch	Humboldt
Galland School	Lee
Heery Woods	Butler
Kearny	Palo Alto
Lake Cornelia	Wright
Lake Odessa Campground	Louisa
Margo Frankel Woods	Polk
Oak Grove	Sioux
Pammel	Madison
Pioneer	Mitchell
Sharon Bluffs	Appanoose
Silver Lake	Delaware
Spring Lake	Greene
Swan Lake	Carroll

Use and management of these areas are governed by Iowa Code chapter 461A, by this chapter, and by rules adopted by the managing entity.

“State preserve” means the following areas or portion of the areas dedicated by actions pursuant to Iowa Code section 465C.10:

Area	County
A. F. Miller	Bremer
Ames High Prairie	Story
Anderson Prairie	Emmet
Behrens Ponds and Woodland	Linn
Berry Woods	Warren
Bird Hill	Cerro Gordo
Bixby	Clayton
Bluffton Fir Stand	Winneshiek
Brush Creek Canyon	Fayette
Brushy Creek	Webster
Cameron Woods	Scott
Casey’s Paha	Tama
Catfish Creek	Dubuque
Cayler Prairie	Dickinson
Cedar Bluffs Natural Area	Mahaska
Cedar Hills Sand Prairie	Black Hawk
Cheever Lake	Emmet
Clay Prairie	Butler
Claybanks Forest	Cerro Gordo
Coldwater Cave	Winneshiek
Crossman Prairie	Howard
Decorah Ice Cave	Winneshiek
Derald Dinesen Prairie	Shelby
Doolittle Prairie	Story
Eureka Woods	Greene
Fallen Rock	Hardin
Fish Farm Mounds	Allamakee
Five Ridge Prairie	Plymouth
Fleming Woods	Poweshiek
Fort Atkinson	Winneshiek
Fossil and Prairie Park	Floyd
Freda Haffner Kettlehole	Dickinson
Gitchie Manitou	Lyon
Glenwood	Mills
Hanging Bog	Linn
Hardin City Woodland	Hardin
Hartley Fort	Allamakee
Hartman Bluff	Black Hawk
Hayden Prairie	Howard
Hoffman Prairie	Cerro Gordo
Indian Bluffs Primitive Area	Jones
Indian Fish Trap	Iowa
Kalsow Prairie	Pocahontas
Kish-Ke-Kosh Prairie	Jasper
Lamson Woods	Jefferson
Liska-Stanek Prairie	Webster
Little Maquoketa River Mounds	Dubuque
Malanaphy Springs	Winneshiek
Malchow Mounds	Des Moines
Manikowski Prairie	Clinton
Mann Wilderness Area	Hardin
Marietta Sand Prairie	Marshall
Mericle Woods	Tama
Merrill A. Stainbrook	Johnson
Merritt Forest	Clayton
Montauk	Fayette
Mossy Glen	Clayton
Mount Pisgah Cemetery	Union
Mount Talbot	Woodbury and Plymouth
Nestor Stiles Prairie	Cherokee
Ocheyedan Mound	Osceola
Old State Quarry	Johnson
Palisades-Dows	Linn
Pecan Grove	Muscatine
Pellett Memorial Woods	Cass
Perkins Prairie	Greene
Pilot Grove	Iowa
Pilot Knob	Hancock
Retz Memorial Woods	Clayton
Roberts Creek	Clayton
Rock Creek Island	Cedar
Rock Island Botanical	Linn
Roggman Boreal Slopes	Clayton
Rolling Thunder Prairie	Warren
Savage Woods	Henry
Searryl’s Cave	Jones
Sheeder Prairie	Guthrie
Silver Lake Fen	Dickinson
Silvers-Smith Woods	Dallas
Slinde Mounds	Allamakee
St. James Lutheran Church	Winneshiek
Starr’s Cave	Des Moines
Steele Prairie	Cherokee
Stinson Prairie	Kossuth
Strasser Woods	Polk
Sylvan Runkel	Monona
Toolesboro Mounds	Louisa
Turin Loess Hills	Monona
Turkey River Mounds	Clayton
Vincent Bluff	Pottawattamie
White Pine Hollow	Dubuque
Williams Prairie	Johnson
Wittrock Indian Village	O’Brien
Woodland Mounds	Warren
Woodman Hollow	Webster
Woodthrush Woods	Jefferson

Use and management of these areas are governed by rules established in this chapter as well as by management plans adopted by the preserves advisory board.

“Swim”  or “swimming”  means to propel oneself in water by natural means, such as movement of limbs, and includes but is not limited to wading and the use of inner tubes or beach toy-type swimming aids.

“Walk-in camper” means a person arriving at a campground without a reservation and wishing to occupy a first-come, first-served campsite or unrented, reservable campsite.

“Yurt” means a one-room circular fabric structure built on a platform which is available for rental on a daily or weekly basis.

[ARC 8821B, IAB 6/2/10, effective 7/7/10; ARC 9541B, IAB 6/1/11, effective 7/6/11; ARC 0383C, IAB 10/3/12, effective 11/7/12]