OAR 635-008-0053
Procedures for Issuance and Enforcement of Parking Permits for Department Wildlife Areas
(1)
Parking may be limited to designated parking areas. A parking permit is required at all times for parking at all designated wildlife areas where a Wildlife Area Parking Permit is required. Refer to specific wildlife area regulations listed in these rules.(2)
Fee parking areas are designated by ODFW approved signs.(3)
One of the following permits is required: an annual permit or a daily permit.(4)
The fee for parking permits is $8.00 (plus $2.00 agent fee) for permits issued on a daily basis or $28.00 (plus $2.00 agent fee) for permits issued on an annual basis beginning each January 1. Any annual hunting license (including Combination and Sports Pac) will include a free annual parking permit.(5)
Permits are issued by selected local agents, Department offices that sell licenses and the Department’s Online License Sales website to a party upon payment and may be transferred from vehicle to vehicle.(6)
The permits must be visible from outside the vehicle and be displayed in the front or rear window of the vehicle.(7)
No parking permits will be required for those vehicles which are owned or operated by government agencies. Notwithstanding paragraph (5), the Department reserves the right to issue free administrative parking permits for private vehicles used by volunteers while participating in official Department-related activities or to participants involved in a Department sponsored hunter recruitment event. Parking permits will not be required for individuals arriving in private vehicles to address fire, health or safety emergencies.(8)
(a) A person who operates or parks a motor-propelled vehicle in violation of restrictions established and posted under OAR 635-008-0051 (Purpose: Purpose: Parking Permit System for Department Wildlife Areas) through 635-008-0053 (Procedures for Issuance and Enforcement of Parking Permits for Department Wildlife Areas) commits an offense punishable as provided in ORS 496.992 (Penalties);(b)
The procedure for a peace officer (or other person authorized to enforce the wildlife laws) to follow upon finding a non-government vehicle parked in a designated fee parking area without a permit shall consist of the issuance of a citation which shall be either delivered to the defendant or placed in a conspicuous place upon the vehicle in the violation.(c)
A person who is the registered owner of an unattended motor-propelled vehicle parked in violation of the restrictions established and posted under OAR 635-008-0051 (Purpose: Purpose: Parking Permit System for Department Wildlife Areas) through 635-008-0053 (Procedures for Issuance and Enforcement of Parking Permits for Department Wildlife Areas) shall be presumed to have violated OAR 635-008-0053 (Procedures for Issuance and Enforcement of Parking Permits for Department Wildlife Areas)(8)(a). It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution of the registered owner of a vehicle under subsection (8)(a) of this section that the use was not authorized by the owner, either expressly or by implication [or the owner was not present when the vehicle was parked].
Source:
Rule 635-008-0053 — Procedures for Issuance and Enforcement of Parking Permits for Department Wildlife Areas, https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oard/view.action?ruleNumber=635-008-0053.