OAR 736-010-0020
General Regulations
(1)
The director may establish seasons, overnight lengths of stay, camper checkout times and procedures to adjust daily park property opening and closing times, and portions of a park property that are permanently closed or limited to specific uses or activities by the public. These may differ from park property to park property and from time to time, but shall be indicated on the state park website, published maps, brochures, the current state parks guide booklet, or on posted signs at the park property.(2)
Unless otherwise specifically established by the director the following apply:(a)
The maximum length of stay for campers is 14 consecutive nights in a 17 night span. After three nights out of the park, campers may return to start a new stay.(b)
The maximum length of stay for hiker/biker sites is three consecutive nights in a seven night period per park.(c)
Unless otherwise posted or specifically open for an event or activity, the hours of operation for a day use area are dawn to dusk.(3)
The director, by written agreement, may cooperatively exercise jurisdiction and authority over a park property with a county, city, or political subdivision thereof for the purposes of enforcing state park rules, and applicable state, county or city laws.(4)
A person shall observe and abide by all instructions, warnings, restrictions, and prohibitions on posted signs and notices and from park employees.(5)
A park manager or park employee may seek compliance from the public with any state park rule.(6)
A park manager or department enforcement officer may order any person that violates any state park rule to leave a park property.(7)
A park manager or a department enforcement officer may exclude a person that violates any state park rule from the park property or multiple park properties for a specified period of time.(8)
A peace officer may seek compliance from the public with any state park rule and may order a person who violates one or more state park rules to leave a park property.(9)
A peace officer may exclude or recommend that the park manager exclude a person who violates any state park rule; federal, state, county, or city law; or court order from a park property or multiple park properties for a specified period of time.(10)
A park manager or designated park employee may protect the safety or health of the public or protect park resources. This authority includes actions that may temporarily:(a)
Permit or limit specific activities or uses in designated portions of a park property;(b)
Designate a location within a park for a single use to avoid conflicts between users;(c)
Restrict access to or close an entire park property;(d)
Restrict access to or close a portion of a park property; or(e)
Exclude a person from a park property.(11)
A person excluded from a park property may contest the exclusion notice by filing a written appeal within seven days of the exclusion date. The person excluded must submit the appeal to the District Manager responsible for the park where the notice of exclusion was issued.(12)
The following situations are criminal trespass in the second degree, a Class C misdemeanor, per ORS 164.245 (Criminal trespass in the second degree):(a)
A person ordered to leave a park property that remains present as a visitor;(b)
A person excluded from a park property that enters or remains present as a visitor;(c)
A person enters a closed or restricted portion of a park property; and(d)
A person engages in an activity that has been specifically prohibited or restricted at a park property or a portion of a park property.
Source:
Rule 736-010-0020 — General Regulations, https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oard/view.action?ruleNumber=736-010-0020.