§ 10.6-47. Recreational activities not requiring a special use permit.

(a)

Bicycling. Bicycling on environmental lands shall be limited to designated recreational trails. Signs shall be posted where bicycling is allowed. Guests bicycling on environmental lands are required to use all reasonable caution when bicycling.

(b)

Recreational fishing. Recreational fishing, as authorized by the fish and wildlife conservation commission, is allowed on environmental lands except where specifically restricted by an applicable management plan. All applicable regulations approved by the fish and wildlife conservation commission shall be applicable, including the requirement for obtaining a fishing license and harvest limits. Signs shall be posted where fishing is prohibited. Fish, however, shall not be cleaned anywhere on the environmental lands.

(c)

Hiking. Hiking is allowed on environmental lands but shall be limited to designated recreational trails. Signs shall be posted where hiking is allowed. Hiking includes jogging, wildlife viewing, photography, walking, and any other activity where travel is by foot only but does not include climbing or scaling any facilities, objects or structures (natural or manmade).

(d)

Exercising animals. While most animals are prohibited, leashed dogs and service animals may be allowed in an environmental land. These animals, however, must be leashed and under the guest's control at all times. The guest must also remove any feces deposited by the animal.

(e)

Recreational painting. Persons who wish to capture the environmental land on canvas may paint in the environmental land but painting must be conducted in areas where the movement of other guests will not be restricted. Painters must take all necessary steps to protect the environmental land from spills of paints or associated materials.

(f)

Recreational photography. Recreational photography is allowed on environmental lands. Recreational photography is considered the taking of photographs or filming for a personal collection or like use but not when the photographer has the intent to use the photographs for profit or gain.

(g)

Swimming. Swimming is permitted on environmental lands only in areas designated for this activity. Signs shall be posted where swimming is allowed.

(h)

Boating. Only kayaks, nonmotorized boats, and nonmotorized canoes are permitted in areas designated for boating in County-owned water bodies within an environmental land. Signs shall be posted where boating is allowed. Airboats and other watercraft are only permitted in state waters.

(Ord. No. 08-003, § 2.3, 3-19-08)