New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
Res - Commissioner, Department of Resources and Economic Development
Chapter Res 7400 - RESERVED AND PRIVILEGED USE OF DRED LANDS, FACILITIES AND RESOURCES
Part Res 7402 - DEFINITIONS
Section Res 7402.01 - Definitions

Universal Citation: NH Admin Rules Res 7402.01

Current through Register No. 40, October 3, 2024

(a) "Developed" means those lands, facilities and resources that have improvements where staff or services are provided or fees are charged, such as but not limited to lawns and fields maintained by regular mowing, picnic areas, pavilions, group use areas, playgrounds, play areas, athletic fields, bathhouses, toilet buildings, park stores, visitors centers, educational facilities, administrative facilities, maintenance facilities, dwellings, camps, cabins, yurts, campsites and campgrounds, beaches, boat launches, and roadways, trails and parking areas directly within or directly associated with developed areas.

(b) "DRED lands, facilities and resources" means those lands, facilities and resources under jurisdiction of the department or rights granted by third parties held by the department, including but not limited to historical, cultural and natural resources such as water bodies, geology, vegetation and soil, and improvements such as facilities, structures, roads, trails and landscaping.

(c) "Commercial use" means any use, activity or event in which any of the following occur:

(1) Income is derived from use of DRED lands, facilities and resources, directly or indirectly, regardless of the intent to produce a profit, as determined by the department;

(2) Attendees, participants or guests are charged a fee by the individual, business, group or organization;

(3) The sale, promotion, exchange or demonstration of goods or services;

(4) Canvassing or soliciting, excepting the use of a vehicle, boat or clothing permanently affixed with a commercial logo or insignia; or

(5) Fundraising or membership drives, even if for a non-profit or charity organization.

(d) "Degradation of the visitor experience" means the event, activity or use disrupts traditional public park use or unduly inconveniences abutting landowners or the general public and causes or might cause any of the following conditions:

(1) Impose on or conflict with the use of DRED lands, facilities and resources by the public at large;

(2) Excessive noise so as to deny others their right to quiet enjoyment of their recreational use of DRED lands, facilities and resources; or

(3) Multiple complaints from other visitors or parties, as determined by the department.

(e) "Special use" means any event, activity or use that is beyond the normal or routine recreational use of a specific DRED property or an event, activity or use requiring a permit under Res 7403.01

(See Revision Note at chapter heading for Res 7400) #10533, eff 3-1-14

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