New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 18 - TRANSPORTATION AND HIGHWAYS
Chapter 17 - NAVIGATION AND BOATING
Part 3 - CONSTRUCTION VISITOR PROVISIONS
Section 18.17.3.7 - DEFINITIONS

A. "BLM" means the United States department of the interior, bureau of land management.

B. "Boat dock" means a structure extending from the shore into the water to permit the landing and mooring of vessels. The term "boat dock" includes the anchoring system, and any catwalks or bridges that will attach to the dock itself.

C. "BOR" means the United States department of the interior, bureau of reclamation.

D. "Bridge" means a passage that provides access from the land to a boat dock, marina or other floating facility.

E. "Catwalk" means a passage that provides access from the land to a boat dock, marina or other floating facility.

F. "Community boat dock" means a private, non-commercial boat dock for use by the owner-members or other authorized residents of a residential community, such as a planned unit development or condominium, and is not available for commercial use. The imposition of a fee for the maintenance or use of a community boat dock by owner-members or other residents of a residential community served by a community boat dock will not result in the boat dock being characterized as a "commercial" boat dock.

G. "Dead load" means the permanent inert weight of the boat dock structure, including fixed or permanent attachments, such as bumpers, railings, winch stands, roof structures, etc.

H. "Decking" means the surface material that forms the floor of the boat dock or catwalk.

I. "Division" means the energy, minerals and natural resources department, state parks division.

J. "Flotation live load" means the total load that a boat dock can carry without capsizing or sinking. The flotation live load is equal to the dead load plus the live load.

K. "Habitable structure" means any structure on a boat dock or catwalk, whether permanent or temporary, including tents, which humans may use for overnight occupancy of any duration.

L. "Hunt absorption test" means a test documenting the rate at which flotation material absorbs liquid, as well as the quantity of liquid absorbed.

M. "Live load" means any moving or variable superimposed load on the boat dock.

N. "PSF" means per square foot.

O. "Registered professional engineer" means a professional engineer currently registered with the New Mexico professional engineer and surveyors board, or its successor agency, with a specialization in civil or structural engineering.

P. "RPE" means a registered professional engineer.

Q. "Sanitation device" means any enclosure or equipment used as a toilet or bathing facility, or device capable of holding refuse, garbage or trash.

R. "Shoreline" means that line where the surface of the lake water and the land meet, regardless of the current lake elevation.

S. "Structural live load" means the weight of the boat dock itself and its ability to support itself.

T. "USFS" means the United States department of agriculture, forest service.

U. "Working load safety factor" means the ability of a boat dock anchoring system to hold or withstand loads. A safety factor of 3.0 means the anchoring system is rated to hold or withstand a load equal to three times the entire weight of the structure; e.g., if the structure weighs 1000 pounds, the cable attached to the anchor will be able to hold 3000 pounds.