Ohio Administrative Code
Title 1501:3 - Division of Forestry
Chapter 1501:3-2 - Rules for Visitation
Section 1501:3-2-13 - Permission required for public meetings, events and special activities

(A) No person or persons shall conduct any public meeting or events, or special activity upon the lands or waters of the division without first obtaining a special use permit from the chief of the division or the chief's authorized agent upon application made not less than thirty days prior to the day of the proposed meeting, event, or special activity. A nonrefundable fee of fifty dollars remitted to the division of forestry to pay administrative processing costs shall accompany each permit application.

(B) Where a special use permit is issued and the activity or event is not exclusively sponsored by the division, the permittee shall be responsible for any and all additional costs, including but not limited to labor, materials, cleaning, or utilities, incurred by the division in connection with the event or activity.

(C) The chief may require a performance guarantee deposit from the permittee as a condition for issuance of the special use permit. The chief may retain a portion of the performance guarantee deposit equal to the additional costs incurred by the division in connection with the activity or event. The permittee shall be responsible for payment of any and all such costs in excess of the performance guarantee deposit.

(D) The chief or the chief's authorized agent may waive any of the rules or fees listed.