Definitions for City Stream Camping Rules

For the purposes of this article, the following definitions apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning. Camp or Camping. The use and occupation of a city-owned stream or city-owned stream riparian zone as a temporary or permanent dwelling place or sleeping place. Camp or camping includes the laying down of a sleeping bag or other bedding material for use, or the use of a vehicle or watercraft as a temporary or permanent dwelling place or sleeping place on a city-owned stream or city-owned stream riparian zone. City-Owned. The city has the use, control, or occupation of a stream in its entirety, or portion thereof including its channels, streambeds, streambanks, and drainageways, or the mouth of a stream at the ocean, or the stream riparian zone, with claim of ownership, whether the city’s interest is in absolute fee or a lesser estate. Director. The director of facility maintenance. Dwelling Place. A place used for human habitation as an overnight accommodation, lodging, or shelter on either a temporary or permanent basis. Human Habitation. The act of using, occupying, or inhabiting a place of lodging or shelter on a permanent or temporary basis as a place of residence or sojourn. Sleeping Place. A place used by a person for the purpose of sleeping, where the person is asleep inside a tent, sleeping bag, or some form of temporary shelter, or is asleep atop of or covered by materials such as a cot, mat, bedroll, bedding, sheet, blanket, pillow, bag, cardboard, or newspapers. Stream. Natural, altered, or improved channels that have seasonal or continuous water flows as a result of either surface stormwater runoff or groundwater influx, or both. Streams include channels, canals, streambeds, streambanks, drainageways, and stream mouths. Streams do not include ditches, flumes, reservoirs, lagoons, holding and silting basins, lakes, ponds, and their associated ditches, underground drain lines or systems, and any portions of irrigation systems. Stream Riparian Zone. The public land area that extends 100 feet away from the edge of the streambank. Structure. Anything above existing grade constructed or erected with a fixed location on the ground, or requiring a fixed location on the ground, or attached to something having or requiring a fixed location on the ground. Tent. A collapsible structure consisting of sheets of canvas, fabric, or other material attached to or draped over a frame of poles or a supporting rope that has more than one wall. Wall. An upright, vertical, or slanted structure, partition, or divider serving to enclose, divide, support, or protect.