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In this code, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Parks division" shall mean the Snohomish County parks division of the department of conservation and natural resources.

(2) "County park" shall mean any area designated by the parks division for use by the public under the management or control of the parks division, and shall include all parks, Evergreen State Fair Park, squares, drives, parkways, trails, golf courses, museums, zoos, beaches, playgrounds, and other recreational areas or facilities designated for public use and comprising the parks and recreation system of Snohomish County under chapter 2.16 SCC.

(3) "County parks employee" shall include any Snohomish County employee while performing duties in a county park.

(4) "Person" shall mean any natural person, firm, partnership, corporation, club or association; but the term "person" shall not include county parks employees.

(5) "Motor vehicle" shall mean any self-propelled device capable of being moved upon a road and transporting persons or property, and shall include, but not be limited to, automobiles, trucks, buses, campers, motorcycles, motorbikes, motor scooters, jeeps, off-road vehicles, and snowmobiles, whether or not they can legally be operated upon the public highways.

(6) "Non-motorized vehicle" shall mean any wheeled operator propelled equipment which transports the operator on land except all wheelchairs to include but not be limited to unicycles, bicycles, tricycles, quadcycles, strollers, scooters, skateboards, rollerblades and rollerskates.

(7) "Trail" shall mean any path or track designed for use by pedestrians or equestrians and which is not of sufficient width or grading to permit its use by standard passenger automobiles; or any other right-of-way specifically designated and posted for non-vehicular use.

(8) "Camping area" shall mean designated camping sites designed for the use of tent campers and/or persons with trailers or recreational vehicles.

(9) "Camping" shall mean pitching, using, parking, or occupying camp facilities for the purpose of habitation, as evidenced by the use of camping paraphernalia.

(10) "Ultralite vehicle" shall mean a single occupant, engine powered, flying machine weighing less than 254 pounds, intended for recreational or sport use, having a maximum fuel capacity of five U.S. gallons, a maximum airspeed at full power in level flight of 55 knots, and a power-off stall airspeed of not more than 24 knots (see Federal Aviation Administration FAR Part 103.1).

(11) "Dusk" shall mean the time at one-half hour after sunset.

(12) "Camp facilities" include but are not limited to tents, huts, temporary shelters, or vehicles if the vehicle is being used as a living quarters.

(13) "Camp paraphernalia" includes but is not limited to tarpaulins, cots, beds, sleeping bags, blankets, mattresses, hammocks, or cooking facilities or equipment.

(14) "Park ranger" shall mean a county parks employee who has been deputized by the county sheriff with a special limited commission as a Washington State peace officer. (Added by § 4 of Res. adopted Apr. 22, 1974; Amended by Ord. 83-026 § 1, Apr. 21, 1983; Amended by Ord. 86-001 § 2, Feb. 12, 1986; Amended by Ord. 93-066, Aug. 18, 1993, Eff date Aug. 28, 1993; Amended by Ord. 98-076 § 1, Aug. 19, 1998, Eff date Aug. 31, 1998; Amended by Amended Ord. 12-029, June 20, 2012, Eff date Aug. 1, 2012; Amended by Ord. 19-036, Aug. 14, 2019, Eff date Aug. 25, 2019; Amended by Amended Ord. 20-081, Jan. 20, 2021, Eff date Jan. 30, 2021).