DAR File No. 30898

Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation

R651-611

Fee Schedule

NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE

DAR File No.: 30898
Filed: 01/14/2008, 07:07
Received by: NL

RULE ANALYSIS

Purpose of the rule or reason for the change:

The purpose of this amendment is to include and update changes that were inadvertently left out of the previous amendment for this rule. These changes are further changes that were approved by the board of Parks and Recreation and will update the rule to be consistent with the changes.

Summary of the rule or change:

When the last amendment to this rule was entered, there were several changes that did not get included in the summary. These changes have need to be included to bring this rule up-to-date with the changes that were made by the Parks board.

State statutory or constitutional authorization for this rule:

Subsection 63-11-17(8)

Anticipated cost or savings to:

the state budget:

There will be little, if any, impact to the state budget costs or savings. These fee changes are essentially "net zero" and are implemented to make it easier for park staff to charge and collect fees.

local governments:

No impact is expected for local government anticipated costs or savings as these changes are made for state park staff and the charging and collection of fees.

small businesses and persons other than businesses:

No impact for small businesses and persons other than businesses as these changes are implemented to make the charging and collection of fees easier for park staff.

Compliance costs for affected persons:

Individuals will have little, if any impact as these changes are for park staff to assist in the charging and collection of the fees in place.

Comments by the department head on the fiscal impact the rule may have on businesses:

The department finds that this rule will have no fiscal impact on businesses. Michael Styler, Executive Director

The full text of this rule may be inspected, during regular business hours, at the Division of Administrative Rules, or at:

Natural Resources
Parks and Recreation
1594 W NORTH TEMPLE
SALT LAKE CITY UT 84116-3154

Direct questions regarding this rule to:

Dee Guess at the above address, by phone at 801-538-7320, by FAX at 801-537-3144, or by Internet E-mail at deeguess@utah.gov

Interested persons may present their views on this rule by submitting written comments to the address above no later than 5:00 p.m. on:

03/03/2008

This rule may become effective on:

03/10/2008

Authorized by:

Mark Forbes, Deputy Director (Legislation)

R651. Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation.

R651-611. Fee Schedule.

R651-611-2. Day Use Entrance Fees.

Permits the use of all day activity areas in a state park. These fees do not include overnight camping facilities or special use fees.

A. Annual Permits

1. $75.00 Multiple Park Permit (good for all parks)

2. $35.00 Senior Multiple Park Permit (good for all parks)

3. $200.00 Commercial Dealer Demonstration Pass

4. Duplicate Annual Permits may be purchased if originals are lost, destroyed, or stolen, upon payment of a $10.00 fee and the submittal of a signed affidavit to the Division office. Only one duplicate is allowed.

B. Special Fun Tag - Available free to Utah residents, who are disabled, as defined by the Special Fun Tag permit affidavit.

C. Daily Permit - Allows access to a specific state park on the date of purchase.

1. $10.00 ($5.00 for seniors)per private motor vehicle, or $2.00 per person, ($1.00 for seniors) for pedestrians or bicycles at the following park:

 

TABLE 1

 Dead Horse Point

 

2. $10.00 ($5.00 for seniors) per private motor vehicle, or $5.00 per person, ($3.00 for seniors) for pedestrians or bicycles at the following parks:

 

TABLE 2

 Deer Creek          Jordanelle - Hailstone

 Willard Bay

 

3. $10.00 ($5.00 for seniors)per private motor vehicle, or $4.00 per person, ($2.00 for seniors) for pedestrians or bicycles at the following parks:

 

TABLE 3

 Sand Hollow

 

4. $9.00 ($5.00 for seniors) per private motor vehicle or $5.00 per person ($3.00 for seniors), for pedestrians or bicycles at the following parks:

 

TABLE 4

 Utah Lake

 

5. $9.00 ($5.00 for seniors) per private motor vehicle or $4.00 per person ($2.00 for seniors), for pedestrians or bicycles at the following parks:

 

TABLE 5

 East Canyon         Rockport

 

6. $8.00 ($4.00 for seniors) per private motor vehicle or $4.00 per person ($2.00 for seniors) for pedestrians or bicycles at the following parks:

 

TABLE 6

 Bear Lake Marina    Bear Lake - Rendevous

 Quail Creek

 

7. $7.00 ($4.00 for seniors) per private motor vehicle or $4.00 per person ($2.00 for seniors) for pedestrians or bicycles at the following parks:

 

TABLE 7

 Jordanelle - Rockcliff        Yuba

 

8. $7.00 ($4.00 for seniors) per private motor vehicle or $3.00 per person ($2.00 for seniors) for pedestrians or bicycles at the following parks:

 

TABLE 8

 Goblin Valley       Red Fleet

 Scofield            Starvation

 Steinaker

 

9. $6.00 ($3.00 for seniors) per private motor vehicle or $3.00 per person ($2.00 for seniors), for pedestrians or bicycles at the following parks:

 

TABLE 9

 Coral Pink          Hyrum

 Kodachrome          Palisade

 

10. $6.00 ($3.00 for seniors) per private motor vehicle or $2.00 per person ($2.00) for seniors), for pedestrians or bicycles at the following park:

 

TABLE 10

 Antelope Island

 

11. $2.00 ($1.00 for seniors) per private vehicle at the following park:

 

TABLE 11

 Great Salt Lake

 

12. $6.00 per adult, $3.00 per child (a child is defined as any person between the ages of six (6) and twelve (12) years old inclusively), and $3.00 for seniors at Utah Field House State Park.

13. $5.00 per adult, $3.00 per child (a child is defined as any person between the ages of six (6) and twelve (12) years old inclusively).

 

TABLE 12

 Edge of the Cedars

 

14. $2.00 per person ($1.00 for seniors), or $6.00 per family (up to eight (8) individuals ($3.00 for seniors), at the following parks:

 

TABLE 13

 Camp Floyd          Territorial

 

15. $4.00 per person ($2.00 for seniors), or $6.00 per family (up to eight (8) individuals ($3.00 for seniors), at the following parks:

 

TABLE 14

 Anasazi

 

16. $3.00 per person ($1.50 for seniors), or $6.00 per family (up to eight (8) individuals ($3.00 for seniors), at the following parks:

 

TABLE 15

 Fremont             Iron Mission

 

17. $5.00 ($3.00 for seniors) per private motor vehicle or $3.00 per person ($2.00 for seniors), for pedestrians or bicycles at the parks not identified above, including the east side of Bear Lake.

18. $$15.00 per OHV rider at the Jordan River OHV Center.

19. $2.00 per person for commercial groups or vehicles with nine (9) or more occupants ($15.00 per group at Great Salt Lake).

D. Group Site Day Use Fee - Advance reservation only. $2.00 per person, age six (6) and over, for sites with basic facilities. Minimum cost for Group Day Use for the following parks:

 

TABLE 16

 1.  Fixed (flat) rate:

 

 Bear Lake - East Side                $ 75.00

 Bear Lake - Big Creek                $ 75.00

 Bear Lake - Willow                   $ 75.00

 Bear Lake Marina                     $ 75.00

 Camp Floyd Day Use Pavilion          $ 30.00

 Deer Creek Island                    $100.00

 Deer Creek - Sailboat                $100.00

 Deer Creek - Peterson                $100.00

 Deer Creek - Rainbow                 $200.00

 Deer Creek - Wallsburg               $300.00

 East Canyon - Small                  $100.00

 East Canyon - Medium                 $175.00

 Fremont                              $ 70.00

 Hyrum                                $150.00

 Jordanelle - Hailstone Cabanas       $ 20.00

 Jordanelle - Beach                   $175.00

 Jordanelle - Cove                    $175.00

 Jordanelle - Keatley                 $175.00

 Jordanelle - Rock Cliff North        $175.00

 Jordanelle - Rock Cliff South        $175.00

 Otter Creek -                        $100.00

 Rockport - Crandalls                 $100.00

 Rockport - Highland                  $100.00

 Rockport - Lariat Loop               $100.00

 Rockport - Old Church                $250.00

 Snow Canyon - Galoot Day Use         $ 75.00

 Starvation - Mountain View           $150.00

 Steinaker -                          $150.00

 Wasatch - Cottonwood                 $175.00

 Wasatch - Oak Hollow                 $175.00

 Wasatch - Soldier Hollow             $175.00

 Willard - Eagle Beach (150 max)      $200.00

 Willard - Pelican Beach (250 max)    $350.00

 Yuba Lake - Group Day Use Area       $ 75.00

 

 2.  $3.00 per person and $2.00 per vehicle at Antelope

 Island State Park.

 

 3.  $2 per person with a minimum fee of $50 at Huntington,

 Millsite and Palisade state parks.

 

E. Antelope Island Wildlife Management Program: A $1.00 fee will be added to the entrance fee at Antelope Island. This additional fee will be used by the Division to fund the Wildlife Management Program on the Island.

 

R651-611-3. Camping Fees.

Permits overnight camping and day use for the day of arrival until 2:00 p.m. of the following day or each successive day. Camp sites must be vacated by 12:00 noon following the last camping night at Dead Horse Point. Camping is limited to 14 consecutive days at all campgrounds with the exception of Snow Canyon State Park, with a five (5) consecutive day limit.

A. Individual Sites -- One (1) vehicle with up to eight (8) occupants and any attached recreational equipment as one (1) independent camp unit. Fees for individual sites are based on the following schedule:

1. $10.00 with pit or vault toilets; $13.00 with flush toilets; $16.00 with flush toilets and showers or electrical hookups; $20.00 with flush toilets, showers and electrical hookups; $25.00 with full hookups.

2. Primitive camping fees may be decreased at the park manager's discretion dependent upon the developed state of the facilities to be used by park visitors. Notification of the change must be made to the Division's financial manager and reservations manager before the reduced fee can be made effective.

3. Special Fun Tag holders may receive a $2.00 discount for individual camping sites Monday through Thursday nights, excluding holidays.

4. One-half the campsite fee rounded up to the nearest dollar will be charged per vehicle at all parks and individual camping sites for all additional transportation vehicles that are separate and not attached to the primary vehicle, but are dependent upon that unit. No more than one additional vehicle is allowed at any individual campsite. This fee is not applicable at primitive campsites.

B. Group Sites - (by advance reservation for groups)

1. The following fees will apply to Overnight Group Camping:

 

TABLE 17

 1.  Reservation Fee:  $10.65 at the following parks:

 

 Bear Lake - Eastside -               $ 75.00

 Bear Lake - Big Creek -              $ 75.00

 Bear Lake - Willow  -                $ 75.00

 Bear Lake Marina -                   $ 75.00

 Deer Creek - Wallsburg -             $400.00

 East Canyon - Large Springs -        $ 50.00

 East Canyon - Mormon Flats -         $ 75.00

 East Canyon - New -                  $200.00

 Escalante Group Area -               $ 50.00

 Fremont - Group Area -               $ 70.00

 Hyrum -                              $150.00

 Jordanelle - Beach                   $250.00

 Jordanelle - Cover                   $250.00

 Jordanelle - Keatley                 $250.00

 Jordanelle - Rock Cliff North        $250.00

 Jordanelle - Rock Cliff South        $250.00

 Kodachrome - Arches -                $ 65.00

 Kodachrome - Oasis -                 $ 65.00

 Otter Creek -                        $100.00

 Rockport - Hawthorne                 $150.00

 Rockport - Riverside                 $150.00

 Rockport - Old Church                $150.00

 Snow Canyon - Quail Group Area       $ 65.00

 Steinaker -                          $200.00

 Wasatch - Soldier Hollow Chalet     [$200.00]$250.00

 Willard - Pelican Beach (250 max)    $350.00

 Yuba - Painted Rocks                 $100.00

 Yuba - Oasis                         $100.00

 

 2.  $3.00 per person at Dead Horse (minimum - $45.00)

 

 3.  $3.00 per person at Goblin Valley, Green River No.1

 and No. 2, Starvation, Palisade and Scofield (minimum) -

 $75.00

 

 4. $3.00 per person and $2 per vehicle.  Antelope Island

 (minimum) $60.00

 

KEY: parks, fees

Date of Enactment or Last Substantive Amendment: [January 1, 2008]March 10, 2008

Notice of Continuation: February 13, 2006

Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 63-11-17(8)