For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms, phrases and words shall have the meanings given herein. All other words contained in this chapter not specifically defined shall have their ordinary and customary meanings.
ADA COUNTY PARKS AND WATERWAYS PROPERTY: Any property which is owned, managed, leased, licensed or under easement by Ada County for park and recreational purposes. Such areas include, but are not limited to, Barber Park, the Boise River, Hubbard Reservoir, Oregon Trailhead, the Greenbelt, Ada County Bike Park, Fivemile/Victory Wetland, Lucky Peak Lake docks, foothill trails and trailhead facilities.
BOARD: The Board of County Commissioners of Ada County, Idaho.
BOISE RIVER: All public property in unincorporated Ada County over which Ada County has jurisdiction surrounding the river for a distance of seventy feet (70') horizontally landward from the ordinary high water mark into and including the river itself.
CAMP OR CAMPING: The use of land for living accommodation purposes such as sleeping, making preparations to sleep (including laying down bedding for the purpose of sleeping), storing personal belongings, making fire, using any tents, shelter or vehicle for sleeping.
DEPARTMENT: The Ada County Parks and Waterways Department.
DIRECTOR: The Chief Administrator of the Ada County Parks and Waterways Department.
ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE: Any electronic oral device, such as one composed of a heating or ultrasonic element, better and/or electronic current, which provides a vapor of nicotine or any other substance, and use or inhalation of which simulates smoking. The term shall include any such device, whether manufactured, distributed, marketed, or sold as an e-cigarette, e-cigar, or under any other product name or descriptor.
ELECTRONIC POWER-ASSISTED BICYCLE (E-BIKE): A vehicle having two (2) tandem wheels or two (2) parallel wheels and one forward wheel, any two (2) of which are not less than twelve inches (12") in diameter, that is designed to be operated by human power with the assistance of an electronic motor that has a power output of no more than seven hundred fifty (750) watts that: a) is incapable of propelling the vehicle at a speed of more than twenty (20) miles per hour; and b) disengages or ceases to function when the vehicle's brakes are applied. An E-bike is not a vehicle for purposes of this chapter.
EXCRETION: The discharge of human waste from the body, including the acts of defecation and urination.
FOOTHILL TRAILS: Paths and trails in the Ridge to Rivers Trail Network that are located entirely and solely on property owned by Ada County.
GREENBELT: The paved or improved pathways and connecting trails and the twenty feet (20') of publicly owned greenspace on either side, including picnic tables, barbeque stands, benches and other improvements and fixtures along the Boise River maintained by Ada County Parks and Waterways Department. Greenbelt does not include any private property which may lie within twenty feet (20') of the paved or improved pathways and connecting trails.
HUMAN WASTE: Human feces or human urine.
LIVESTOCK: Poultry or other birds, horses, cattle, dairy cattle, swine, sheep, llamas, goats, or other grazing animals.
MOTORIZED WATERCRAFT OR MOTORBOAT: Any vessel propelled by machinery whether or not such machinery is the principal source of propulsion. This includes any vessel temporarily or permanently equipped with a motor, including, but not limited to, jet propulsion, electric, and gasoline powered machinery.
PARK, PARKED OR PARKING: The condition of any vehicle stopped or left standing, whether attended or unattended.
PARKS, OPEN SPACE AND TRAILS ADVISORY BOARD: The Advisory Board appointed by the Board as authorized in this chapter.
SERVICE LINE: An indoor or outdoor location in which one or more persons are waiting for or receiving service of any kind, whether or not the service involves the exchange of money, including, but not limited to, persons waiting to use an ATM, attend a concert, obtain food or drink from a vendor, purchase tickets, rent equipment, purchase or board public transit or attend a sporting event.
SMOKE OR SMOKING: Inhaling, exhaling, burning, carrying or possessing any combusting (heated, lit, or smoldering) tobacco or any other substance, whether contained in a cigar, cigarette, or pipe, or any other object. Smoking does not include possession of an unlit cigar, cigarette, or pipe.
TOBACCO PRODUCT: Any substance that contains tobacco, including, but not limited to, cigarettes, cigars, pipes, snuff, smoking tobacco, tobacco papers, or smokeless tobacco.
VEHICLE: Every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a public highway. The term does not include E-bikes, devices moved by human or animal power or devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. (Ord. 844, 7-21-2015; amd. Ord. 849, 2-2-2016; amd. Ord. 882, 4-17-2018)