§ 3.68.030. Definitions.

(a)

"Commission" shall mean the San Mateo County Parks and Recreation Commission.

(b)

"County Park" shall mean any park, recreation area, reserve or preserve, historical site or any other facility operated by the San Mateo County Parks and Recreation Department.

(c)

"Department" shall mean the San Mateo County Parks and Recreation Department.

(d)

"Director" shall mean the Director of the San Mateo County Parks and Recreation Department.

(e)

"General Manager and Chief Engineer" shall mean the General Manager and Chief Engineer of the San Francisco Water Department of the City and County of San Francisco.

(f)

"San Francisco Fish and Game Refuge" means that area defined in the State of California Fish and Game Code, division 7 REFUGES, chapter 2, article 1, section 10772 and under the jurisdiction of the San Francisco Water Department.

(g)

"Hiking and Riding Trail" shall mean all trails which have been dedicated to the County or other public agency for hiking or horseback riding purposes, or both, or any trail which is open to the general public for such purpose.

(h)

"Motor Vehicle" shall mean any automobile, truck, bus, van, motorcycle, off-road vehicle, four-wheel drive vehicle, dirt bike, motor-driven vehicle, or any vehicle which is self-propelled.

(i)

"Person" as used in this chapter shall be construed to mean and shall include natural persons, firms, co-partnerships, corporations, clubs and all associations or combinations of persons whatever, whether acting by themselves or by a servant, agent or employee.

(j)

"Recreation Area" as used in this chapter shall be construed to mean and shall include all land, facilities and other property for public recreation owned and/or operated by the County of San Mateo, or the San Francisco Water Department, including parks, playgrounds, camping areas, swimming pools, golf courses, picnic grounds, athletic fields, beaches, parkways, public squares, hiking and bicycling paths, horse trails, roadside viewing areas, rest stops, historical monuments, and all grounds surrounding public buildings, all planting and areas for planting along roads, streets and highways, and all other recreation areas, including all buildings, structures, improvements, monuments, apparatus and equipment existing in or that may be erected in any of such areas.

(k)

"Sound Amplifying Equipment" shall mean any machine or device for the amplification of the human voice, music, or any other sound, but shall not include standard automobile radios or automobile tape decks when used and heard only by the occupants of the vehicle in which the automobile radio or tape deck is installed, nor radio receiving sets, non-electrical musical instruments, or television sets. "Sound Amplifying Equipment" as used in this chapter, shall not include warning devices or sound amplification equipment on Parks and Recreation Department, or San Francisco Water Department vehicles, or other authorized emergency vehicles, or horns, or other warning devices on any vehicle used only for traffic safety purposes.

(l)

"Vessel" shall be used to describe any water craft, board or similar equipment capable of being used as transportation in or on water.

(m)

"Beach" shall mean the shore of any body of water within any County Park and Recreation Area or the San Francisco Fish and Game Refuge.

(Prior code § 3385.2; Ord. 415, 06/25/34; Ord. 2394, 09/21/76; Ord. 2807, 10/26/82; Ord. 3252, 07/31/90)