§ 40-3. Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Boat rental means the lease, rental, loan, or bailment for consideration of any floating device for use on any stream or river named in section 40-4.

Board of commissioners means the Gilmer County Board of Commissioners.

Commercial river outfitter means any person, group or business operating principally as a recreational company that provides floating devices and regularly charges a fee or imposes a charge of any nature to the general public or any member thereof, for transportation to/from or on a waterway or rental of said floating devices for use in the water.

Commercial river use means any operation of a boat rental or commercial outfitter.

Commercial river use permit means a discretionary permit issued pursuant to this chapter that entitles the permittee to engage in commercial river use.

Floating device means any raft, kayak, canoe, inner tube, kickboard, water wheel, or similar object, or any "vessel" as defined by Harbors and Navigations Code § 21, as it may be amended from time to time. The term "floating device" expressly excludes U.S. Coast Guard approved personal flotation devices, Types 1 through 5.

(Res. No. 17-042, 4-13-2017)