§ 25-13-103 — Definitions

Colorado § 25-13-103

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 25: Public
• Art.: Recreation Land Preservation

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As used in this article, unless the context otherwise
requires:

(1) Board means the state board of health.

(2) Campsite means any specific area within organized campgrounds or
other recreation areas which is used for overnight stays by an individual, a single
camping family, a group, or any other similar entity.

(3) Department means the department of public health and environment.

(4) Operator means the person responsible for managing the organized
campground or recreation area.

(5) Organized campgrounds means all federal, state, municipal, and county
owned and designated roadside parks and campgrounds and privately owned
campgrounds which are made available, either with or without a fee, to the public.

(6) Person means any private or public institution, corporation, individual,
partnership, firm, association, or other entity.

(7) Public accommodation facilities means all motels, hotels, dude ranches,
youth camps, and other similar facilities rented out to the public in areas used
predominantly for recreation.

(8) Recreation areas means all public lands and surface waters of the
state, other than organized campgrounds, used for picnicking, camping, and other
recreational activities.

(9) Refuse means all combustible or noncombustible solid waste, garbage,
rubbish, debris, and litter.

(10) Sewage means any liquid or solid waste material which contains
human excreta.

(11) Surface of ground means any portion of the ground from the surface to
a depth of six inches.

(12) Waters of the state means all streams, lakes, rivers, ponds, wells,
impounding reservoirs, watercourses, springs, drainage systems, and irrigation
systems; all sources of water such as snow, ice, and glaciers; and all other bodies or
accumulations of water, surface and underground, natural or artificial, public or
private, located wholly or partly within or bordering upon this state and within the
jurisdiction of this state.

Legislative History

Source: L. 71: p. 643, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 66-34-3. L. 94: (3) amended, p. 2792, � 529, effective July 1.