“Aircraft” means any machine or device designated to travel through the air including but not limited to: airplanes, helicopters and balloons.

“Alcoholic beverages” or “liquor” includes the four varieties of liquor defined as alcohol, spirits, wine and beer, all fermented, spirituous, vinous, or malt liquor, and all other intoxicating beverages, and every liquor, solid or semisolid or other substance, patented or not, containing alcohol, spirits, wine or beer; all drinks or drinkable liquids and all preparations or mixtures capable of human consumption. Any liquor, semisolid, solid or other substance which contains more than one percent alcohol by weight shall be conclusively deemed to be intoxicating.

“Associated marine area” means any water area within 100 feet of any “Lakewood City park area” or “marine facility” such as a dock, pier, float, buoy, log boom, or other object which is part of a “Lakewood City park area”; provided, that such area does not include private property.

“Camper” means a motorized vehicle containing sleeping and/or housekeeping accommodations, and shall include a pickup truck with camper, a van-type body, a converted bus, or any similar type vehicle.

“Camping” means erecting a tent or shelter or arranging bedding or both for the purpose of, or in such a way as will permit, remaining overnight, or parking a trailer, camper, or other vehicle for the purpose of remaining overnight.

“City” means the City of Lakewood, a municipal corporation in the state of Washington.

“City Manager” means the City Manager of the City of Lakewood or designee.

“Commercial use” means any use of a park facility where money is exchanged on site; the area is used as a staging, instruction or display area; or doing work at a park location (i.e., testing engines, storing or delivering goods) that could result in a personal/professional benefit.

“Community athletic programs” means any athletic program that is organized for the purposes of training for and engaging in athletic activity and competition and that is in any way operated, conducted, administered, or supported by a city, town, county, district or school district (other than those athletic programs offered by the school and created solely for the students by the school).

“Department” means the department of the City of Lakewood that administers and oversees the City parks; provided, that where the context indicates, “department” may mean the person or persons responsible for the administration and oversight of the City parks.

“Discrimination” means any action or failure to act, whether by single act or part of a practice, the effect of which is to adversely affect or differentiate between or among individuals or groups of individuals, because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, parental status, sexual orientation, the presence of any sensory, mental or physical handicap, or the use of a trained dog guide by a blind or deaf person.

“Drone” means a remotely controlled unmanned aircraft.

“Facility” or “facilities” means any building, structure, or park area managed by the City of Lakewood Parks and Recreation Department.

“Facility supervisor” refers to a duly appointed City of Lakewood Parks and Recreation Department employee.

“Gender equity” means that cities, towns, counties and districts are prohibited from discriminating on the basis of sex in the operation, conduct, or administration of community athletic programs. Third parties who receive a lease or permit from such entities to operate, conduct, or administer a community athletic program are also prohibited from discriminating on the basis of sex.

“Geocache” means an item, typically in a container, that has been hidden at a location whose coordinates have been posted on a public or private source.

“Holiday” means federally recognized holidays.

“Motor vehicle” means any self-propelled device capable of being moved upon a road, and in, upon, or by which any persons or property may be transported or drawn, and shall include, but not be limited to, automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, motor scooters, jeeps or similar type four-wheel drive vehicles, all-terrain or off-road vehicles, snowmobiles and vessels, whether or not they can legally be operated upon the public highways.

“Overnight” means a 24-hour period of time with a defined start time/end time.

“Park area” means any area under the ownership, management, or control of the City of Lakewood Parks and Recreation Department.

“Person” means all natural persons, groups, firms, partnerships, corporations, clubs, and all associations or combination of persons whenever acting for themselves or an agent, servant, or employee.

“Power loading” is the use of a boat motor to load a boat onto a boat trailer.

“Recreational vehicle” shall include vehicles used exclusively for noncommercial purposes which are primarily designed for recreational, camping, or travel use or towing a horse trailer.

“Resident” means anyone who can verify proof of Lakewood residency with identification such as a public utility bill, Lakewood business license or Washington driver’s license.

“Rocket” means any device containing a combustible substance which when ignited propels the device forward.

“Service animal” means any dog that is individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability, including a physical, sensory, psychiatric, intellectual or other mental disability.

“Smoking” shall include inhaling, exhaling, burning or carrying any lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe or other lighted or vaporized substance in any manner or form for any purpose.

“Tobacco” means the leaves of various plants which are dried and processed chiefly for chewing or snuffing or smoking in cigarettes, cigars, or pipes.

“Trail” means any path, track, or right-of-way designed for use by pedestrians, bicycles, equestrians, mobility devices (as defined by RCW 46.61.710) or other nonmotorized modes of transportation.

“Trailer” means a towed vehicle which contains sleeping or housekeeping accommodations or used to tow a vessel.

“Vessel” includes every description of watercraft on the water, other than a seaplane, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on the water. However, it does not include inner tubes, air mattresses, sailboards, and small rafts or flotation devices or toys customarily used by swimmers. [Ord. 749 § 1, 2021; Ord. 715 § 1, 2019; Ord. 579 § 1, 2014; Ord. 509 § 2, 2010; Ord. 420 § 1, 2006; Ord. 126 § 1, 1997.]