Rest Area Regulations

As described in Oregon Administrative Rule 734-030-0010, to preserve state property and increase health and safety in rest areas, the following activities are prohibited by visitors to rest areas:

Lighting a fire
Picking, removing, or damaging plant life or forest products
Hunting, trapping, or injuring birds or animals.
Discharging a firearm, bow and arrow, or other weapon
Discharging fireworks, explosives, or other similar devices
Mutilating, defacing, damaging or removing any property, structure or facility
Digging up, defacing, or removing any dirt, stone, rock, or other natural substance
Operating a concession or selling merchandise, food, or services, except for a permitted "free coffee" service, or vending machines under an agreement with the Department of Transportation or Travel Information Council
Blocking access to the restroom
Smoking or carrying a lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe or other smoking implement, in a restroom building or within 20 feet of a restroom building
Operating a motor vehicle in any area not intended for motor vehicles
Parking a motor vehicle outside the designated parking area or parking in violation of any posted parking regulation
Allowing a pet to run loose. Allowing a pet on a leash, except a guide animal, in any area except designated pet areas. Allowing a pet, except a guide animal, in any building.
Allowing livestock to run at large or to be in any area except in designated pet or livestock areas
Placing a poster, flyer, sign or other marker in or on any utility pole, sign post, building or other facility in a rest area
Depositing garbage, recyclables, or refuse of any kind except in designated containers
Dumping, spilling or allowing to leak any sewage, waste water, or other substance from the vehicle
Using a restroom to bathe or wash clothing, dishes or other materials
Setting up a tent or other structure, camping, or remaining in a rest area for more than 12 hours within any 24-hour period
Participating in a disturbance or riotous or other behavior which interferes with the reasonable use of the rest area by other visitors
Obstructing, harassing or interfering with a Department of Transportation or Travel Information Council employee or Rest Area Attendant in the performance of their duties
Creating noise by any means which interferes with the reasonable use of the rest area by other visitors

Failure to comply with rest area regulations governing health and safety in a rest area may result in a Class B violation. Upon receipt of a citation the person must leave the rest area immediately.

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