1. (a) No person may promote, organize, or engage in any of the following activities in a state park without a permit:

   1. (1) an organized or promoted assembly of more than 20 persons;
   2. (2) any promotional or entertainment event, including an organized athletic event, competitive recreational event, or spectator event, whether or not an admission fee is charged;
   3. (3) camping within a developed campground for longer than 15 consecutive days in a calendar year or longer than the period designated by the director for the site or area in which the camp is made;
   4. (4) constructing or placing an improvement, structure, or property within a park, including a sign (with the exception of a state regulatory marker), fixture, shelter or cabin, personal property, road, trail, excavation, fill, or buttress;
   5. (5) discharging explosives;
   6. (6) conducting exploration, scientific research, or information collection activities requiring authorization under 11 AAC 12.170 and 11 AAC 12.175;
   7. (7) commercial activities described in 11 AAC 12.300 and 11 AAC 12.990;
   8. (8) using a state park for recurring or permanent motorized access, including aircraft landings and takeoffs across land or water closed to motorized use, to land not owned or controlled by the state;
   9. (9) occupying a campsite with more than the allowed number of vehicles;
   10. (10) uses limited or prohibited by the director under 11 AAC 12 or 11 AAC 20; and
   11. (11) any other incompatible use as defined under regulation or that does not otherwise have lawful recreation as its primary purpose.
2. (b) For a permit required under this section, a fee must be paid if required under 11 AAC 05.170(b)(4). However, nothing in this section limits the department's authority to charge other applicable fees under 11 AAC 05.170.

(Eff. 1/13/73, Register 44; am 5/11/85, Register 94; am 1/28/88, Register 105; am 7/1/89, Register 110; am 12/25/91, Register 120; am 11/15/2015, Register 216; am 7/1/2018, Register 227; am 5/5/2022, Register 242)

Authority: AS 41.21.020, AS 41.21.026, AS 41.21.040