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  • (1) "Aerial lift" means a ropeway on which passengers are transported in cabins or on chairs.
  • (2) "Aerial tramway" means a ropeway on which passengers are transported in cable supported carriers and are not in contact with the ground or snow surface and that reciprocates between terminals.
  • (3) "Area" means the geographic area, terrain, and ski slopes served by a passenger ropeway.
  • (4) "Committee" means the Passenger Ropeway Safety Committee created by Section 72-11-202.
  • (5) "Conveyor" means a device used to transport skiers and snowboarders standing on a flexible moving element or belt.
  • (6) "Detachable grip lift" means a monocable or bicable ropeway system on which carriers circulate around the system alternately attaching to and detaching from a moving haul rope.
  • (7) "Funicular" means a ropeway on which carriers are supported and guided by a guideway and that is propelled by means of a haul rope system and that is operated as a single or double reversible system.
  • (8) "Industry" means the passenger ropeway business activities of any person in the state who owns, manages, or directs the operation of a passenger ropeway.
  • (9) "Operator" means a person, including any political subdivision or instrumentality of the political subdivision, who owns, manages, or directs the operation of a passenger ropeway.
  • (10)
    • (a) "Passenger ropeway" means a device, excluding an elevator, used to transport passengers along a level, inclined or declined path by means of a haul rope or other flexible elements that is driven by a power unit that remains essentially at a single location.
    • (b) Passenger ropeways include the following:
      • (i) an aerial tramway;
      • (ii) an aerial lift, including a detachable grip lift and chair lift;
      • (iii) a conveyor;
      • (iv) a funicular;
      • (v) a surface lift, including a J-bar, T-bar, or platter pull; and
      • (vi) a rope tow, including a wire rope and fiber rope tow.
  • (11) "Private residence passenger ropeway" means a passenger ropeway that:
    • (a) is installed at a private residence;
    • (b) is not accessible to the general public;
    • (c) is not used for commercial purposes; and
    • (d)
      • (i) is owned by one single owner; and
      • (ii) the owner described in Subsection (11)(d)(i) is not:
        • (A) a unit or homeowner's association; or
        • (B) a planned unit development or a planned residential unit development organization or entity.
  • (12) "Rope tow" means a ropeway on which passengers remain in contact with the ground or snow surface and are pulled in one direction only by a towing device attached to a circulating wire rope.
  • (13) "Surface lift" means a ropeway on which passengers remain in contact with the ground or snow surface and are pulled by a towing device attached to a circulating overhead wire rope, and includes a J-bar, T-bar, or platter pull.




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