Control of fugitive dust.
Tulsa Revised Ordinances tit. 17, § 713
in effectSection 713. - Control of fugitive dust.
A. Purpose. It is the purpose of this regulation to control air pollution which results from fugitive dust in the City of Tulsa.
B. Fugitive dust. No person shall cause or permit the handling, transporting or disposition of any substance or material which is likely to be scattered by the air or wind, or is susceptible to being airborne or windborne or to operate or maintain or cause to be operated or maintained any premise, open area, right-of-way, storage pile of materials, vehicle or construction, alteration, demolition or wrecking operation or any other enterprise, which involves any material or substance likely to be scattered by the wind or air, or susceptible to being windborne or airborne that would be classified as air pollution without taking reasonable precautions or measures to minimize atmospheric pollution.
C. Precautions. The Director may require such reasonable precautions and shall include, where applicable, but shall not be limited to the following:
1. Use, where possible, of water or chemicals for control of dust in the demolition of existing buildings or structures, construction operations, the grading of roads, driveways and parking lots or the clearing of land;
2. Application and maintenance of asphalt, road oil, water or suitable chemicals on dirt roads, driveways and parking lots, materials stockpiles and other surfaces which can be the source of airborne dust;
3. Installation and use of hoods, fans and dust collectors to enclose and vent the handling of dusty materials or the use of water sprays or other acceptable measures to suppress the dust emission during handling; adequate containment methods shall be employed during sandblasting or other similar operations;
4. Covering, at all times, when in motion, open-bodied trucks transporting materials likely to become airborne;
5. The prompt removal of earth or other material from paved roads, driveways and parking lots on which earth or other material has been deposited by trucking, earth moving equipment or erosion by water; and
6. The planting and maintenance of vegetative ground cover.
D. Damage to adjacent properties. No person shall cause or permit the discharge of any visible fugitive dust emissions beyond the property line on which the emissions originate in such a manner as to damage or to interfere with the use of adjacent properties or the maintenance, or attainment of ambient air quality standards.
Source: City of Tulsa, Revised Ordinances and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ok/tulsa/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_TIT17HERE_CH7CLAICO_S713COFUDUFetched: 10/28/2026