Discharges of human excrement.
Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 57-24
in effect§ 57-24. - Discharges of human excrement.
(a) No human excrement shall be deposited or discharged into Lake Overholser, Lake Hefner, the canal or sedimentation basin, or into any watercourse.
(b) No cesspool, privy, or other receptacle for the deposit of human excrement shall be located, constructed or maintained within the water district, unless such cesspool, privy or other receptacle is:
(1) constructed under and with the approval of the Utilities Department, and the Health Department;
(2) constructed so that no portion of its contents shall escape or be washed into such waters; and
(3) is located not closer than 660 feet of the high-water mark of the reservoir.
(c) No human excrement or composite containing human excrement, or contents of any privy, cesspool, sewer, or other receptacle for the reception or storage of human excrement, shall be deposited or discharged within the water district, or upon or into the ground at a place from which said excrement or composite thereof may flow or be washed or carried into any watercourse.
(Code 1970, §§ 28-7, 28-8; Code 1980, § 57-24; Ord. No. 23451, § 11, 9-25-07)
Source: City of Oklahoma City, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ok/oklahoma_city/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=OKMUCO2020_CH57WARE_ARTIIWADI_S57-24DIHUEXFetched: 10/28/2026