Definitions.
Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 48-15
in effect§ 48-15. - Definitions.
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Best management practices: a technique or series of techniques which, when used in an erosion control plan, is proven to be effective in controlling construction-related runoff, erosion and sedimentation.
City Engineer: the professional engineer designated in Section 2-111 of this Code.
Civil engineering: the application of the knowledge of the forces of nature, principles of mechanics and the properties of materials to the evaluation, design and construction of civil works for the beneficial uses of mankind.
DEQ: The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality
Engineering geologist: a geologist experienced and knowledgeable in engineering geology and certified by the State of Oklahoma to practice engineering geology.
Engineering geology: the application of geologic knowledge and principles in the investigation and evaluation of naturally occurring rock and soil for use in the design of civil works.
EPA: The United States Environmental Protection Agency.
Erosion: the wearing away of the ground surface as a result of the movement of wind, water and/or ice.
Erosion and sediment control site plan or erosion plan: a set of best management practices or equivalent measures designed to control surface runoff and erosion and to retain sediment on a particular site during the period in which pre-construction and construction-related land disturbance, fills and soil storage occur, and before final improvements are completed.
Excavation: to expose or uncover by digging, scooping, or removing soil.
Grade: the vertical location of the ground surface.
Grading: any land disturbance or land fill, or combination thereof.
Grading plan: an approved plan for grading a site.
Land disturbing activity/land disturbance: any land change which may result in soil erosion from water and wind and the movement of sediments into community waters or onto lands and roadways within the community, including, but not limited to, clearing, dredging, grading, excavating, transporting, storing, stockpiling, mining, disposing, and filling of soil, earthen materials, or land.
Land fill: any human activity involving the disposition of soil or other earth materials.
Manager or Storm Water Quality Manager: the person designated by the City to supervise the operation of Storm Water Quality Management Division of the Public Works Department.
Mine: a pit or excavation in the earth from which mineral substances are taken.
Mining: the extraction of minerals from natural deposits by any method or process for remuneration.
Permanent improvements: site improvements other than erosion control measures to be constructed after clearing and grading activities have been completed.
Permittee: the applicant in whose name a valid permit is duly issued pursuant to this article and his/her agents, employees and others acting under his/her supervision or control.
Public Works Director or Director: the person designated in Section 2-542 of this Code.
Sediment: earth material deposited by water or wind.
Site: a parcel or parcels of real property owned by one or more than one person which is being or is capable of being developed as a single project.
Soil: naturally occurring superficial deposits overlaying bedrock.
Soil engineer: a civil engineer experienced and knowledgeable in the practice of soil engineering.
Soil engineering: the application of the principles of soil mechanics in the investigation, evaluation and design of civil works involving the use of earth materials and the inspection and testing of the construction thereof.
(Ord. No. 21320, § 1, 9-28-99; Ord. No. 24076, § 1, 6-15-10)
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_CH48SODIAC_ARTIIGRERSECO_S48-15DEFetched: 10/28/2026