Definitions.
Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 57-16
in effect§ 57-16. - Definitions.
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
(1) City water district or water district means the Oklahoma City Water District.
(2) High-water line means the margin of Lake Overholser, if it is referred to, when the surface thereof is at an elevation of 1,242.27 feet above sea level, or if Lake Hefner is referred to, when:
a. the surface thereof is at an elevation of 1,199 feet above sea level; or
b. the sedimentation basin is 1,243.52 feet above sea level.
(3) Linear distance of a structure or object from the reservoir or from a watercourse means the shortest horizontal distance from the nearest point of the structure or object to the high-water line of said reservoir, lake or watercourse.
(4) Reservoir means Lake Overholser and Lake Hefner, together with the sedimentation basin, Lake Hefner Canal, and the portion of the North Canadian River, or any tributaries directly emptying into either Lake Overholser or Lake Hefner.
(5) Watercourse means and includes every spring, pond, stream, ditch, water-bearing sand, or other channel or course of every kind, the waters of which, when running, either continuously or occasionally, eventually flow or may flow either into Lake Overholser or Lake Hefner.
(Code 1970, § 28-1; Code 1980, § 57-16)
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_S57-16DEFetched: 10/28/2026