§ 37-2. - 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:
(1) Abandoned well means any well in which production casing has been run but which has not been operated for six months, and any well in which no production casing has been run, and for which drilling operations have ceased for 30 consecutive days.
(2) Building means any structure used or intended for supporting or sheltering any use or occupancy. The term "building" shall be construed as if followed by the words "or portions thereof."
(3) Corporation Commission means the Oklahoma Corporation Commission.
(4) Deleterious substance means any chemical, saltwater, oilfield brine, waste oil, waste emulsified oil, basic sediment, mud, or injurious substances produced or used in the drilling, development, production, transportation, refining and processing of oil, gas, or condensate.
(5) Enhanced recovery means an operation by which fluid or energy is introduced into a source of supply for the purpose of facilitating recovery therefrom.
(6) Highway means the entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel.
(7) Inspector means any person(s) designated by the Development Services Director to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
(8) Motor vehicle means any automobile, truck, truck tractor, trailer or semitrailer or any motor bus or any self-propelled vehicle not operated or driven upon fixed rails or tracks.
(9) Operator means any person who owns or who has ever owned any working interest in any well bore located within the corporate limits of the City and any person who operates or who has ever operated any well on a contractual basis for any working interest owner.
(10) Permittee means the person to whom a permit is issued under the provisions of this chapter.
(11) Person means and includes any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, trust, cooperative, or other type of organization.
(12) Pollution means the contamination or other alteration of the physical, chemical, or biological properties of any natural waters of the City, or such discharge of any liquid, gaseous or solid substance into any water of the City as will or is likely to create a nuisance or render such waters harmful or detrimental or injurious to public health, safety, or welfare, to domestic, commercial, industrial, agricultural, recreational, or other beneficial uses, or to livestock, animals or aquatic life.
(13) Public building means all buildings used or designed and intended to be used for the gathering of 50 or more persons for such purposes as deliberation, entertainment, amusement, health care, or awaiting transportation. Public buildings include, but shall not be limited to:
a. theaters.
b. motion picture theaters.
c. assembly halls.
d. auditoriums.
e. exhibition halls.
f. museums.
g. libraries.
h. skating rinks.
i. gymnasiums.
j. bowling lanes.
k. pool rooms.
l. armories.
m. mortuary chapels.
n. dance halls.
o. club rooms.
p. recreation piers.
q. courtrooms.
r. conference rooms.
s. drinking establishments.
t. hospitals.
u. restaurants.
(14) State means the State of Oklahoma, its branches, departments, agencies, boards or the officers thereof.
(15) Structure means that which is built or constructed. The term "structure" shall be construed as if followed by the words "or portion thereof."
(16) Treatable water or fresh water means surface and subsurface water in its natural state which may or may not require treatment to be useful for human consumption, and contains less than 10,000 ppm total dissolved solids and/or 5,000 ppm chlorides.
(17) Well means, unless specifically qualified, any hole or holes, bore or bores, of any depth for the purpose of producing and recovering any oil, gas, minerals or liquefied matter, or for the injection or disposal of any of the foregoing.
(18) All technical or oil and gas industry words or phrases used herein and not specifically defined herein shall have that meaning customarily attributable thereto by prudent operators in the oil and gas industry.
(Ord. No. 17916, § 1(22-2), 11-6-84; Code 1980, § 37-2; Ord. No. 18058, § 1, 4-2-85; Ord. No. 18273, § 1, 10-8-85; Ord. No. 27665, § 1, 8-13-24)
