Title 11-C
WATERWORKS AND SEWERAGE
This title has been amended by the following: 20781, 20910, 20622, 20623, 20624, 20670, 21499
- CHAPTER 1. DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS
- CHAPTER 2. REQUIREMENTS FOR WATER SERVICES
- CHAPTER 3. WATER RATES
- CHAPTER 4. SPAVINAW WATER DISTRICT
- CHAPTER 5. REQUIREMENTS FOR USE OF SANITARY SEWERAGE SYSTEM
- CHAPTER 6. PRIVATE SEWER DISTRICTS
- CHAPTER 7. SANITARY SEWER USER CHARGE SYSTEM
- CHAPTER 8. SPECIAL FUNDS AND TRUST FUNDS
- CHAPTER 9. BILLING AND COLLECTIONS
- CHAPTER 10. APPROVAL OF WATER LINE AND SEWER LINE EXTENSIONS OR IMPROVEMENTS
- CHAPTER 11. PENALTIES
- CHAPTER 12. REQUIREMENTS FOR INDUSTRIAL USERS TO
DISCHARGE TO THE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEMS - CHAPTER 13. RESTRICTED USE OF WATER IN TIMES OF SHORTAGES
CHAPTER 1
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS
Section 100. Definitions.
Section 101. Duties of the Director of Public Works.
Section 102. Right to Enter.
Section 103. Fluoridation of Water Supply Authorized.
Section 104. Approval of State Health Department.
Section 105. Testing Standards.
SECTION 100. DEFINITIONS
A. Director. Unless otherwise specified, for purposes of this title, "Director" shall
mean the duly appointed Director of Public Works and/or his designated representative.
B. Superintendent of Waterworks and Sewerage. For all purposes of the
Revised Ordinances of the City of Tulsa, "Superintendent of Waterworks and Sewerage,"
"Director of Water and Sewer" and other terms of similar import, shall mean the duly
appointed Director of Public Works or his designated representative. The Director of
Public Works or his designated representative shall perform the duties assigned to the
Superintendent of Waterworks and Sewerage or Director of Water and Sewer in the
Revised Ordinances of the City of Tulsa or the statutes of the state of Oklahoma.
Ord. No. 17301
SECTION 101. DUTIES OF THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS
The Director shall be responsible for the supervision and control of the
construction, extension, improvement, management, maintenance and operation of the
waterworks and sewerage systems of the City of Tulsa. Pursuant to the Charter of the City
of Tulsa, the Director shall discharge such duties under the supervision, authority and
control of the Utility Board, subject to the approval of the Mayor. He shall inspect all water
system installations, all sanitary sewers, and all sewage disposal plants to insure that they
are properly maintained and operated. He shall keep a record of all inspection reports in
connection with the construction, operation and maintenance of the water and sanitary
sewer systems and the sewage disposal plants of the City of Tulsa.
It shall be the duty of the Director to supervise all construction work and to inspect
all sanitary sewer work installed or to be installed in the City of Tulsa. He shall exercise
a general supervision over all connections made to the sanitary sewerage system. He shall
inspect all sanitary sewer connections to private or public property, up to and including
the place where such sanitary sewer work connects with the soil pipe; and the use of such
connection shall not be allowed without his approval. It shall be his duty to see that all
excavations are properly restored to a safe condition and usage. He shall, upon
completion of any new sanitary sewer mains, branches, or laterals, make final inspection
and report to the Utility Board and Mayor as to whether or not they conform in all respects
with any contract relating thereto.
It shall be the duty of the Director to keep a plat book upon which shall be shown
the district number, size, and location of all sanitary sewer mains, wye connections,
manholes, and other appurtenances.
It shall be the duty of the Director to make reports to the Mayor of any sanitary
sewers which are inadequate to supply proper drainage for their respective areas.
The Director is hereby empowered to make rules, regulations and specifications
necessary to make effective the provisions of this title, which rules, regulations and
specifications when approved by the Council and placed on file in the office of the City
Clerk, shall have the force and effect of law. In making such rules, regulations and
specifications and in applying them to particular cases, the Director shall consider the
future needs and requirements, topography, present and future population, changes in
population densities within the City's corporate limits, economy of operation and
maintenance and all things necessary, convenient or expedient for the preservation of
health and safety of the City of Tulsa as related to the facilities under his jurisdiction. In
addition to this general authority, he shall have the authority to create, designate and
determine all things dealing with the supply of water and the provisions for sewage
disposal from the City of Tulsa not in conflict with the Charter or Revised Ordinances of
the City of Tulsa.
SECTION 102. RIGHT TO ENTER
As provided by law, the Director, or any designated employee, shall have the right
to enter in and upon any grounds or premises served by the waterworks system and
sanitary sewer system of the City of Tulsa for the purpose of maintaining and operating
the waterworks system, the sanitary sewerage system and the sewage treatment plants.
SECTION 103. FLUORIDATION OF WATER SUPPLY AUTHORIZED
The Director is hereby authorized and directed to institute fluoridation of the water
supply of the City of Tulsa, the maximum content of fluoride to be not more than one and
two tenths (1.2) parts per million.
Ord. No. 6565
SECTION 104. APPROVAL OF STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT
The application of fluorides to the City water supply shall be started only after the
Oklahoma State Health Department has:
1. Received plans and specifications as required by law;
2. Approved the type of chemical feeding equipment to be installed and used;
3. Approved the installation of equipment, plant layout, and methods of
handling the fluoride compounds to assure the safety of employees;
4. Approved the methods of analysis and control to be used in determining the
fluoride content of the water before and after the addition of fluorides; and
5. Appraised and approved the qualifications of the personnel who will make
the necessary analyses to control the application of fluorides.
Ord. No. 6565
SECTION 105. TESTING STANDARDS
The control and testing of the water before and after fluoridation, the method of
determining the fluoride content of the water, and the test for the purity of the fluoride
chemical shall, in all respects, comply with the rules and standards set up by the
Oklahoma State Department of Health.
Ord. No. 6565
CHAPTER 2
REQUIREMENTS FOR WATER SERVICES
Section 200. Scope.
Section 201. Definitions.
Section 202. Application.
Section 203. Service Contract.
Section 204. Service Connections.
Section 205. Abandoned Connections.
Section 206. Unlawful Connections, Operation or Tampering.
Section 207. Meter Rules.
Section 208. Meter and Service Connections Fees.
Section 209. Meter Changes.
Section 210. Fire Protection Service.
Section 211. Duct Meters and Irrigation Meters.
Section 212. Owner's Duty to Repair.
SECTION 200. SCOPE
This chapter shall include all general requirements and restrictions in respect to the
connection, use, protection and maintenance of all water lines forming a part of the
waterworks system of the City of Tulsa.
SECTION 201. DEFINITIONS
As used in this title, the following terms shall have the meanings given herein.
A. Premise shall mean any plat or tract of ground, regardless of size or plat,
under individual ownership and/or individual use and occupancy where the water service
is metered independently of any other use.
B. Service Connection shall include the following:
1. House Service or House Service Line shall include all water lines receiving
water from any meter, regardless of size, supplied by mains of the City of Tulsa to a single
premise; and
2. Fire Protection Service shall mean any water line constructed with the
objective of furnishing an auxiliary supply of water for fire fighting purposes within a
single premise.
C. Meter shall mean an apparatus installed between the main and the service
connection for measuring and recording the quantity of water used by any premise during
any interval of time.
D. Master Meter shall mean an apparatus installed at the point of supply for
more than one (1) premise as defined by contract for measuring and recording the
quantity of water used during any interval of time by the party contracting with the City.
E. City shall mean the City of Tulsa, Oklahoma, a municipal corporation acting
through the Utility Board and the City's duly authorized officers or agents.
F. City's Service shall mean that part of the waterworks system extending from
the water main to the meter, including the meter and appurtenances, for the purpose of
supplying any water from any main of the City of Tulsa.
G. City Main shall mean any water line of whatever size or extent for which the
City of Tulsa is responsible for the operation, repair and maintenance."
H. Deduct Irrigation Meter shall mean an apparatus installed on the service
connection for measuring and recording the quantity of water used by a lawn irrigation
system.
I. Irrigation Meter shall mean an apparatus installed between the main and
service connection for measuring and recording the quantity of water used by a lawn
irrigation system.
Ord. No. 19501
SECTION 202. APPLICATION
Any person desiring to have premises connected with the water supply of the City
of Tulsa shall present at the office of the Director an application on a form to be provided
by the Director containing the name of the applicant, a description of the lot, block and
addition, and the official house number of the premises on which the water is desired.
The application shall be signed by the applicant or his duly authorized agent and shall be
filed with the Director. At the time of filing, the applicant shall pay to the Director the fees
for installation of water service as hereinafter provided, and the applicant shall be issued
a receipt therefor.
SECTION 203. SERVICE CONTRACT
The application required herein shall contain a contract requiring the applicant to
pay for the water supplied at the rate and in the manner specified in such contract and
shall reserve to the City of Tulsa the right to charge and collect the rates and enforce the
penalties provided for in this title in the manner herein provided, to change the rates at
any time by ordinance, to temporarily discontinue the service at any time without notice
to the consumer and to install a meter or meters to register the water consumed. The
contract shall recite that it is subject to all the provisions of this title and of any ordinance
of the City of Tulsa relating to the subject, hereafter passed, and shall provide that the City of Tulsa shall not be held responsible for any damages, by water or other cause, resulting from defective plumbing or appliances on the premises installed by the owner or
occupants of the premises; and that the fact that agents of the City have inspected the
plumbing and appliances shall not be pleaded as a basis of recovery in case of damage to premises from defective plumbing or appliances installed by the owner or occupant of
such premises. The contract shall further provide that, in case the supply of water shall
be interrupted or shall fail by reason of accident or any other causes whatsoever, the City
shall not be liable for damages for such interruption or failure, nor shall such failure or
interruption for any reasonable period be held to constitute a breach of contract on the
part of the City or in any way relieve the consumer from performing the obligations of his
contract.
No contract shall be entered into which will render or continue to render any
service to any person against whom there is any unsatisfied claim for previous services or any unpaid charges of any kind; provided, however, that the City may for good cause
shown enter into agreement with such person to render service upon the payment of such
claim in installments.
SECTION 204. SERVICE CONNECTIONS
No premise shall be allowed to have more than one (1) service connection unless
a special permit therefor is given by the Director. The granting of such permit shall be
subject to such conditions as the Director shall impose, and such permit may be revoked
at any time the Director may elect. Every separate premise supplied by City mains shall
have its own separate service connection with the City main, and the premise so supplied will not be allowed to supply water to any other premise. The Director shall keep a record of the date when water is turned on for each premise.
A. Connection Within or Outside the Corporate Limits.
1. Permanent Service Connection. When application is made for water service
for a premise abutting upon a street upon which there is a main, after payment of the
connection fees and execution of a contract, the owner shall employ a City certified service installation contractor for the service installation. The service shall be connected to the main by extending the piping at right angles from the main toward the property line to a point designated by the Director. The City's service installation contractor shall be
responsible for workmanship and materials associated with the service installation for a
period of one (1) year, after which it shall be maintained by the City of Tulsa.
2. Temporary Service Connection. When application is made for water service
to property not abutting upon a street upon which there is a main, the owner shall pay the
connection fee and all other applicable City fees, shall execute a contract, and shall employ a City certified service installation contractor to install the City's service. A temporary service connection shall be permitted only for an existing house or building or where a City of Tulsa building permit has been issued for the location. Such service shall be subject to all the restrictions imposed upon any other service, whether permanent or temporary. From the point of service connection, any temporary house service shall be extended at the applicant's expense to serve the property described in the application; provided, however, that the applicant shall obtain all necessary rights-of-way and easements for the house service in such manner that the house service shall not be in conflict with the physical extension of a future main, shall be responsible at all times for the operation, repair and maintenance of the house service and shall hold the City of Tulsa harmless against any and all claims for damage by reason of the construction, removal, operation or repair of the house service.
B. Adjustments in Service and Service Connections.
1. Adjustments Due to Street Paving or Grading. All service pipe shall be laid
not less than thirty (30) inches from the surface of the ground where the street grade is
already established. In the event that the street grade has not been established, all service
pipe shall be laid, insofar as can be determined, in such manner as to avoid its being
damaged or displaced upon the grading and paving of the street. The Director shall
readjust all service connections in conflict with such future grading and paving and shall
have such access on private property as shall be necessary to maintain such pipe during
construction. Owners of premises shall readjust their house service from the end of the
City's service or meter.
2. Cutting Pavement. Where it becomes necessary within the corporate limits
to excavate or cut any paved street or road to install a service connection, the water service
installation contractor shall secure a permit for such cut as required by the Revised
Ordinances of the City of Tulsa. If such cut is made outside the corporate limits, then the
water service installation contractor shall secure such a permit as required by the
jurisdiction having authority.
3. Transferring Temporary Service Connections. When a main is
subsequently constructed in front of any premise served by a temporary service
connection, the Director shall, after notifying the owner or tenant thereof, transfer the
service connection to the new main without charge and, at the same time, shall eliminate
the temporary service connection, and the owner shall arrange his house service pipes
and connect same to the permanent service at his own expense.
4. Transferring Service Connections From Master Meter Contracts. Whenever
a new main is laid in any street, owners of premises on such street or within one-half (1/2)
block on side streets, who are being supplied with City water from a master meter contract,
shall make application for a tap and, with a separate service connection, shall connect to
the main in front of the premises at the applicant's own expense. Should the applicant
fail to make application and payment for the service connection within thirty (30) days
after written notice, the Director may notify the owner of the master meter to discontinue
water service to any such premise. Should the owner of the master meter fail to
discontinue water service to any such premise after thirty (30) days' notice in writing, the
Director may discontinue water service to such master meter and cause the same to be
disconnected from the City main.
SECTION 205. ABANDONED CONNECTIONS
Whenever a service connection is to be abandoned or no longer used, the Director
may cut out or remove such service connection. Thereafter, should a service connection
be required to the premises, a new service shall be placed only if the owner makes an
application and pays for a new service connection in the manner specified herein.
SECTION 206. UNLAWFUL CONNECTIONS, OPERATION OR TAMPERING
A. Unlawful Connections. It shall be unlawful for any person to make any
connections with any service, or to make any repairs, additions or alterations of any pipe,
stop cock, stop and waste cock, or any other fixture connected with or designed to be
connected with the waterworks system, except in compliance with this title, and all such
work must pass inspection by the Plumbing Inspector before being covered. A licensed
plumber may have a service key which he shall keep in his possession with which he may
shut off the water at the curb cock for the purpose of making repairs within the premises.
No person other than licensed plumbers shall use such key, and plumbers doing work
thereon shall leave the water shut off at the curb cock on all premises which are newly
connected. On all other premises, the plumber shall leave the curb cock in the condition
in which it was found when such work was commenced.
B. Permission to Connect. It shall be unlawful for any person to make any
connection with any fixture or to connect any pipe with any main or water pipe of the
City's waterworks system without first obtaining permission so to do from the Director.
C. Hydrant Offense. It shall be unlawful for any person, except a member of
the Fire Department of the City of Tulsa or a person authorized by the Director or by the
provisions of this title, to open, operate, close, turn on, turn off, interfere with, attach any
pipe or hose to or connect anything to any gate valve, stop cock or fire hydrant belonging
to the City of Tulsa, whether on private property or not.
D. Obstructing Fire Hydrants. It shall be unlawful for any person to obstruct
the access to any fire hydrant by placing around or upon such fire hydrant any stone,
brick, lumber, dirt or other material.
E. Damage to System. It shall be unlawful for any person, unless duly
authorized by the Director or the provisions of this title, to disturb, displace, interfere with,
cover up, damage or destroy any water mains, water pipe, meter, meter box, machinery,
tools, building, fire hydrants, curb cocks, curb box or any other property belonging to, or
under the control of the City of Tulsa. It shall be unlawful to enclose by fencing, a water
meter or fire hydrant which is located within the public right-of-way.
SECTION 207. METER RULES
All meters used to measure water service by the City of Tulsa shall be under the
exclusive control of the City and shall not be removed or tampered with except by duly
authorized representatives of the City of Tulsa. In all cases where meters are lost, injured,
destroyed, or damaged by the negligence of the occupant of the premises served through
such meters or by his agents or contractors, such meters shall be replaced or repaired by
or under the direction of the Director, and the cost shall be charged against the occupant
of the premises. If the cost of making such repairs is not paid upon the date next following
for the payment of water service, the service to such premises shall be discontinued.
The size of the water meter to be used on any service connection shall be
designated by the Director. If at any time a meter is found to be of unsuitable size for the
quantity of water to be measured, the Director may so notify the water customer who shall
then make application for a meter of the proper size and pay for the new water meter and
connection as provided herein. In the event any meter shall fail to register properly, the
consumer shall be charged by an estimate made by the Director on the basis of the average
monthly consumption during the three (3) month period immediately preceding, or
otherwise from the most reliable and accurate data available.
Premises shall be metered as follows:
A. Each single family residence shall be considered a premise and shall be
separately metered;
B. Each tenant space of a duplex shall be considered a premise and shall be
separately metered;
C. Each apartment building shall be considered a premise and shall be
separately metered, provided however that a cluster of apartment buildings on the same
tract of land and not separated by a street, alley or parking lot may be metered with a
common meter. Each tenant space of an apartment building may be separately metered;
D. Each condominium building shall be considered a premise and shall be
separately metered, provided however that a cluster of condominium buildings on the
same tract of land and not separated by a street, alley or parking lot may be metered with
a common meter. Each tenant space of a condominium building may be separately
metered;
E. Each mobile home in a mobile home subdivision shall be considered a
premise and shall be separately metered;
F. Each shopping center building or other commercial development building
shall be considered a premise and shall be separately metered; provided, however, that
a cluster of buildings on the same tract of land and not separated by a street, alley or
parking lot may be metered with a common meter. Each tenant space of a shopping
center or other commercial development may be separately metered;
G. Each school or campus shall be considered a premise and shall be metered
separately, provided, however, that each building may be separately metered;
H. Each hotel or motel building shall be separately metered; provided, however,
that a cluster of buildings on the same tract of land may be metered with a common meter
if the buildings are not separated by a street, alley, or parking lot. If the hotel or motel
restaurant is housed in a separate building, it shall be metered separately;
I. Each industrial facility shall be considered a premise and shall be separately
metered; provided, however, that each separate building may be separately metered; and
J. Each rental mobile home park shall be considered a premise and shall be
separately metered; provided, however, that each separate building may be separately
metered.
Ord. No. 19405
SECTION 208. METER AND SERVICE CONNECTION FEES
A. Water Service Installation by City. When the City installs service
connections, including the meter, either within or outside the city limits, the fees therefor
shall be as follows:
1. Permanent Service
a. ¾" service connection $ 435.00
b. 1" service connection $ 625.00
2. Temporary Service
a. ¾" service connection $ 870.00
b. 1" service connection $ 1,250.00
3. The fee for each permanent service connection larger than one (1) inch,
whether within or outside the city limits, whether permanent or temporary, shall be based
upon the cost of labor, including fringe benefits, equipment and material used in the
installation thereof, plus twenty-five percent (25%) for overhead. For temporary service,
the fee shall be twice the fee as for a permanent service.
B. Water Service Installation by the Owner's Certified Contractor. When the
owner's certified contractor installs the service connections, fees for inspection of the
service connections and installation of the meter shall be as follows:
1. Permanent Service
a. ¾" service connection $ 110.00 1
b. 1" service connection $ 150.00 1
c. 1½" service connection $ 175.00 2
d. 2" service connection $ 200.00 2
2. Temporary Service
a. ¾" service connection $ 545.00 1
b. 1" service connection $ 775.00 1
Meter furnished by the City. 1
Meter furnished by owner's certified contractor. 2
3. The fee for each permanent service connection larger than two (2) inches
whether within or outside the city limits, shall be Fifty Dollars ($50.00) per day of
construction activities with a minimum fee of One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00). For
temporary service larger than one (1) inch, an additional fee shall be paid, which fee shall
be based upon an estimate of the current cost of labor, including fringe benefits,
equipment and material used in the installation thereof, plus twenty-five percent (25%) for
overhead, which shall be adequate to cover the current cost and future expense of the City
for relocating the service when a permanent service can be installed as determined by the
Director and approved by the Utility Board.
C. In addition to the meter and service connection fees provided for herein, the
following fees shall be charged:
1. Permit and Licensing System Maintenance Fee. A surcharge of Two Dollars
($2.00) shall be charged for each meter connection and for each service connection to
maintain the Permit and Licensing System.
2. Record Retention Fee. A surcharge of One Dollar ($1.00) per page shall be
charged for each meter connection and for each service connection for retention of meter
and service connection records and associated data by microfilming, computer imaging
or other method of storage of records.
D. Title to all service connections, including meters, equipment and material,
shall be and shall remain the exclusive property of the City of Tulsa. In the event
application is made to replace an existing service connection and meter with one of a larger
size, the fee shall be the cost of labor, including fringe benefits, equipment and material
used in the installation, removal, or replacement thereof, plus twenty-five percent (25%)
for overhead. The City shall agree to maintain all service connections in consideration for
which the exclusive control of such service connections, including the meters, shall belong
to the City.
Ord. Nos. 17822, 18855
SECTION 209. METER CHANGES
Whenever the occupant of any premise requests any alteration to, change in, or
removal of meter, service connections or any appurtenances attached to the waterworks
system not otherwise provided for herein, such applicant shall pay to the Director the cost
of such change, plus twenty-five percent (25%) for overhead.
SECTION 210. FIRE PROTECTION SERVICE
From and after the effective date of this chapter, no connection for a private fire line
system or service shall be permitted without a backflow preventer with bypass meter in
accordance with the Plumbing Code of the City of Tulsa, Title 56, Tulsa Revised
Ordinances; provided, however, that this provision shall not apply to combination service
to facilities served by a fire flow or fire service meter installed in accordance with the
provisions contained herein.
Persons desiring such fire service connection shall apply to the Director as for other
service connections. Installation shall be accomplished by a qualified contractor on behalf
of the owner and the City of Tulsa. No meter security deposit shall be required for such
fire services. Such fire service connections shall serve no more than one (1) building. In
no instance shall any connection be made with any sprinkler or fire service without the
prior written consent of the Director. In the event that any unauthorized connection has
been made, that any water has been used from a sprinkler or fire service for any other
purpose than extinguishing a fire, or that waste of water is permitted from such
connection through leaks in the pipes or fixtures, or should seals be willfully broken on
previously constructed water service, the Director shall notify the owner or lessee of the
premises so served to install a fire flow or fire service water meter on such fire lines or
hydrants at the expense of the owner or lessee. Should the owner or lessee of any such
premises refuse or fail to make proper application for the installation of such meter within
forty-eight (48) hours after notice has been given, or refuse to pay the fees required
therefor, the Director shall have the water serving the fire lines or hydrants turned off at
the main until such application shall have been made and fees paid.
All valves and hydrants required to be sealed under the provisions of this title shall
be frequently inspected under the direction of the Director, who shall have access on
private property as shall be necessary to inspect services and hydrants. In the event that
any such seal shall be broken, displaced or removed for any cause, either inadvertently
or for firefighting purposes, it shall be the duty of the owner and occupant of the premises
where such valve or hydrant is located to notify the Director, without delay, so that the
same may be resealed.
Ord. No. 18163
SECTION 211. DUCT METERS AND IRRIGATION METERS
A. For all irrigation systems on accounts installed prior to March 16, 1999, other
than a single residential living unit served by a single water service connection, the
installation of a Deduct Irrigation Meter is permissible. The location of the Deduct
Irrigation Meter shall be determined by the Public Works Director or his authorized
representative.
B. On and after March 16, 1999, no water connection to a commercial lawn
irrigation system shall be permitted unless it has an irrigation meter and a backflow
preventer in accordance with the Plumbing Code of the City of Tulsa, Title 56, Tulsa
Revised Ordinances. Residential irrigation water connections may connect to the water
system after the service meter or may connect with a new service connection with an
irrigation meter. All residential irrigation systems must have a backflow preventer in
accordance with the Plumbing Code of the City of Tulsa, Title 56, Tulsa Revised
Ordinances. Deduct Irrigation Meters shall not be allowed off of residential water services.
Ord. Nos. 19501, 20406
SECTION 212. OWNER'S DUTY TO REPAIR
The service pipes, connections and other appurtenances within any private
premises shall be kept in good repair and protected from freezing by the owner at his
expense, or by his occupant in cases where service is contracted for by the occupant; and
such owner or occupant shall be responsible for all damages resulting from leaks and
breaks. In case such owner or occupant of such premises neglects to promptly repair any
such service or fixture or neglects to make any changes or alterations which are required
by this title, the Director shall have authority to shut off the water from such premises or,
when deemed necessary, to go on the premises and make or cause to be made such
changes, alterations or repairs, and to charge the same against the premises and the owner
thereof, which charge shall be collected as are other charges.
Ord. No. 19501
CHAPTER 3
WATER RATES
Section 300. Scope.
Section 301. Definitions.
Section 302. Treated Water Rates Inside City.
Section 303. Treated Water Rates for Out-of-City Water Sales.
Section 304. Fire Protection Service Charges.
Section 305. Sale of Treated Water to Municipal Corporations, Nonprofit
Water Corporations, Water Improvement Districts, Public
Trusts, Public Utilities, and Persons Engaged in the Water
Business.
Section 306. Untreated Water Sales from Spavinaw Flow Lines and
Oologah Lake, Outlet Structure, and Flow Line.
Section 307. Untreated Water Sales Directly from Lake Eucha and Lake
Spavinaw.
Section 308. Operative Date of Rates.
SECTION 300. SCOPE
This chapter includes the rates per month for water, either treated or untreated,
whether within or outside the corporate limits; master meter water rates; and private fire
protection service.
SECTION 301. DEFINITIONS
For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms, phrases, words, and their
derivations shall have the meanings given herein.
A. Single-Family Residential shall mean one (1) residential living unit served
solely by one (1) water service connection.
B. Multi-Family Residential shall mean two (2) or more residential living units
contained within one (1) building or structure and served solely by one (1) service
connection.
C. Commercial shall mean general business, school, church, governmental
office, medical facility or other type or kind of nonresidential user of water not otherwise
classified.
D. Industrial shall mean Light Industrial and Warehousing, and Heavy
Industrial, as established by Class Codes of the Tulsa County Assessor, which are given
herein.
1. Light Industrial and Warehousing shall mean:
a. Light manufacturing, assembly and storage,
b. Industrial and wholesale warehouses,
c. Refrigerated warehousing,
d. Mini-storage,
e. Truck terminals,
f. Research labs, and
g. Lumber companies.
2. Heavy Industrial shall mean:
a. Conventional production and assembly facilities,
b. Special use heavy duty facilities,
c. Foundries, and
d. Refineries.
E. Large Industrial shall mean heavy industrial customers, using two hundred
fifty million (250,000,000) or more gallons of water per year for industrial purposes at one
geographically contiguous location, documented by water billing records for the prior
twelve (12) consecutive calendar month period.
F. Night Watering shall mean the use of water by parks, cemeteries and golf
courses between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. for common outdoor areas of lawn
and landscape. To be eligible for night watering rates, parks, cemeteries and golf courses
shall use a verifiable, automatic pre-set water irrigation system for outdoor night watering;
and night watering rates shall apply only to such outdoor irrigation systems.
G. Parks, Cemeteries and Golf Courses shall mean those customers who use
water for common areas of lawn and landscape, for irrigation, and/or for other outdoor
activities. Such customers may also use water in separately-metered buildings and
structures, which use shall not be considered night watering.
SECTION 302. TREATED WATER RATES INSIDE CITY
A. Monthly Meter Service Charge. The minimum monthly charge for all
metered, treated water service for all single-family residential, multi-family residential,
commercial, industrial, large industrial, parks, cemeteries and golf course customers,
including irrigation meters and deduct irrigation meters, within the corporate limits of the
City of Tulsa shall be as follows:
Meters of 3/4 inch or less in size
and all deduct irrigation meters $ 3.85
Meters of 1 inch in size $ 5.08
Meters of 1-1/2 inches in size $ 5.94
Meters of 2 inches in size $ 8.39
Meters of 3 inches in size $ 23.41
Meters of 4 inches in size $ 32.79
Meters of 6 inches in size $ 51.25
Meters of 8 inches in size $ 71.46
Meters of 10 or more inches in size $ 97.55
B. Monthly Quantity Charge. The rates per month for treated water supplied
to all single-family residential, multi-family residential, commercial, industrial, large
industrial, parks, cemeteries and golf course customers, including irrigation meters and
deduct irrigation meters, through meters to all places within the corporate limits of the City
of Tulsa shall be as follows:
Rate Per Thousand Gallons
Single-Family Residential $ 1.98
Multi-Family Residential $ 1.75
Commercial $ 1.74
Industrial/Large Industrial $ 1.25
Parks/Cemeteries/Golf Courses $ 2.97
Night Watering $ 2.55
Ord. Nos. 17738, 17958, 18221, 18485, 18720, 19501, 19842, 19867
SECTION 303. TREATED WATER RATES FOR OUT-OF-CITY WATER
SALES
A. The Tulsa Utility Board, upon the recommendation of the Director, is
authorized to enter into contracts, subject to the approval of the Mayor, for the sale of
treated water to be supplied through meters to persons, firms, or corporations for
consumption outside the corporate limits of the City of Tulsa and not for redistribution or
resale. The charges per month for such water shall be the charges set out in the following
schedules:
1. Monthly Meter Service Charge. The minimum monthly charge for all
metered, treated water service for all single-family residential, multi-family residential,
commercial, industrial, large industrial, parks, cemeteries, and golf course customers
through meters to all places outside the corporate limits of the City of Tulsa shall be as
follows:
Meters of 3/4 inch or less in size $ 4.98
Meters of 1 inch in size $ 6.02
Meters of 1-1/2 inches in size $ 7.06
Meters of 2 inches in size $ 10.00
Meters of 3 inches in size $ 27.60
Meters of 4 inches in size $ 38.01
Meters of 6 inches in size $ 60.18
Meters of 8 inches in size $ 84.16
Meters of 10 or more inches in size $ 116.30
2. Monthly Quantity Charge. The rates per month for treated water supplied
to all single-family residential, multi-family residential, commercial, industrial, large
industrial, parks, cemeteries, and golf course customers through meters to all places
outside the corporate limits of the City of Tulsa shall be as follows:
Rate Per Thousand Gallons
Single-Family Residential $ 3.15
Multi-Family Residential $ 2.81
Commercial $ 2.71
Industrial $ 1.78
Large Industrial $ 1.45
Parks/Cemeteries/Golf Courses $ 4.88
Night Watering $ 3.83
B. The Director is authorized and directed to estimate and establish the amount
of probable use of water by a large industrial customer by the size of meter requested, the
type of use and amount of water requested, the number of persons proposed to be served,
and other appropriate information where the amount is not established by prior use.
C. All sales of water outside the corporate limits of the City of Tulsa shall be by
separate contracts with each customer. Each contract shall expressly reserve to the City
the right to discontinue or suspend such service at any time if one of the following events
occur:
1. The failure of the customer to pay charges when they shall become due and
owing;
2. The failure of the customer to curtail water use in the same manner and
method as required of customers within the corporate limits of the City in the event of a
drought or an emergency requiring water conservation; or
3. The customer's breach of any of the terms or conditions of the contract.
Ord. Nos. 17738, 17958, 18221, 18485, 18720, 19867, 20359
SECTION 304. FIRE PROTECTION SERVICE CHARGES
The rates for water supplied for private fire protection service, within or outside the
corporate limits of the City, shall be as herein provided.
Private Fire Protection. The charge to customers with installed private fire
protection service, within or outside the corporate limits of the City of Tulsa, shall be as
follows:
Private Fire Protection Service Within the City Limits
Meters of 4 inches or less in size $ 5.03 per month
Meters of 6 inches in size $ 14.61 per month
Meters of 8 inches in size $ 31.13 per month
Meters of 10 inches in size $ 55.98 per month
Private Fire Protection Service Outside City Limits
Meters of 4 inches or less in size $ 7.51 per month
Meters of 6 inches in size $ 21.82 per month
Meters of 8 inches in size $ 46.49 per month
Meters of 10 inches in size $ 83.60 per month
If any water delivered from a system covered in this section is used for any purpose
other than for the purpose specified herein, the charge for such water shall be billed at the
appropriate inside or outside treated water rate based upon the quantity used as
determined by the Director.
Ord. Nos. 17738, 17958, 18221, 18485, 18720
SECTION 305. SALE OF TREATED WATER TO MUNICIPAL
CORPORATIONS, NONPROFIT WATER CORPORATIONS,
WATER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS, PUBLIC TRUSTS,
PUBLIC UTILITIES, AND PERSONS ENGAGED IN THE
WATER BUSINESS
A. No water shall be sold or delivered to any municipal corporation; nonprofit
water corporation; water improvement district; public trust; public utility; or person, firm
or corporation engaged in the water business, except under current written contract as
required by law. The City, upon the recommendation of the Utility Board, is authorized
to enter into contracts, subject to the approval of the Mayor, for the sale of treated water
to be supplied through master meters for redistribution or resale to municipal
corporations, nonprofit water corporations, water improvement districts, public trusts,
public utilities, persons, firms, or corporations for consumption outside the corporate limits
of the City of Tulsa. The charges per month for such water shall be the charges set out
herein.
1. Monthly Meter Service Charge. The minimum monthly charge for all
metered, treated water service provided on a permanent, limited term, or emergency basis
shall be as follows:
Meters of 3/4 inch or less in size $ 4.98
Meters of 1 inch in size $ 6.02
Meters of 1-1/2 inches in size $ 7.06
Meters of 2 inches in size $ 10.00
Meters of 3 inches in size $ 27.60
Meters of 4 inches in size $ 38.01
Meters of 6 inches in size $ 60.18
Meters of 8 inches in size $ 84.16
Meters of 10 or more inches in size $ 116.30
2. Monthly Quantity Charge. Additional rates per month for treated water
supplied on a permanent, limited term, or emergency basis shall be as follows:
Rate per Thousand Gallons
Permanent Service $ 1.98
Limited Term Service $ 3.90
Emergency Service $ 7.08
B. Discontinuance or Suspension of Service. Each contract shall expressly
reserve to the City the right to discontinue or suspend water service at any time if one of
the following occurs:
1. The failure of the customer to pay charges when they shall become due and
owing;
2. The failure of the customer to curtail water use in the same manner and
method as required of customers within the corporate limits of the City in the event of a
drought or an emergency requiring water conservation; or
3. The customer's breach of any of the terms or conditions of the contract.
C. Protection Against Contamination. Each contract required under this
section shall contain such provisions as the Director may require to protect the water and
the water supply of the City against contamination. No water shall be furnished under
any such contract except upon the express condition that all plumbing and connections
shall be installed in accordance with the requirements of the Plumbing Code of the City.
Such contract shall reserve to the City the right to make house-to-house inspections of all
plumbing connections, with the cost of such inspections to be borne by such municipal
corporations, nonprofit water corporations, water improvement districts, public trusts,
public utilities, and persons engaged in the water business, or by their individual
customers.
D. Right to Acquire. Each contract under this section shall expressly provide
to the City the right to acquire any of the water lines of the customers that are or shall
become within the corporate limits of the City. When the City takes or acquires a
customer's water system or portions of a customer's water system, the purchase price to
be paid by the City shall be the unpaid portion of the indebtedness of such customer, if
any, allocable to that portion of the customer's water lines and appurtenances taken by the
City, in the same proportion as the water lines and appurtenances taken by the City bear
to the entire system of such customer and shall not include any anticipated revenue or
profit.
E. Right to Furnish Water. Each contract under this section shall expressly
provide to the City the right to furnish water within the customer's area of service or
boundaries, whether within or outside the corporate limits of the City of Tulsa. The
remuneration or other considerations which the customer may receive, if any, when the
City furnishes water within the customer's area of service or boundaries shall be mutually
agreed upon by the customer and the City prior to the City's furnishing such water.
F. Master Meters Prohibited--Exceptions. Water shall not be sold or delivered
through any master meter or under any contract providing for a master meter or upon the
payment for water on the measurements thereof, with the following exceptions:
1. Incorporated municipalities;
2. Areas served through master meters on September 1, 1947;
3. Public trusts, wherein an incorporated municipality is the sole beneficiary;
4. Rural Water Improvement Districts; and
5. Nonprofit water corporations.
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G. Conflicts. In event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions
of this section and other provisions of this chapter, the provisions of this section shall
control as to all contracts for sale of water to municipal corporations, nonprofit water
corporations, water improvement districts, public trusts, public utilities, and persons
engaged in the water business.
H. General. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to impose any duty
or obligation upon the City to sell or furnish water to any municipal corporation, nonprofit
water corporation, water improvement district, public trust, public utility, or person
engaged in the water business outside the City of Tulsa corporate limits, except as the City
may expressly undertake by the terms of a written contract. All water sold and furnished
to persons or to public or private entities outside the corporate limits of the City shall be
sold and furnished upon written contracts, expressly stating that the contract may be
abrogated by the City at any time the governing body thereof or the board, commission,
or public trust operating and controlling the waterworks shall declare by resolution that
the water being furnished pursuant to the contract is required by the City for its own use
or the use of its inhabitants. This provision pertaining to abrogation of contracts may be
waived upon the express written agreement of the contracting parties.
Ord. Nos. 17738, 17958, 18221, 18485, 18720, 19867, 20359
SECTION 306. UNTREATED WATER SALES FROM SPAVINAW FLOW
LINES AND OOLOGAH LAKE, OUTLET STRUCTURE,
AND FLOW LINE
A. Water from Spavinaw Flow Lines. Water shall not be sold or delivered from
the Spavinaw Flow Lines, except through service connections that were in place on
August 1, 1981. No existing service shall be enlarged or increased to provide additional
water through such service. In the event that use of any service is abandoned or
discontinued for a period of one (1) year, such service shall be disconnected from the flow
lines; and no new service shall be made available at any point on the flow lines. The
charges per month for untreated water shall be as set out in the schedule given herein.
1. Monthly Meter Service Charge. The minimum monthly charge for all
metered, untreated water service from the Spavinaw Flow Lines shall be as follows:
Meters of 3/4 inch or less in size $ 4.98
Meters of 1 inch in size $ 6.02
Meters of 1-1/2 inches in size $ 7.06
Meters of 2 inches in size $ 10.00
Meters of 3 inches in size $ 27.60
Meters of 4 inches in size $ 38.01
Meters of 6 inches in size $ 60.18
Meters of 8 inches in size $ 84.16
Meters of 10 or more inches in size $ 116.30
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2. Monthly Quantity Charge. Additional rates per month for untreated water
supplied through meters to all places from the Spavinaw Flow Lines shall be as follows:
All usage $ 0.34 per thousand gallons
B. Water from Oologah Lake, Outlet Structure or Flow Line. The City of Tulsa,
upon recommendation of the Utility Board, is authorized to enter into contracts, subject
to the approval of the Mayor, for the sale of untreated water to be supplied from Oologah
Lake, the Oologah outlet structure or the Oologah flow line to persons, firms, or
corporations for use outside the corporate limits of the City of Tulsa. The charges per
month for such untreated water shall be as set out in the schedule given herein.
1. Monthly Meter Service Charge. The minimum monthly charge for all
metered, untreated water service from the Oologah Lake or the Oologah flow line shall be
as follows:
Meters of 3/4 inch or less in size $ 4.98
Meters of 1 inch in size $ 6.02
Meters of 1-1/2 inches in size $ 7.06
Meters of 2 inches in size $ 10.00
Meters of 3 inches in size $ 27.60
Meters of 4 inches in size $ 38.01
Meters of 6 inches in size $ 60.18
Meters of 8 inches in size $ 84.16
Meters of 10 or more inches in size $ 116.30
2. Monthly Quantity Charge. Additional rates per month for untreated water
supplied through meters to all places from the Oologah Lake or the Oologah flow line
shall be as follows:
All usage $ 0.34 per thousand gallons
3. Monthly Quantity Charge. Rates per month for untreated water supplied
to all places, where the City does not provide a meter, from Oologah Lake or the Oologah
outlet structure shall be as follows:
All usage $ 0.34 per thousand gallons
C. General. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to impose any duty
or obligation upon the City of Tulsa to sell or furnish water to any municipal corporation,
nonprofit water corporation, water improvement district, public trust, public utility or
person engaged in the water business within or outside the City of Tulsa corporate limits,
except as the City of Tulsa may expressly undertake by the terms of a written contract. All
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water sold and furnished to persons or to public or private entities outside the corporate
limits of the City shall be sold and furnished upon written contracts expressly stating that
the contract may be abrogated by the City at any time the governing body thereof, or the
board, commission or public trust operating and controlling the waterworks shall declare,
by resolution, that the water being furnished pursuant to the contract is required by the
City for its own use and the use of its inhabitants. This provision pertaining to abrogation
of contracts may be waived upon the express written agreement of the contracting parties.
Ord. Nos. 17738, 17958, 18221, 18485, 18720, 19867, 20359, 20405
SECTION 307. UNTREATED WATER SALES DIRECTLY FROM LAKE
EUCHA AND LAKE SPAVINAW
A. No water shall be sold or delivered directly from Lake Eucha or Lake
Spavinaw to any municipal corporation; nonprofit water corporation; water improvement
district; public trust; public utility; or person, firm, or corporation engaged in the water
business, except under current written contract as required by law. The City, upon the
recommendation of the Utility Board, is authorized to enter into contracts, subject to the
approval of the Mayor, for the sale of untreated water to be supplied through meters for
treatment and redistribution or resale to municipal corporations, nonprofit water
corporations, water improvement districts, public trusts, public utilities, persons, firms, or
corporations for use outside the corporate limits of the City of Tulsa. The charges per
month for such untreated water shall be set out in the following schedules:
1. Monthly Meter Service Charge. The minimum monthly charge for all
metered, untreated water service outside the corporate limits of the City of Tulsa from
Lake Eucha or Lake Spavinaw shall be as follows:
Meters of 3/4 inch or less in size $ 4.98
Meters of 1 inch in size $ 6.02
Meters of 1-1/2 inches in size $ 7.06
Meters of 2 inches in size $ 10.00
Meters of 3 inches in size $ 27.60
Meters of 4 inches in size $ 38.01
Meters of 6 inches in size $ 60.18
Meters of 8 inches in size $ 84.16
Meters of 10 or more inches in size $ 116.30
2. Monthly Quantity Charge. Additional rates per month for untreated water
supplied through meters to all places outside the corporate limits of the City of Tulsa from
Lake Eucha or Lake Spavinaw shall be as follows:
All usage $ 0.06 per thousand gallons
B. General. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to impose any duty
or obligation upon the City of Tulsa to sell or furnish water to any municipal corporation,
nonprofit water corporation, water improvement district, public trust, public utility, or
person engaged in the water business outside the City of Tulsa corporate limits, except as
the City of Tulsa may expressly undertake by the terms of a written contract. All water
sold and furnished to persons or to public or private entities outside the corporate limits
of the City shall be sold and furnished upon written contracts expressly stating that the
contract may be abrogated by the City at any time the governing body thereof, or the
board, commission, or public trust operating and controlling the waterworks shall declare
by resolution that the water being furnished pursuant to the contract is required by the
City for its own use or the use of its inhabitants. This provision pertaining to abrogation
of contracts may be waived upon express written agreement of the contracting parties.
Ord. Nos. 17738, 17958, 18221, 18485, 18720, 19867, 20359
SECTION 308. OPERATIVE DATE OF RATES
The rates established herein shall become operative on October 1, 2002, for all billing
cycles provided in this title with a "service from date" on or after October 1, 2002.
Ord. Nos. 17738, 17958, 18221, 18485, 18720, 19867, 20359
CHAPTER 4
SPAVINAW WATER DISTRICT
Section 400. District Created.
Section 401. Health Rules.
Section 402. Spavinaw Dam and Lake.
Section 403. Eucha Dam and Lake.
Section 404. Spavinaw Reservoir Area.
Section 405. Authority and Responsibility for Reservoir Area.
Section 406. Prohibited Acts.
Section 407. Activities Permitted.
Section 408. Restricted Areas.
Section 409. Fishing.
Section 410. Boats.
Section 411. Waiver of Fees.
Section 412. Boating Rules.
Section 413. Boat Storage.
Section 414. Hunting.
Section 415. Swimming and Diving.
Section 416. Camping.
Section 417. Hiking and Inspections.
Section 418. Contamination of Reservoir Area.
Section 419. Regulations.
Section 420. Penalty.
Section 421. Arrest.
Section 422. Arrest by Warrant.
SECTION 400. DISTRICT CREATED
Whereas the City of Tulsa, Oklahoma, has constructed a certain storage reservoir
in Mayes and Delaware Counties, Oklahoma, by building a dam across Spavinaw Creek
at a point where Spavinaw Creek crosses or traverses Section 15, Township 22 North,
Range 21 East, Mayes County, Oklahoma, such Reservoir to be used by the City of Tulsa
as a source of water supply for the inhabitants of the city; and
Whereas, it is necessary for the protection of the public health and safety that a
water district be established, created, and designated, such district to embrace certain lands
in Mayes and Delaware Counties, Oklahoma, draining, flowing, or shedding water directly
or indirectly into such reservoir; and
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Whereas, it is necessary that the waters impounded in such reservoir be protected
from contamination and pollution, in order that the public health be protected and
conserved;
Now, there is hereby created and established in Mayes and Delaware Counties,
Oklahoma, a water district to be known and designated as the "Spavinaw Water District,"
such district to cover and include the lands draining, flowing, or shedding water directly
or indirectly into the Spavinaw Lake or reservoir and to include the following described
lands, to-wit:
Beginning at a point on the north boundary of the SE1/4 of NE1/4 of Sec. 15, Twn. 22,
R 21, approximately 825' W of the NE corner of SE1/4 of NE1/4 of Sec. 15, Twn. 22, R 21;
thence in a northeasterly direction approximately 1560' to the NE corner of Sec. 15, Twn.
22, R 21; thence E 1/4 mile to the SW corner of the SE1/4 of SW1/4 of Sec. 11, Twn. 22, R 21;
Thence N 1/4 mile to the NW corner of the SE1/4 of SW1/4 of Sec. 11, Twn. 22, R 21;
Thence E 1/4 mile to the NE corner of the SE1/4 of SW1/4 of Sec. 11, Twn. 22, R 21;
Thence N 1/4 mile to the center of Sec. 11, Twn. 22, R 21;
Thence E 1/2 mile to the E1/4 corner of Sec. 11, Twn. 22, R 21;
Thence N along section line 1/8 mile to the NW corner of the S1/2 of SW1/4 of NW1/4
of Sec. 12, Twn. 22, R 21;
Thence E 1/4 mile to the NE corner of the S1/2 of SW1/4 of NW1/4 of Sec. 12, Twn. 22,
R. 21;
Thence N 1/8 mile to the NW corner of the SE1/4 of NW1/4 of Sec. 12, Twn. 22, R 21;
Thence E 1/4 mile to the NE corner of the SE1/4 of NW1/4 of Sec. 12, Twn. 22, R 21;
Thence N along quarter line to the N1/4 corner of Sec. 12, Twn. 22. R 21;
Thence E 1/4 mile to the SW corner of the SE1/4 of SE1/4 of Sec. 1, Twn. 22, R 21;
Thence N 1/4 mile to the NW corner of the SE1/4 of SE1/4 of Sec. 1, Twn. 22, R 21;
Thence E 3/4 mile to the NE corner of the SE1/4 of SW1/4 of Sec. 6, Twn. 22, R 22;
Thence N 1/4 mile to the center of Sec. 6, Twn. 22, R 22;
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Thence E 1/4 mile to the SW corner of the SE1/4 of NE1/4 of Sec. 6, Twn. 22, R 22;
Thence N 1/4 mile to the NW corner of the SE1/4 of NE1/4 of Sec. 6, Twn. 22; R 22;
Thence E 1/2 mile to the NE corner of the SE1/4 of NW1/4 of Sec. 5, Twn. 22, R 22;
Thence S 1/4 mile to the SE corner of the SW1/4 of NW1/4 of Sec. 5, Twn. 22, R 22;
Thence E 1/2 mile to the SW corner of the SE1/4 of NE1/4 of Sec. 5, Twn. 22, R 22:
Thence N 1/4 mile to the NW corner of the SE1/4 of NE1/4 of Sec. 5, Twn. 22, R 22;
Thence E 1/2 mile to the SW corner of the NE1/4 of NW1/4 of Sec. 4, Twn. 22, R 22;
Thence N 1/4 mile to the NW corner of the NE1/4 of NW1/4 of Sec. 4, Twn. 22, R 22;
Thence E 3/4 mile to the NE corner of Sec. 4, Twn. 22, R 22; thence S 1/2 mile to the
E 1/4 corner of Sec. 4, Twn. 22, R 22;
Thence E 3/4 mile to the NE corner of the NW1/4 of SE1/4 of Sec. 3, Twn. 22, R 22;
Thence S 1/4 mile to the SE corner of the NW1/4 of SE1/4 of Sec. 3, Twn. 22, R 22;
Thence E 1/2 mile to the NE corner of the SW1/4 of SW1/4 of Sec. 2, Twn. 22, R 22;
Thence S 3/4 mile to the SW corner of the SE1/4 of NW1/4 of Sec. 11, Twn. 22, R 22;
Thence E 1/2 mile to the NE corner of the NW1/4 of SE1/4 of Sec. 11, Twn. 22, R 22;
Thence S 1/4 mile to the SW corner of the NE1/4 of SE1/4 of Sec. 11, Twn. 22, R 22;
Thence E 3/4 mile to the NE corner of the SE1/4 of SW1/4 of Sec. 12, Twn. 22, R 22;
Thence S 1/2 mile to the SW corner of the NW1/4 of NE1/4 of Sec. 12, Twn. 22, R 22;
Thence E 3/4 mile to the NE corner of the SW1/4 of NW1/4 of Sec. 18, Twn. 22, R 23;
Thence S 1/4 mile to the SE corner of the SW1/4 of NW1/4 of Sec. 18, Twn. 22, R 23;
Thence E 1/2 mile to the SW corner of the SE1/4 of NE1/4 of Sec. 18, Twn. 22, R 23;
Thence N 1/4 mile to the NW corner of the SE1/4 of NE1/4 of Sec. 18, Twn. 22, R 23;
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Thence E 1 mile to the SW corner of the NE1/4 of NE1/4 of Sec. 17, Twn. 22, R 23;
Thence N 1 mile to the NW corner of the SE1/4 of NE1/4 of Sec. 8, Twn. 22, R 23;
Thence E 11/4 miles to the NE corner of the SE1/4 of NE1/4 of Sec. 9, Twn. 22, R 23;
Thence S 53/4 miles to the SE corner of Sec. 4, Twn. 21, R 23;
Thence W 2 miles to the SW corner of Sec. 5, Twn. 21, R 23;
Thence N 1/2 mile to the W1/4 corner of Sec. 5, Twn. 21, R 23;
Thence W 1 mile to the W1/4 corner of Sec 6., Twn. 21, R 23;
Thence N along township line 1/2 mile to the NW corner of Sec. 6, Twn. 21, R 23;
Thence W along township line 2 miles to the SW corner of Sec. 35, Twn. 22, R 22;
Thence N 1 mile to the NW corner of Sec. 35, Twn. 22, R 22;
Thence W 1 mile to the SW corner of Sec. 27, Twn. 22, R 22;
Thence N 1/2 mile to the E1/4 corner of Sec. 28, Twn. 22, R 22;
Thence W 1/2 mile to the center of Sec. 28, Twn. 22, R 22;
Thence S 1/2 mile to the S1/4 corner of Sec. 28, Twn. 22, R 22;
Thence W 23/4 miles to the NW corner of the NE1/4 of NE1/4 of Sec. 36, Twn. 22, R 21;
Thence S 1/2 mile to the SE corner of the SW1/4 of NE1/4 of Sec. 36, Twn. 22, R 21;
Thence W 1/2 mile to the SW corner of the SE1/4 of NW1/4 of Sec. 36, Twn. 22, R 21;
Thence N 1 mile to the NW corner of the NE1/4 of SW1/4 of Sec. 25, Twn. 22, R 21;
Thence W 3/4 mile to the center of Sec. 26, Twn. 22, R 21;
Thence S 1/4 mile to the SE corner of the NE1/4 of SW1/4 of Sec. 26, Twn. 22, R 21;
Thence W 1/4 mile to the NE corner of the SW1/4 of SW1/4 of Sec. 26, Twn. 22, R 21;
Thence S 1/4 mile to the SE corner of the SW1/4 of SW1/4 of Sec. 26, Twn. 22, R 21;
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Thence W 1/4 mile to the SW corner of Sec. 26, Twn. 22, R 21;
Thence S 1/4 mile to the SE corner of the NE1/4 of NE1/4 of Sec. 34, Twn. 22, R 21;
Thence W 1/2 mile to the SW corner of the NW1/4 of NE1/4 of Sec. 34, Twn. 22, R 21;
Thence N 1/4 mile to the N1/4 corner of Sec. 34, Twn. 22, R 21; thence W 1/2 mile to the
SW corner of Sec. 27, Twn. 22, R 21;
Thence N 1/4 mile to the SE corner of the NE1/4 of SE1/4 of Sec. 28, Twn. 22, R 21;
Thence W 1/4 mile to the SW corner of the NE1/4 of SE1/4 of Sec. 28, Twn. 22, R 21;
Thence N 1 mile to the NW corner of the SE1/4 of SE1/4 of Sec. 21, Twn. 22, R 21;
Thence E 1/2 mile to the NE corner of the SW1/4 of SW1/4 of Sec. 22, Twn. 22, R 21;
Thence N 1/4 mile to the NW corner of the NE1/4 of SW1/4 of Sec. 22, Twn. 22, R 21;
Thence E 315' to a point on the E and W 1/4 line of Sec. 22, Twn. 22, R 21;
Thence N 21 , 20 minutes E 1330'; o
Thence N 44 , 26 minutes E, 680'; o
Thence N no degrees, 36 minutes W, 720';
Thence N 54 , 53 minutes E, 400'; o
Thence N 34 , 22 minutes E, 450'; o
Thence N 65 , 11 minutes E, 150' to a point on the center line of the dam as o
constructed; thence N 6 , 28 minutes W, 98' to the zero station of the center line of the dam o
as constructed; thence along the center line of the dam as it meanders to the point of
beginning.
Ord. No. 2585
SECTION 401. HEALTH RULES
(Note: On February 14, 1989, the citizens of Tulsa approved an Amended Charter
of the City of Tulsa to take effect at twelve o'clock noon on the 8th day of May, 1990.
Pursuant to the provisions of the Amended Charter, references in this section to Water
Commissioner shall mean Mayor of the City of Tulsa and references to Water Department
shall mean Public Works Department of the City of Tulsa.)
Whereas the Commissioner of Health of the state of Oklahoma has, for the
preservation of the public health, promulgated, adopted, and put in force and effect in the
Spavinaw Water District, the Rules and Regulations given herein.
A. Definition of Reservoir. That the term "reservoir," heretofore used in these
regulations, is intended to mean and refer to the Spavinaw Lake or Reservoir or to any
tributary which serves as a source of the Spavinaw Reservoir.
B. Definition of the Water Course. That wherever the term "Water Course" is
used in these rules and regulations it is intended to mean and include every spring, pond,
stream, ditch, gutter, or other channel of every kind, the waters of which when running,
whether continuously or occasionally, eventually flow or may flow into the said Spavinaw
Reservoir.
C. Meaning of Linear Distance. Whenever a linear distance of a structure or
object from the reservoir, or from a water course, is mentioned in these regulations, it is
intended to mean the shortest horizontal distance from the nearest water line of said
reservoir or water course.
D. High Water Line. Whenever the term "high water line" is used in these rules
and regulations, it shall be taken and construed to mean the margin of said Spavinaw
Reservoir when the surface thereof is at an elevation of six hundred and ninety feet above
sea level, according to the United States government plat thereof.
E. Refuse Matters Not to be Discharged in Spavinaw Reservoir. No human
excrement shall be deposited or discharged into the Spavinaw Reservoir or into any
watercourse, as hereinbefore defined in Paragraph B; and no cesspool, privy or other
receptacle for the deposit of human excrement shall be located, constructed or maintained
within said Spavinaw Water District, unless such cesspool, privy or other receptacle be so
constructed that no portion of its contents can escape or be washed into such waters, and
shall not be located closer than six hundred and sixty feet to water's edge.
F. Same. No human excrement, or compost 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 said Spavinaw Water District
or upon or into the ground at a place from which any such excrement, compost, or
contents or particles thereof, may flow or be washed or carried into the Spavinaw
Reservoir, or into any water course as hereinabove defined in Paragraph B.
G. Same. No house slops, sink waste, water which has been used for washing
or cooking, or other polluted water shall be discharged into the said Spavinaw Reservoir,
or into any water course within said Spavinaw Water District; and no house slops, sink
waste, water which has been used for washing or cooking, or other polluted water shall
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be discharged into or upon any ground in said Spavinaw Water District within six
hundred and sixty feet of the high water line of said Spavinaw Reservoir, or of any water
course as hereinabove described in Paragraph B.
H. Same. No garbage, manure, or putrescible matter whatsoever shall be put
into the said Spavinaw Reservoir, or into any water course as hereinabove described in
Paragraph B; and no garbage, manure, or putrescible matter whatsoever shall be put upon
the ground in said Spavinaw Water District within six hundred and sixty feet of the high
water line of said Spavinaw Reservoir or of the high water line of any watercourse, as
herein above defined in Paragraph B; or within any such greater distance as may from
time to time be established either by the State Health Department or by the City of Tulsa.
I. Same. No stable, pigsty, henhouse, barnyard, hog yard, hitching or standing
place for horses, cattle, or other animals, or other place where animal manure is deposited
or accumulated, shall be located, constructed or maintained in said Spavinaw Water
District, any part of which is within six hundred and sixty feet of the high water line of any
water course, as hereinabove defined in Paragraph B.
J. Same. No refuse, industrial wastes or other waste products or polluting
liquids, or other substance of a nature poisonous or injurious either to human beings or
animals, or of such nature as would impart an objectionable taste or odor to any water into
which it might be discharged, and no putrescible matter whatsoever shall be discharged
directly into or at any place from which it may flow or be washed or carried into such
Spavinaw Reservoir or into any water course, as hereinabove defined in Paragraph B.
K. Approval State Department of Health; When. No system of sewers or other
works for the collection, conveyance, disposal or purification of domestic or manufacturing
sewage, wastes, or drainage, or any other putrescible matters whatsoever shall, except in
accordance with plans first approved in writing by the State Department of Health, be
constructed or maintained at any place within the Spavinaw Water District so called. No
private or separate sewer shall be constructed or maintained in said Spavinaw Water
District having an outlet upon or in the ground within six hundred and sixty feet of the
high water line of such Spavinaw Reservoir or of the high water line of any water course,
as hereinabove defined in Paragraph B.
L. Hospitals Prohibited unless Approved by the State Board of Health. No
public or private hospital, or other place intended for the reception or treatment of persons
afflicted with a contagious or infectious disease, shall, until the location and construction
thereof have been approved in writing by the State Board of Health, be located or
constructed at any place within the Spavinaw Water District. No public or private hospital,
or other place intended for the reception or treatment of persons afflicted with a
contagious or infectious disease, shall be maintained at any place within such water district
unless all the provisions required by the State Board of Health for the purification or
disposal of sewage, drainage, or other polluting or organic matter which may be
discharged therefrom, are fully complied with.
M. Permits Required. No person shall bathe in and no person shall, unless
permitted by a special regulation or by written permit of the Water Commissioner of the
City of Tulsa, fish in or send, drive, or put any animal into said Spavinaw lake or reservoir,
or bathe or fish in, or send, drive, or put any animal into any water course as hereinabove
defined in Paragraph B. No person other than a member of said Water Department of the
City of Tulsa, its officers, agents or employees, or public officer, whose duties may so
require, shall, unless so permitted by regulations or permit of said Water Commissioner
enter or go in any boat, motor boat, skiff, raft, or other contrivance, on or upon water of
said Spavinaw Reservoir, or on or upon the water of any water course as hereinabove
defined in Paragraph B.
N. No Buildings Permitted. No human habitation, cottage, tent, camp site, or
residence of any kind, either temporary or permanent, shall be hereafter built, set up or
constructed upon any lands within six hundred and sixty feet of the high water line of the
Spavinaw Reservoir or of any water course in said Spavinaw Water District, except upon
such or any part of such lands the natural drainage of which is not into such reservoir or
water courses; provided, however, that the City of Tulsa may construct and maintain such
structure within such prohibited territory as may be necessary in the furtherance of the
protection of such reservoir from contamination and pollution.
O. Reports of Contagious or Infectious Diseases. All reports which may be
made to any board of health, or to any health officer of any town or county, of cases of
contagious or infectious diseases occurring within the water shed of said Spavinaw Water
District, shall be open to the inspection of the Water Commissioner of the City of Tulsa, his
officers or agents, at all reasonable times.
P. Physicians to Give Notice. It shall be the duty of all physicians practicing
their profession in said Spavinaw Water District to give notice immediately to the Water
Commissioner of the City of Tulsa, Oklahoma and to the Commissioner of Health of the
state of Oklahoma of any case of contagious or infectious disease in said Spavinaw Water
District coming to the knowledge of such physician, or known or suspected by such
physician to exist within such Spavinaw Water District; such notices shall be upon such
forms as the Water Commissioner shall provide, and said physician shall be entitled to
receive for such services a reasonable compensation to be fixed by resolution by the Water
Commissioner.
Q. That from and after this date, no more burials or interments shall be made
in the Spavinaw cemetery or at any other place within such Spavinaw Water District.
(Note: Promulgated by the Commissioner of Health of Oklahoma, Apr. 2, 1924)
Therefore, these Rules and Regulations are hereby adopted and made a part of this
chapter.
SECTION 402. SPAVINAW DAM AND LAKE
The dam across Spavinaw Creek in Section 15, Township 22 North, Range 21 East
in Mayes County is hereby designated and shall be known as "Spavinaw Dam." The
waters impounded thereby are hereby designated and shall be known as "Lake
Spavinaw."
SECTION 403. EUCHA DAM AND LAKE
The dam across Spavinaw Creek in Sections 22 and 23, Township 22 North,
Range 22 East in Delaware County is hereby designated and shall be known as "Eucha
Dam." The water impounded thereby are hereby designated and shall be known as "Lake
Eucha."
SECTION 404. SPAVINAW RESERVOIR AREA
The lands upon which Lake Spavinaw, Spavinaw Dam, Lake Eucha and Eucha
Dam and the adjacent grounds owned or controlled by the City of Tulsa, Oklahoma, all
of which are more particularly described as:
The NW1/4 NW1/4 NE1/4, S1/2 NW1/4 NE1/4, S1/2 SW1/4, NW1/4 SW1/4, S1/2 NE1/4 SW1/4
NW1/4 NE1/4 SW1/4, in Section 30 and N1/2 N1/2 NW1/4, E1/2 SE1/4 NW1/4, SE1/4 NE1/4
NW1/4 in Section 31, all in Township 22 North, Range 24 East, Delaware County,
Oklahoma.
AND
The S1/2 SW1/4 SW1/4 in Section 24 and W1/2 NW1/4, W1/2 SE1/4 NW1/4 SW1/4 SE1/4 in
Section 25 and N1/2 N1/2 NE1/4, N1/2 NW1/4 in Section 36 and all of Section 26 except
N1/2 NW1/4 SE1/4 and N1/2 NW1/4, N1/2 NE1/4, N1/2 SW1/4 NW1/4 N1/2 N1/2 SE1/4 NW1/4
in Section 35 and S1/2 SE1/4, S1/2 N1/2 SE1/4, S1/2 S1/2 SW1/4 in Section 27 and NW1/4,
NE1/4 except SE1/4 SE1/4 NE1/4; N1/2 NW1/4 SE1/4, NW1/4 NE1/4 SE1/4, SW1/4, in Section
34 and SW1/4, SE1/4 NE1/4 except W 660 feet of N 990 feet, NE1/4 NW1/4 except N 900
feet S1/2 NW1/4, S1/2 NW1/4 NW1/4 in Section 33 and S1/2 NW1/4, NW1/4 N1/2 SW1/4 in
Section 28 and all of Section 32 and SW1/4, S1/2 SE1/4, NE1/4 SE1/4, S1/2 NW1/4 SE1/4, E
165 feet of N 495 feet of NE1/4 NW1/4 SE1/4, E 165 feet of North 330 feet of NE1/4
NW1/4 SE1/4, S 165 feet NE1/4 NW1/4 SE1/4 W1/2 NW1/4 less E1/2 E1/2 SE1/4 SW1/4 NW1/4
and less 2 acres in SE corner NW1/4 NW1/4, S1/2 SE1/4 NE1/4 in Section 29 and S1/2 SE1/4
SW1/4, W1/2 SW1/4 SW1/4, S1/2 NW1/4 SW1/4, NE1/4, SW1/4, SE1/4 NW1/4 in Section 20 and
S1/2, SW1/4 NW1/4, SW1/4, N1/2 SW1/4 SE1/4, SW1/4 SW1/4 SE1/4, E 990 feet of SE1/4 SE1/4,
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S1/2 SE1/4 NE1/4 SE1/4 in Section 19 and NW1/4, SW1/4 except SW1/4 SE1/4 SW1/4, SE1/4
NE1/4 except the N 330 feet of E 990 feet of W 1650 feet in Section 30 and W1/2 NW1/4
except NE1/4 NW1/4 NW1/4, S1/2 NE1/4 NW1/4, NE1/4 NE1/4 NW1/4, S1/2 NW1/4 NE1/4,
NW1/4 NW1/4 NE1/4, N1/2 NE1/4 NE1/4, E 990 feet of S1/2 NE1/4 NE1/4, SW1/4 NW1/4 SW1/4
in Section 31, all in Township 22 North, Range 23 East, Delaware County,
Oklahoma.
AND
The NW1/4 NW1/4, N1/2 NE1/4 NW1/4, NW1/4 NW1/4, NW1/4 SE1/4 NW1/4 SE1/4 SE1/4
NW1/4, SW1/4 SE1/4 NW1/4 except SW1/4 SW1/4 SE1/4 NW1/4, W1/2 SW1/4 W1/2 NE1/4
SW1/4, NW1/4 SW1/4 SE1/4 in Section 3, NE1/4 Section 5, all of Section 4, all in
Township 21 North, Range 23 East, Delaware County, Oklahoma.
AND
The SW1/4, SE1/4, SW1/4 NW1/4, E1/2 NW1/4, SW1/4 NE1/4, SW1/4 SE1/4 NE1/4 in Section
24 and NW1/4, NE1/4, NW1/4 SW1/4, W1/2 NE1/4 SW1/4, NE1/4 NE1/4 SW1/4, N1/2 SE1/4,
SE1/4 SE1/4, E1/2 SW1/4 SE1/4 in Section 25 and W1/2 NW1/4 NW1/4, NW1/4 SW1/4 NW1/4
in Section 36 and N1/2 NW1/4 NE1/4, N1/2 S1/2 NW1/4 NE1/4, NE1/4 NE1/4, NE1/4 SE1/4
NE1/4, NE diagonal 5 acres NW1/4 SE1/4 NE1/4, in Section 35 and SE1/4, NE1/4 SW1/4,
NE diagonal 20 acres of SE1/4 SW1/4, NE1/4 except NW1/4 SW1/4 NE1/4, N1/2 NE1/4
NW1/4, SE1/4 NE1/4 NW1/4 in Section 26 and SW1/4 except SW diagonal 5 acres, SE1/4,
NW1/4, W1/2 SW1/4 NE1/4, SE1/4 SW1/4 NE1/4, SE1/4 SE1/4 NE1/4, SW1/4 NW1/4 NE1/4 in
Section 23 and N1/2 NE1/4 SE1/4, SE1/4 NE1/4 SE1/4, NE diagonal 5 acres of SW1/4 NE1/4
SE1/4, NE diagonal 5 acres of NE1/4 SE1/4 SE1/4, SE1/4 NE1/4, all that part of the NE1/4
NE1/4 described as follows: Beginning at the Southeast corner of said Northeast
Quarter (NE1/4) of the Northeast Quarter (NE1/4), thence in a Westerly direction
along the South boundary of said NE1/4 of the NE1/4 a distance of 870 feet; thence
in a Northwesterly direction a distance of 1,058.3 feet to a point 1,055.2 feet North
and 950 feet West of said Southeast corner; thence on a curve to the right with a
radius of 409.3 feet a distance of 121.9 feet to a point 1,086.1 feet North and 832.5
feet West of said Southeast corner; thence in a Northeasterly direction a distance
of 559.9 feet to a point 1,146.5 feet North and 275.8 feet West of such Southeast
corner; thence on a curve to the left with a radius of 309.3 feet a distance of 315.8
feet to a point in the North boundary of said NE1/4 of the NE1/4 29.6 feet West of the
Northeast corner thereof; thence in an Easterly direction along such North
boundary a distance of 29.6 feet to said Northeast corner; thence in a Southerly
direction along the East boundary of said NE1/4 of the NE1/4 to the point of
beginning, containing 23.6 acres, more or less in Section 22, all in Township 22
North, Range 22 East, Delaware County, Oklahoma.
AND
S1/2 S1/2, S1/2 NW1/4 SE1/4, S1/2 N1/2 SW1/4 in Section 5 and SE1/4 NE1/4 SE1/4, S1/2 SE1/4
less NW 10 acres N1/2 SW1/4 SE1/4, South 630 feet SE1/4 SW1/4 in Section 6 and N1/2,
N1/2 Sw1/4, SW1/4 SW1/4, S1/2 SE1/4 SW1/4, NW1/4 SE1/4 SW1/4, NW1/4 SE1/4, N1/2 N1/2
NE1/4 SE1/4 Section 7 and N1/2 NE1/4, N1/2 S1/2 NE1/4, N1/2 NW1/4, SW1/4 NW1/4, N1/2
SE1/4 NW1/4, NW1/4 S1/2 SE1/4 NW1/4, NW1/4 NW1/4 SW1/4 Section 8 and W1/2 SE1/4,
NE1/4, E1/2 NW1/4 SW1/4, S1/2 SE1/4 NW1/4 NW1/4 SE1/4 NW1/4, SW1/4 NE1/4 SE1/4 NW1/4,
E1/2 SW1/4 NW1/4 NE1/4 S1/2 SW1/4 SW1/4 NW1/4, N1/2 SW1/4 SW1/4 NW1/4, S1/2 NW1/4
NW1/4, NW1/4 NW1/4 NW1/4, SW1/2 NE1/4 NW1/4 NW1/4, SW1/2 SW1/4 NE1/4 NW1/4
Section 9 and NE1/4 NE1/4 Section 16, and SW1/4 NW1/4, W1/2 NW1/4 NW1/4, SE1/4
NW1/4 NW1/4 Section 19 all in Township 22 North, Range 22 East, Delaware County,
Oklahoma.
AND
S1/2 SE1/4, E1/2 SW1/4 SW1/4, SW1/4 SW1/4 SW1/4 SW1/4 Section 11 and E1/2, SW1/4, SE1/4
NW1/4, SW1/4 NE1/4 NW1/4, S1/2 SW1/4 NW1/4 Section 12 and NE1/4, NW1/4, SE1/4, N1/2
SW1/4, E1/2 SE1/4 SW1/4, NW1/4 SE1/4 SW1/4, NE1/2 SW1/4 SE1/4 SW1/4, NE1/2 NE1/4 SW1/4
SW1/4 Section 13 and N1/2, N1/2 S1/2, SE1/4 SE1/4, E1/2 SW1/4 SE1/4, NW1/4 SW1/4 SE1/4,
SW1/4 SW1/4, W1/2 SE1/4 SW1/4, NE1/4 SE1/4 SW1/4, N1/2 SE1/4 SE1/4 SW1/4 Section 14 and
E1/2 SE1/4, NW1/4 SE1/4, N1/2 SW1/4 SE1/4, beginning at NE corner of the S1/2 SW1/4 SE1/4
thence E 1320 feet thence S 260 feet thence NW to point of beginning, NE1/4 NE1/4
SW1/4, S1/2 SW1/4 NE1/4, E1/2 SE1/4 NE1/4, SW1/4 SE1/4 NE1/4, SE1/2 NW1/4 SE1/4 NE1/4
Section 15 and E1/2 W1/2 NE1/4, E1/2 NW1/4 SE1/4, NE1/4 NE1/4, W1/2 SE1/4 NE1/4, NW1/2
S 920 feet E1/2 SE1/4 NE1/4, N 400 feet NE1/4 SE1/4 NE1/4 Section 22 and S1/2 SE1/4 NE1/4
Section 23 and E1/2 NE1/4, NW1/4 NE1/4 Section 24 all in Township 22 North, Range
21 East, Mayes County, Oklahoma; in Mayes and Delaware Counties, State of
Oklahoma, are hereby designated and may be collectively referred to as the
Spavinaw Reservoir Area.
SECTION 405. AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR RESERVOIR
AREA
The operation, management, supervision and control of the Spavinaw Reservoir
Area shall be the authority and responsibility of the Mayor, the Tulsa Utility Board, and
the duly appointed employees and agents of the City of Tulsa acting by, through and
under them. The Mayor, the Director of Public Works his designated assistants and
managers, and all security officers assigned to the Spavinaw Reservoir Area are hereby
designated as police officers of the City of Tulsa for the purpose of enforcing the
provisions of this chapter. Whenever, in this chapter, reference is made to "the Mayor,"
such term shall mean the Mayor of the City of Tulsa or his duly authorized subordinates.
SECTION 406. PROHIBITED ACTS
No person, except officers, employees, agents, contractors and their employees,
concessionaires or franchisees of the City of Tulsa in the performance of their duties, shall
enter upon any part of the Spavinaw Reservoir Area, except as may be expressly
authorized by the provisions of this chapter.
SECTION 407. ACTIVITIES PERMITTED
Fishing, boating, hiking, camping, underwater diving and the patronizing of
authorized concessions shall be permitted in the Spavinaw Reservoir Area in accordance
with the provisions of this chapter. It shall be unlawful and an offense for any person to
enter the reservoir area for such purposes without complying with the provisions of this
chapter, or for any purpose not herein expressly authorized.
SECTION 408. RESTRICTED AREAS
The Mayor shall, for the purpose of public health or safety, the security of the City's
dams and other works, the propagation of fish, the privacy of the City's employees
required to reside in residences furnished them, the efficient management of the City's
reservoirs, and other lawful purposes, have the authority to designate, within the reservoir
area, restricted areas. When an area has been so designated and signs erected bearing the
words "No Trespassing," "Keep Out," "Restricted Area - Do Not Enter," or words of like
import, it shall be unlawful and an offense for any person, except duly authorized officials,
employees, or agents of the City, to enter such restricted area for any purpose.
SECTION 409. FISHING
A. Fishing by hook and line only shall be permitted in the Reservoir Area,
except in restricted areas, in accordance with the laws of the state of Oklahoma and upon
obtaining a City of Tulsa fishing permit and paying a fee therefor as follows:
Residents of Oklahoma
Per Day Per Month Per Year
$1.00 $3.50 $8.50
Purchased after June 30 - $5.00
Non-Residents of Oklahoma
Per Day Per Month Per Year
$1.00 $5.00 $10.00
Purchased after June 30 - $5.00
All permits shall be issued for the current calendar year and shall expire on
December 31st of the year issued.
B. No person over the age of sixteen (16) years shall fish in the Reservoir Area
without first obtaining and having in his possession the required permit; provided,
however, that double permit fees shall be charged and collected for failure to obtain a
permit in advance of the use of the facilities.
C. All persons fishing in the waters of the Spavinaw Reservoir Area shall be
limited to fishing with hook and line only and shall at all times comply with other laws of
the state of Oklahoma and the Rules and Regulations of the Oklahoma Wildlife
Conservation Commission. Netting of any kind, with the exception of landing nets, shall
be prohibited in the Spavinaw Reservoir Area except by duly authorized City of Tulsa
employees.
Ord. No. 16160
SECTION 410. BOATS
A. Boats may be placed on the waters of the Reservoir Area; and the operation
of boats shall be permitted in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and upon the
payment of a fee for each boat, whether a motorboat, rowboat or other craft, of:
One Dollar ($1.00) per day, (any 24 hour period),
Five Dollars ($5.00) per month, or
Ten Dollars ($10.00) per year.
B. No person shall place any boat upon the Spavinaw Reservoir Area without
first obtaining a permit therefore and paying the fee required by this section; provided,
however, that double permit fees shall be charged and collected for failure to obtain a
permit in advance of the use of the facilities.
C. Boats and outboard motors of the City of Tulsa, Oklahoma, may be let for
hire at the following rates:
Full-day rental (from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.)
Boats $ 8.00 each, per day
Motors $ 12.50 each, per day
Both boat and motor $ 20.00 per day
Half-day rental (from 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. or any part thereof)
Boats $ 6.00 each, per half day
Motors $ 10.00 each, per half day
Both boat and motor $ 16.00 per half day
Motor boat fuel shall be charged as an additional charge.
Ord. Nos. 15754, 16160
SECTION 411. WAIVER OF FEES
A. The personnel office of the City of Tulsa shall, upon request, issue a
certificate to current classified and Fire Department employees of the City of Tulsa wishing
to fish in the Reservoir Area. Upon exhibiting such certificate, such employee and his
spouse shall be permitted to fish and operate his private boat in the Reservoir Area
without paying the permit fees required by this chapter. Persons exhibiting such
certificates to the Water Supply Section Permit Office personnel (Spavinaw Lake or Lake
Eucha) shall be issued fishing and boating permits for each trip, and such permits shall be
marked "City Employees" and shall be deducted from the total value of permit books.
B. The City of Tulsa personnel office shall, upon request, issue a certificate of
retirement status to any City of Tulsa retired employee. Upon exhibiting such certificate,
such retired employee and his spouse shall be issued a permit to fish and operate his
private boat in the Reservoir Area without paying the permit fee required by this chapter.
C. Disabled veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States, certified by the
Veterans Administration to be at least sixty percent (60%) disabled, and active members
of the Armed Forces of the United States, upon exhibiting a disability certification or an
armed forces military identification card indicating current active service, will be permitted
to fish and operate their boats without paying the permit fee as required by this chapter.
D. Duly authorized concessionaires and franchise contractors shall be issued
permits, as necessary, without paying the permit fee as required herein.
Ord. No. 16160
SECTION 412. BOATING RULES
In addition to any rules of the road or other regulations provided by the laws of the
state of Oklahoma, the following rules shall apply to all boats operated upon the waters
of the Spavinaw Reservoir Area:
A. No boat, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, shall be permitted
upon the waters of the reservoir area unless it is not less than twelve (12) feet in length,
fifteen (15) inches in depth and with a beam of forty-four (44) inches, having flotation
compartments, and is, in the opinion of the Mayor, seaworthy.
B. No boat shall be powered by an outboard motor of greater horsepower than
is recommended by the manufacturer of the boat; if the manufacturer's specification in
such regard is not set forth on a boat, the Director shall assign a maximum horsepower
rating for such boat;
C. All boats shall be equipped with all the safety equipment required by the
laws of the state of Oklahoma;
D. No boat or craft equipped with a toilet with overboard discharge shall be
permitted;
E. No person under sixteen (16) years of age shall operate any boat except
under the direct supervision of a qualified operator over the age of sixteen (16) years;
F. No person who is under the influence of any intoxicating beverage or drug
shall operate any boat;
G. No person shall operate any boat in a reckless or careless manner;
H. No person shall be towed behind any boat on water skis, aquaplane,
surfboard or other similar device;
I. No sailboat shall be permitted;
J. Canoes and punts may be permitted by the Mayor in the shallow areas of
the lakes, provided that they are in his opinion seaworthy, and the persons operating
such boats are skilled in the operation thereof;
K. Rowboats shall have the right of way at all times, and motor propelled boats
shall keep a safe distance from them; motorboats, while cruising, shall stay not less than
three hundred (300) feet from any bank or anchored fisherman; in all hollows of the lakes,
travel by motor-propelled boats shall be as near to the middle of the hollow as practicable
and at a speed not to exceed five (5) miles per hour;
L. No motor-propelled boats shall travel at a speed greater than eighteen (18)
miles per hour within a distance of one thousand (1,000) feet from any shore line; in all
cases the lighter and slower craft shall have the right of way, and speedboats shall be
operated at the owner's risk; and
M. Special caution shall be used while trolling with a motor-propelled boat in
any hollow or cove or around points to show proper consideration to the rights of
anchored fishermen, bank fishermen, or boat fishermen fishing toward the bank.
SECTION 413. BOAT STORAGE
A. The City of Tulsa may provide for storage of private boats and other water
craft, and shall charge the following fees:
1. Open dockage $ 15.00 per month
2. Dock rental with roof $ 18.75 per month
3. Boathouse stall rental without electricity $ 22.50 per month
4. Boathouse stall rental with electricity $ 25.00 per month
B. Privately owned boathouses, which are in existence and located on the
Spavinaw Reservoir Area at the effective date of this chapter, are authorized to be located
thereon. The owner of each such privately owned boathouse shall pay to the City of
Tulsa, as rental, a fee of Twenty-four Dollars ($24.00) per year, per stall, which shall be due
on or before January 1 of each year. An annual boathouse permit shall be issued by the
City upon payment of such fee. No privately owned boathouse shall be placed or erected
upon such waters after the effective date of this chapter.
C. All privately owned docks and boathouses shall be maintained in good
condition in accordance with the written standards established by the City. The Director
is authorized and empowered to make, adopt and amend written rules, regulations and
standards to carry out the purposes of this section, subject to the approval of the Mayor.
Any dock or boathouse which becomes dilapidated or fails to meet the written standards
established by the City, or for which the annual fee for boathouses has not been paid,
may, upon sixty (60) days' written notice to the owner by registered mail, be removed from
the lake area by the City and the costs thereof shall be assessed against the owner.
D. No privately owned boathouse, except those rented at the effective date of
this chapter shall be kept, offered for rent or rented.
Ord. No. 15754
SECTION 414. HUNTING
Squirrel, deer, rabbit, turkey and duck hunting, in accordance with all state of
Oklahoma hunting regulations, may be permitted in the Spavinaw Reservoir Area, except
in restricted areas, parks, campgrounds, picnic areas, developed areas and other public
use areas.
Ord. No. 16160
SECTION 415. SWIMMING AND DIVING
A. No person shall swim, bathe, wade or dive in the waters of the Reservoir
Area, except as permitted by the express terms of this section.
B. Underwater diving in Lakes Spavinaw and Eucha shall be permitted for the
recovery of lost property.
C. The Mayor may make such rules and regulations as may be required to
insure safety of persons and property in connection with such diving, and may issue
diving permits subject to such rules and regulations.
D. All persons requesting permission to dive in such lakes shall first satisfy the
Mayor of their skill and qualifications.
E. All persons requesting permission to dive in such lakes shall first execute a
full and unconditional release of all liability for injury and damages. Such release shall run
to the City of Tulsa, its agents and employees.
SECTION 416. CAMPING
A. No person shall camp or place a tent, trailer or other form of mobile residence
within the Spavinaw Reservoir Area, except in the facilities of an authorized concession,
or in a camping area designated by the City of Tulsa.
B. The rental fee for each tent, trailer or campsite utilizing electricity furnished
by the City of Tulsa shall be as follows:
Developed Campground
Full day rental (any twenty-four hour period) $ 6.00
Seven day charge when paid in advance $ 40.00
Fourteen day charge when paid in advance $ 80.00
Shelter Houses
Full day rental (any twelve hour period) $ 6.00
C. Senior Citizens, sixty-five (65) years or older, shall be charged one-half (1/2)
the rate of the established "site" rental fee.
D. Totally disabled veterans shall be charged one-half (1/2) the rate of the
established "site" rental fee.
E. The maximum length of stay within any designated camping area in the
Spavinaw Reservoir Area (Spavinaw Water District) shall be fourteen (14) consecutive days.
F. The developed campground at Lake Eucha shall be opened April 1 of each
season and shall be closed November 15 of each season.
G. All pets shall be restrained in any of the designated camping, park or picnic
areas within the Spavinaw Water District.
Ord. No. 16586
SECTION 417. HIKING AND INSPECTIONS
A. The grounds of the Spavinaw Reservoir Area shall be available to all persons
for the purpose of hiking and inspecting the lakes, dams, and other works of the reservoir
area, provided that no person shall enter upon or remain in any restricted area without
the express permission of the officer, agent or employee of the City of Tulsa in charge of
such area.
B. No officer, agent or employee of the City of Tulsa shall permit any person to
enter any restricted area in the Spavinaw Reservoir Area, except in accordance with the
express provisions of the regulations promulgated by the Mayor with respect to such area.
SECTION 418. CONTAMINATION OF RESERVOIR AREA
No person shall place, throw or otherwise discharge any human excrement, animal
excrement, trash, waste or garbage into the waters of or upon the grounds of the
Spavinaw Reservoir Area, except in such places or containers as may be expressly
provided and designated for such purposes by the City of Tulsa or any duly authorized
franchisee or concessionaire.
SECTION 419. REGULATIONS
The Mayor is authorized to promulgate such additional regulations not inconsistent
with this chapter for the purpose of carrying the provisions herein into force and effect.
When such regulations have been so promulgated and approved by the Tulsa Utility
Board and the City Council, they shall have the same force and effect as the provisions of
this chapter.
SECTION 420. PENALTY
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of an
offense and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed THREE
HUNDRED DOLLARS ($300.00), excluding costs.
Ord. No. 15754
SECTION 421. ARREST
Any police officer of the City of Tulsa is authorized to arrest any person committing
any act hereby prohibited in his presence, and to transport him to the Municipal Criminal
Court of the City of Tulsa or any other court of proper jurisdiction, where such person
shall be informed against, arraigned, tried, and, if found guilty, punished as by law in such
cases made and provided.
SECTION 422. ARREST BY WARRANT
Any person duly informed against for the commission of any act prohibited by this
chapter may be arrested by any police officer of the City of Tulsa, Oklahoma, upon a
warrant issued by a judge of the Municipal Criminal Court of the City of Tulsa, or other
judge duly authorized to issue such warrant, whereupon he shall be transported to the
Municipal Criminal Court of the City of Tulsa or any other court of proper jurisdiction,
where such person shall be informed against, arraigned, tried, and, if found guilty,
punished as by law in such cases made and provided.
CHAPTER 5
REQUIREMENTS FOR USE OF SANITARY SEWERAGE SYSTEM
Section 500. Scope.
Section 501. Definitions.
Section 502. License and Revocation.
Section 503. Bond and Deposit.
Section 504. Permit to Connect House Sewer.
Section 505. Use of Other Name.
Section 506. Inspection Required.
Section 507. Inspection Fees.
Section 508. Report of Work - Approval.
Section 509. Time of Inspection.
Section 510. Altering After Inspection.
Section 511. Sanitary Sewer - Plumbing Connections.
Section 512. Private Repairs.
Section 513. Separate Sanitary Sewers - Each Premise.
Section 514. Connections Outside of District.
Section 515. Property Not Assessed.
Section 516. Mobile Home Parks.
Section 517. Approval of Plans for All Sanitary Sewer Service Lines Eight
Inches in Diameter or Over.
Section 518. Miscellaneous Rules.
Section 519. Plugging of Abandoned Building Sewers, House Sewers, or
House Sewer Line Connections to Public Sanitary Sewers.
Section 520. Reconstruction of Public Sanitary Sewers.
SECTION 500. SCOPE
This chapter shall include all general requirements, prohibitions, and regulations
with respect to the connection, use, protection and maintenance of all sewers forming a
part of the sanitary sewerage system of the City of Tulsa and limiting the discharge of all
wastes into the sanitary sewer system which could or would cause damage or obstruction
of the sewage collection system, damage or interfere with the operation of the sewage
treatment plants or be detrimental to the quality of the effluent or sludge, or cause
unreasonable maintenance, attention and expense to either the collection system or the
treatment facilities, and shall provide penalties for violations.
SECTION 501. DEFINITIONS
For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms, phrases, words, and their
derivations shall have the meaning given herein.
A. B.O.D. (Biochemical Oxygen Demand) shall mean the quantity of oxygen
expressed in milligrams per liter, utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter
under standard laboratory conditions for five (5) days at a temperature of twenty degrees
(20 ) centigrade. The laboratory determinations of B.O.D. shall be made in accordance with procedures set forth in Standard Methods.
B. Building Drain shall mean that part of the lowest horizontal piping of a
drainage system which receives the discharge from soil, waste, and other drainage pipes
of the building and conveys such discharge to the building sewer, beginning five (5) feet
outside the inner face of the building wall.
C. Building Sewer, House Sewer or House Sewer Line shall mean the
extension from the building drain to the sanitary sewer or other place of disposal.
D. City shall mean the City of Tulsa, Oklahoma, a municipal corporation, acting
through the Tulsa Utility Board and the City's duly authorized officers or agents.
E. Director shall mean the Director of Public Works, or the person succeeding
to his duties and functions by whatever name known, or his duly authorized deputy,
agent or representative.
F. Domestic Sewage shall mean water-carried wastes normally discharging into
the sanitary sewers of dwellings (including apartment houses and hotels), office buildings,
factories and institutions, free from storm surface water and industrial wastes.
G. Garbage shall mean solid wastes and residue from the preparation, cooking
and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage and sale of food products and
produce.
H. Industrial User or Industry shall mean:
1. Any user of a publicly owned treatment works which discharges more than
the equivalent of twenty-five thousand (25,000) gallons per day (gpd) of sanitary wastes
and which is identified in the latest edition of Standard Industrial Classification Manual,
Office of Management and Budget, as amended and supplemented, under one of the
following divisions:
Division A. Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing,
Division B. Mining,
Division D Manufacturing,
Division E. Transportation, Communications, Electric,
Gas and Sanitary Services, or
Division I. Services;
provided, however, that a user in the divisions listed shall be excluded if it is determined
by the Tulsa Utility Board that it will introduce only segregated domestic wastes or waste