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 Oklahoma Statutes (Last Updated: September 18, 2014)
 Title 82. WATERS AND WATER RIGHTS

  § 82-1603. Definitions.  

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  • As used in the Oklahoma Floodplain Management Act:

    1.  "Area of jurisdiction" means:

    a.              all of the areas within an incorporated town or city, except locations of all property owned or operated by the state for a municipality,

    b.              all of the unincorporated areas except locations of all property owned or operated by the state of the county, for a county, or

    c.              all property owned or operated by the state within the state, for the Board;

    2.  "Board" means the Oklahoma Water Resources Board;

    3.  "Dwelling unit" means a place of residence and may be a single or multiple-dwelling building;

    4.  "Flood" or "flooding" means general and temporary conditions of partial or complete inundation of normally dry land areas from the overflow of lakes, streams, rivers or any other inland waters;

    5.  "Floodplain" means the land adjacent to a body of water which has been or may be covered by flooding, including, but not limited to, the one-hundred-year flood;

    6.  “Floodplain administrator” means a person accredited by the Board and designated by a floodplain board, to administer and implement laws and regulations relating to the management of floodplains;

    7.  "Floodplain board" means:

    a.              an administrative and planning board established by a board of county commissioners or governing body of a municipality and composed of membership as specified in Section 1605 of this title, for floodplain management of a county or a municipality,

    b.              the Oklahoma Water Resources Board,

    c.              the planning commission of a municipality or a county if so designated by the governing body of the municipality or county, or

    d.              the board of county commissioners or governing body of a municipality if a separate floodplain board composed of membership as specified in Section 1605 of this title is not established or if an established floodplain board is dissolved by its respective board of county commissioners or governing body of a municipality after the effective date of this act;

    8.  "Floodplain regulations" mean the codes, ordinances and other regulations relating to the use of land and construction within the channel and floodplain areas including, but not limited to, zoning ordinances, platting regulations, building codes, housing codes, setback requirements and open area regulations;

    9.  "Floodway" means the channel of a stream, watercourse or body of water and those portions of floodplains which are reasonably required to carry and discharge the floodwater or floodflow of any river or stream;

    10.  "One-hundred-year flood" means a flood which has a one percent (1%) chance of occurring each year, based upon the criteria established by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board;

    11.  “BFE” means base flood elevation which is the elevation in feet from mean sea level at which water level during a flood has a one-percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year; and

    12.  "Program" means the overall national flood insurance program authorized by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001-4128) as amended.

Added by Laws 1980, c. 179, § 3, emerg. eff. May 13, 1980.  Amended by Laws 2002, c. 46, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2002; Laws 2004, c. 95, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2005; Laws 2011, c. 214, § 2.