Oklahoma § 82-1603 - Definitions

§ 82-1603. Definitions

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

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 82. Waters and Water Rights

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.