§ 41-74. Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Boomer Lake Reservoir means the reservoir formed by impounding of the water of Boomer Creek and all waters flowing into Boomer Lake within the Stillwater Water District, and the flowing waste back in such streams and tributaries caused by the city dam on Boomer Creek north of the city.

High water line means the margin of Boomer Lake Reservoir when the surface thereof is at an elevation of 912 feet above sea level according to the United States government plat thereof.

Linear distance means, whenever a linear distance of a structure or object from the reservoir or from a watercourse is mentioned in this article, the shortest horizontal distance from the nearest point of the structure or object to the high water line of the reservoir or watercourse.

Reservoir means Boomer Lake Reservoir or any tributary which serves as a source of the Boomer Lake Reservoir.

Watercourse means every spring, pond, lake, stream, ditch, gutter, or other channel of every kind, the waters of which when running, whether continuous or occasionally, eventually flow or may flow into the Boomer Lake Reservoir.

(Code 1966, §§ 18-41—18-44, 18-46; Code 1982, § 30-16)