The following words and terms used in this Title shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this Section:
CITY: The City of Taylorville, Christian County, Illinois.
CITY-APPROVED LIFE JACKETS OR LIFE PRESERVERS: A Coast Guard- approved life preserver, life belt, ring buoy, buoyant vest or buoyant cushion in good and serviceable condition. Approved devices are identifiable by the "Laboratory/U.S.C.G." inspection labels and numbers.
CITY-OWNED CRAFT: Any craft owned or operated by the City for any purpose whatsoever.
CUSTODIAN: Refers to any lessee of any marginal land for residential, business, recreational or other purpose.
CRAFT: Means and includes any boat, raft, canoe, barge or vessel not permanently attached to the shore.
DAM: The earth, concrete, rock and steel structure built by the City on and across the South Fork of the Sangamon River, located in Section 36, Township 13 North, Range 2 West of the Third Principal Meridian, in Christian County, Illinois.
DISTANCE: The shortest distance between two (2) points in question, and where one of the designated points is in an involved line (such as the shoreline, etc.), then distance shall be determined as measured at right angles to such line to the other point in question.
DRAINAGE AREA: The entire area of land and water that drains into the Lake or into the South Fork of the Sangamon River south of the dam or any tributary or other stream above the public water supply dam.
HIGH-WATER LINE: The contour in and around the Lake known as six hundred feet (600') above sea level, referred to the United States government elevations, as obtained from the bench marks established in or near the Lake.
INTAKE: The place where the water supply for the City is taken from the Lake. (Ord. 1918, 7-16-79)
INTAKE TOWER: The upright concrete tower wherein the intake is located and wherein the dewatering flume gate is located and upon which the intake and gate controls are located, all of which is founded on the Lake bed immediately southwest of the west end of the spillway extending upward out of the water with markings thereon showing the normal pool level of the Lake as five hundred ninety feet (590') above sea level. (Ord. 1918, 7-16-79; 1991 Code)
LAKE: The artificial Lake and the waters impounded therein by means of a public water supply dam as defined in this Section's definition of "dam", and includes any structure heretofore or hereafter constructed within the topographical contours of six hundred feet (600') above sea level as determined by the City from its engineering surveys, which is ten feet (10') above the normal pool of water so impounded therein.
LAKE TAYLORVILLE: All the lands and appurtenances thereto, around or in possession of the City in connection with the Lake either below or above the water impounded therein.
MARGINAL LAND: The land owned or controlled by the City adjacent to the shoreline and not flooded by waters of the Lake.
NORMAL POOL: The contour in and around the Lake known as five hundred ninety feet (590') above sea level, referred to the United States government elevations, as obtained from the bench marks, established in or near the City or the Lake.
PERSON: The feminine as well as the masculine when applicable, and also the plural as well as the singular when applicable. It also includes firm, company, partnership, group, association, club, organization or other entity.
RECREATIONAL AREAS: Any area in, on or near the Lake allocated by the City for recreational purposes, and such recreational purposes may vary, one from the other, as designated by the City.
SHORELINE: The extended point where the plain of the surface waters of the Lake touches the land. (Ord. 1918, 7-16-79)
SPILLWAY: That portion of the dam constructed with concrete, stone and steel, approximately three hundred feet (300') long in an east and west direction and located as the east portion of the dam, on and over which the Lake water runs at or above normal pool level of five hundred ninety feet (590') above sea level as measured and marked by the City's engineers. (Od. 1918, 7-16-79; 1993 Code)
WATERCOURSE: Any stream, natural, artificial or constructed channel, ditch, slope, spring, well, excavation, gully, draw or depression of any kind, in which water flows continuously or intermittently over any part of the drainage area, directly or indirectly, into any part of the Lake. (Ord. 1918, 7-16-79)