The rules and regulations in this article are established for governing and protecting the public while engaged in aquatic sports and boating on the lakes owned or controlled by the city.
(1966 Code, sec. 22-27; 2001 Code, sec. 82-96)
(a) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to swim or bathe in any ornamental water fountains, ponds, streams or lakes situated in any city parks within the city, except Lake Wichita and the areas of Lake Arrowhead which are not designated as a no swimming area by subsection (b) of this section. It shall also be unlawful for any person to permit any animal to wade, bathe or swim in ponds in Lucy Park and all public fountains situated within the city.
(b) 
The area from the spillway at Lake Arrowhead to a point 2,000 feet downstream shall be designated a no swimming area. The Department of Parks and Recreation may post appropriate signs to designate such areas as no swimming areas.
(1966 Code, sec. 22-31; 2001 Code, sec. 82-97)
Fishing in Lucy Park pond is prohibited. An appropriate sign shall be erected within the park indicating that fishing in the pond is unauthorized.
(1966 Code, sec. 22-32.1; 2001 Code, sec. 82-98)
No person shall camp within 200 feet of the edge of Lake Wichita at the spillway level or within 200 feet of the canal.
(1966 Code, sec. 22-34; 2001 Code, sec. 82-99)
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or park a motor vehicle on the Lake Wichita Dam except city, county, and state vehicles and such others as are authorized by the director of public works.
(1966 Code, sec. 22-40; 2001 Code, sec. 82-100)
No person shall deposit, place or dump or cause to be deposited, placed or dumped any trash, refuse, debris, dead animals, tin cans, worn out automobiles or parts thereof or any waste materials of any kind or character upon the banks or in the bed of the Wichita River within the corporate city limits.
(1966 Code, sec. 17-24; 2001 Code, sec. 82-101)
(a) 
The term “litter” shall mean garbage, including animal and vegetable wastes, resulting from the preparation, cooking and consumption of food; and trash, including boxes, crates, cloth, paper, cans, bottles, and any other refuse or debris and specifically including moss, weeds, or other marine vegetation growths which may cut loose and set adrift in the course of attempting to kill off such growth.
(b) 
There shall not be dumped, thrown, drained or discharged, directly or indirectly, into the city water supply any sewage, industrial waste, oil, effluent, waste, gas, liquid, herbicide, pesticide, litter, soil, solid, or other matter of a nature, or in quantities, or in a concentration that by itself, or in conjunction with any other such matter, does or tends to render the waters of the city water supply unfit or undesirable for use as a domestic, agricultural, industrial, or commercial source or supply of water, or that does, or tends to cause the waters to become unsanitary, odorous, polluted, discolored, or contaminated, or that does, or tends to render such waters undesirable or unfit for recreational purposes. The doing of any act prohibited hereby shall hereafter be referred to as “pollution.” The term “pollution” refers to water quality criteria as established by the State Natural Resources Conservation Commission or as determined by the director of the Wichita Falls-Wichita County Public Health District or his/her designated representative.
(c) 
Pursuant to Texas Local Government Code sec. 217.042, each of the acts prohibited hereby is declared to be a public nuisance and unlawful; and any person committing any act prohibited hereby, or failing to do any act required by this section, shall be guilty of violating the provisions of this section.
(2001 Code, sec. 82-102; Ordinance 82-2000, sec. 2, adopted 8/15/00; Ordinance 40-2001, sec. 1, adopted 5/1/01)