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69 OK Stat § 69-1257 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1257. Violations - Penalties.

|From and after the effective date of this act, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to construct or establish any facility which would be in violation of the terms of this act and such would be a public nuisance, and provided further, that if any such person, firm or corporation did so establish such a facility in violation hereof, no state or federal funds would be used in any manner for the purpose of screening, moving or removing said nuisance. When the Department shall determine that any junkyard or scrap metal processing facility is not fenced or screened as required by this act, the person, firm or corporation operating the junkyard or scrap metal processing facility shall be notified of such violation and the manner in which compliance with this act is required. Such notice shall be in writing and require the person, firm or corporation operating the junkyard or scrap metal processing facility to comply with the provisions of this act within ninety (90) days from the date of such notice. Any person, firm or corporation failing to comply with the provisions of this act after the expiration of ninety (90) days from the date of such notice or the extension of such time authorized by the Department shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined Ten Dollars ($10.00) for each day such violation continues after the expiration of the ninety-day notice or extension thereof. |Added by Laws 1968, c. 98, § 7, emerg. eff. April 1, 1968. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 107, § 5, emerg. eff. March 29, 1978.
69 OK Stat § 69-1258 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1258. violations as public nuisance - Abatement.

|Violation of the provisions of this act shall constitute a public nuisance, and the district court in the county in which said junkyard or scrap metal processing facility shall be located shall issue its order requiring immediate compliance with this act and the abatement of said nuisance upon the application of the Director or his authorized representative. |Added by Laws 1968, c. 98, § 8, emerg. eff. April 1, 1968. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 107, § 6, emerg. eff. March 29, 1978.
69 OK Stat § 69-1259 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1259. Rules, regulations and policies.

|The Commission is hereby empowered to prescribe reasonable rules, regulations and policies not inconsistent with this act for the implementation and administration of the junkyard control program required hereunder. |Added by Laws 1968, c. 98, § 9, emerg. eff. April 1, 1968. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 107, § 7, emerg. eff. March 29, 1978.
69 OK Stat § 69-1260 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1260. Acquisition of interest in lands by state.

|When the Commission determines that the topography of the land adjoining the highway will not permit adequate screening of such junkyards or scrap metal processing facilities or the screening of such junkyards or scrap metal processing facilities would not be economically feasible, the Commission shall have the authority to acquire, by gift, purchase, exchange or condemnation, such interest, either real or personal, as may be necessary to secure the relocation, removal or disposal of the junkyards or scrap metal processing facilities and to pay the costs of relocation, removal or disposal thereof. When the Commission determines that it is in the best interest of the state, it may acquire such real or personal property interest as may be necessary to provide adequate screening of such junkyards or scrap metal processing facilities. |Added by Laws 1968, c. 98, § 10, emerg. eff. April 1, 1968. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 107, § 8, emerg. eff. March 29, 1978.
69 OK Stat § 69-1261 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1261. More restrictive provisions unaffected.

|Nothing in this act shall be construed to abrogate or affect the provisions of any lawful ordinance, regulation, or resolution, which are more restrictive than the provisions of this act. |Laws 1968, c. 98, § 11, emerg. eff. April 1, 1968.
69 OK Stat § 69-1262 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1262. Agreements with federal government.

|The Director is hereby authorized to enter into agreements with the United States Secretary of Transportation as provided by Title 23, United States Code, relating to the control of junkyards or scrap metal processing facilities in areas adjacent to the interstate and primary systems, and to take action in the name of the state to comply with the terms of such agreement. |Added by Laws 1968, c. 98, § 12, emerg. eff. April 1, 1968. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 107, § 9, emerg. eff. March 29, 1978.
69 OK Stat § 69-1263 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1263. Federal Funds.

|The Commission may accept any allotment of funds by the United States, or any agency thereof, appropriated to carry out the purposes of federal law. In the event federal funds are not available for assistance in carrying out the provisions of the federal law, the Commission may defer the screening, removal or relocation of junkyards or scrap metal processing facilities until such time as federal funds are made available for such purposes. |Laws 1968, c. 98, § 13, emerg. eff. April 1, 1968; Laws 1978, c. 107, § 10, emerg. eff. March 29, 1978.
69 OK Stat § 69-1264 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1264. Use of funds.

|The Commission is hereby authorized to use any funds appropriated to it or received by it from the State Highway Construction and Maintenance Fund for matching federal funds or for other lawful purposes of this act. |Added by Laws 1978, c. 107, § 11, emerg. eff. March 29, 1978.
69 OK Stat § 69-1271 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1271. Legislative intent - Authority of State Highway Department.

|For the purpose of promoting the public safety, health, welfare, convenience and enjoyment of public travel, to protect the public investment in public highways, and to preserve and enhance the scenic beauty of lands bordering public highways, while recognizing that outdoor advertising is a legitimate use of private property, it is hereby declared to be in the public interest to control the size, number, spacing, lighting, type and location of outdoor advertising devices, as hereinafter defined, in all areas within six hundred sixty (660) feet from the edge of the right-of-way of interstate and federal-aid primary highways located within urban areas, as hereinafter defined, in the State of Oklahoma and in all areas visible and intended to be read from the main traveled way of interstate and federal-aid primary highways located outside of urban areas in the State of Oklahoma. The Department of Transportation shall have the authority to implement and enforce this act, and may prohibit outdoor advertising devices in the control areas, and may regulate and permit certain outdoor advertising structures and devices in the control areas, within the limitations of this act and according to the standards and definitions set forth in this act. |Added by Laws 1968, c. 191, § 1, emerg. eff. April 15, 1968. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 199, § 1, emerg. eff. April 14, 1978; Laws 2010, c. 107, § 2, emerg. eff. April 16, 2010; Laws 2010, c. 405, § 1, eff. July 1, 2010.
69 OK Stat § 69-1272 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1272. Application of act.

|The provisions of this act apply only to the erection and maintenance of outdoor advertising signs, displays and devices located in adjacent areas within six hundred sixty (660) feet from the nearest edge of the right-of-way and which are visible and intended to be read from the main traveled way and those which are located in controlled areas beyond six hundred sixty (660) feet from the nearest edge of the right-of-way, visible and intended to be read from the main traveled way and erected with the purpose of being read from the main traveled way. |Added by Laws 1968, c. 191, § 2, emerg. eff. April 15, 1968. Amended by Laws 1972, c. 240, § 1, emerg. eff. March 28, 1972; Laws 1978, c. 199, § 2, emerg. eff. April 14, 1978; Laws 2010, c. 107, § 2, emerg. eff. April 16, 2010.
69 OK Stat § 69-1274 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1274. Signs permitted in control area.

|After the effective date of this act no sign shall, except as provided in Section 8, be erected or maintained in a control area, except the following: |(a) Informational and other official signs, including, but not limited to, signs pertaining to natural wonders, scenic and historical attractions, which are required or authorized by law, and which comply with regulations which shall be promulgated by the Department relative to their lighting, size, number, spacing, and such other requirements as may be appropriate to implement this act; provided, however, that such regulations shall not be inconsistent with, nor more restrictive than, such national standards as may be promulgated from time to time by the Secretary of the Department of Transportation of the United States pursuant to federal law.(b) On-premise activities signs advertising activities conducted on the property on which they are located, including but not limited to, goods sold, stored, manufactured, processed or mined thereon; services rendered thereon; and entertainment provided thereon.(c) On-premise sale or lease signs advertising the sale or lease of property upon which they are located.(d) Signs in existence in business areas on the effective date of this act and signs erected within six (6) months thereafter upon property in business areas leased prior to said effective date, subject to the conditions set forth in Section 8.(e) Signs which are to be erected in business areas and which will comply when erected with the provisions of Section 5 of this act, and after the applicable provisions of Section 7 are met.Adsded by Laws 1968, c. 191, § 4, emerg. eff. April 15, 1968.
69 OK Stat § 69-1276 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1276. Agreements with Secretary of Transportation.

|The Department on behalf of the state shall seek agreement to the provisions of Sections 4 and 5 of this act by the Secretary of Transportation on the basis of their being consistent with federal laws and customary usages and zoning principles and standards which hold and govern in this state. In the event such an agreement cannot be achieved, this legislation shall be returned to the legislative bodies of the State of Oklahoma for remedial action and resubmission to the Secretary. In the event such a new agreement cannot be achieved, the Department shall promptly institute proceedings of the kind provided for in Title 23 U.S.C.A. 131 (1) in order to obtain a judicial determination as to whether this chapter and the regulations promulgated thereunder provide effective control of outdoor advertising as set forth therein. In such action the Department shall request that the court declared rights, status and other legal relations and declare whether the standards, criteria and definitions contained in the agreement proposed by the Department are consistent with customary use. If such agreement is held by the court in a final judgment to be invalid in whole or in part as inconsistent with customary use or is otherwise in conflict with Title 23 U.S.C.A. 131, the Department shall promptly negotiate with the Secretary of Transportation, or his successor, a new agreement or agreements which shall conform to said statute as interpreted by the court in such action. |Laws 1968, c. 191, § 6, emerg. eff. April 15, 1968.
69 OK Stat § 69-1277 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1277. Licenses and permits - Fees - Revocation.

|A. The Transportation Commission is hereby authorized to enact and adopt rules and regulations for the issuance of licenses and permits and the charging and collection of permit fees for other than "on-premise" outdoor advertising structures as defined in this act. |B. The Department of Transportation shall have the authority to revoke any permit issued under Sections 1271 through 1288 of this title if the permit holder for any reason is no longer making lease payments or other agreed-upon compensation to the landowner for use of the land where the sign is located.C. After July 1, 2014, the Department of Transportation shall have the authority to revoke a permit issued under Sections 1271 through 1288 of this title if the permit holder fails to construct a sign at the permitted site prior to the second expiration date of the permit, or the permitted site is determined by the Department to be a discontinued sign site.Added by Laws 1968, c. 191, § 7, emerg. eff. April 15, 1968. Amended by Laws 1972, c. 240, § 4, emerg. eff. March 28, 1972; Laws 1978, c. 199, § 4, emerg. eff. April 14, 1978; Laws 1994, c. 125, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1994; Laws 2014, c. 269, § 2.
69 OK Stat § 69-1279 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1279. Compensation for signs and rights taken.

|The Department is directed to acquire by purchase, gift or condemnation, and shall pay just compensation upon the removal of, the outdoor advertising signs, displays and devices specified in subsections (a), (b) and (c) of this section, when and insofar as their removal is required hereunder, as follows: |(a) Those lawfully in existence on the effective date of this act.(b) Those lawfully adjacent to any highway made a part of the interstate or primary system on or after the effective date of this act.(c) Those lawfully erected, which later become unlawful.(d) Such compensation shall be paid as follows;(1) For the taking from the owner thereof the outdoor advertising device.(2) To the owner of the land on which the outdoor advertising device is located for the right to erect and maintain outdoor advertising thereon.Laws 1968, c. 191, § 9, emerg. eff. April 15, 1968.
69 OK Stat § 69-1281 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1281. Use of funds.

|The Department is authorized to use any funds appropriated to it or received by it from the state road fund for matching federal funds or for other lawful purposes of this act. |Laws 1968, c. 191, § 11, emerg. eff. April 15, 1968.
69 OK Stat § 69-1282 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1282. Violations and penalties.

|Any person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of this act shall, upon conviction, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and each day of violation shall be considered a separate offense. |Laws 1968, c. 191, § 12, emerg. eff. April 15, 1968.
69 OK Stat § 69-1283 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1283. Federal funds.

|The Department may accept any allotment of funds by the United States, or any agency thereof, appropriated to carry out the purposes of federal law. The Department shall take such steps as may be necessary from time to time to obtain from the United States, or the appropriate agency thereof, funds allotted and appropriated, pursuant to said federal law, for the purpose of paying the federal share of the just compensation to be paid to sign owners and owners of real property under the terms of federal law and this act. In the event federal funds are not available for assistance in carrying out the provisions of the federal law, the Department may defer the removal of nonconforming signs until such time as federal funds are made available for such purpose. |Laws 1968, c. 191, § 13, emerg. eff. April 15, 1968; Laws 1972, c. 240, § 7, emerg. eff. March 28, 1972.
69 OK Stat § 69-1284 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1284. Citation.

|This act may be cited as the "Highway Advertising Control Act of 1972." |Laws 1968, c. 191, § 14, emerg. eff. April 15, 1968; Laws 1972, c. 240, § 8, emerg. eff. March 28, 1972.
69 OK Stat § 69-1286 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1286. Highway beautification - Repair, maintenance or change to nonconforming signs.

|For the purpose of highway beautification, the Transportation Commission may adopt rules regarding the repair or maintenance of, or changes to, nonconforming advertising signs, displays or devices, as defined in Section 1278 of Title 69 of the Oklahoma Statutes, including the size, height, lighting, replacement, rebuilding, or re-erection of such structures. |Added by Laws 1998, c. 249, § 1, emerg. eff. May 26, 1998.
69 OK Stat § 69-1287 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1287. Certain signs allowed adjacent to interstate highways.

|In counties that do not have county planning or zoning, signs located outside of incorporated municipalities which advertise or give directions to local outdoor recreation areas may be allowed adjacent to interstate highways if such signs are otherwise in compliance with this section and approval is given by the Director of the Department of Transportation. |Added by Laws 2003, c. 335, § 2, eff. July 1, 2003.
69 OK Stat § 69-1288 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1288. Severability of Section 1287.

|If any portion of Section 2 of this act is found to be in violation of federal law, the remaining portion, to the extent possible, shall remain operative. |Added by Laws 2003, c. 335, § 3, eff. July 1, 2003.
69 OK Stat § 69-1301 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1301. Application of article to state and certain cities and counties.

|The provisions of this article, except those provisions authorizing the use of special assessments, shall extend to the State of Oklahoma through the Commission, and to every city in this state having a population of two thousand (2,000) or more, according to the last preceding Federal Decennial Census, whether such city is or shall hereafter be operating under a charter form of government or under general law. The provisions of this article authorizing the use of special assessments shall extend to very county of the state having a population of forty-two thousand (42,000) or more, in which there is located a city having a population in excess of twenty-seven thousand (27,000) as shown by the last preceding Federal Decennial Census, and the provisions of this article authorizing the use of special assessments shall extend to every city in this state having a population in excess of twenty-seven thousand (27,000) as shown by the last preceding Federal Decennial Census. |Laws 1968, c. 415, § 1301, operative July 1, 1968.
69 OK Stat § 69-1302 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1302. New and existing facilities - Grade crossing eliminations.

|Each governing body shall have authority to designate and establish limited access facilities as new and additional highways, or may designate any existing street or highway as a limited access facility. The governing body shall have authority to provide for the elimination of intersections at grade of limited access facilities with any highway, road, street, or alley now or hereafter existing, either by grade separation, or by closing off such other highway, road, street or alley, or by otherwise protecting such limited access facility. |Laws 1968, c. 415, § 1302, operative July 1, 1968.
69 OK Stat § 69-1303 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1303. Authority of governing bodies to cooperate.

|Each governing body shall have authority to enter into agreements with any other governing body as herein defined, or with the federal government, or with the State of Oklahoma, respecting the financing, planning, establishment, improvement, maintenance or vacation of limited access facilities. |Laws 1968, c. 415, § 1303, operative July 1, 1968.
69 OK Stat § 69-1304 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1304. Cost of limited access facilities.

|(a) The governing body of a city or the board of county commissioners of a county, to the extent that such governing body or board of county commissioners shall determine that any benefit results to any property served by the limited access facility, shall have authority to: |(1) Assess the amount of the benefits against such property so served or benefited by the limited access facility;(2) Create street improvement districts to the extent of such benefits and assess against such property benefited that portion of the cost of acquisition and construction of such limited access facility in the manner provided by this article.(b) In the event the governing body of the city or the board of county commissioners shall find that such limited access facility does not benefit the property served by it, or that the benefits to such property do not equal the cost of acquisition or construction, or both, of such limited access facility, the city or county may pay the cost of such limited access facility in its entirety, or the amount in excess of the benefits assessed as herein provided, out of the proceeds of bonds to be issued for such acquisition or construction, or both.(c) The city or county shall have authority to submit to the voters thereof the question of whether or not the city or county shall become indebted for the acquisition or construction of the limited access facility, and any and all bond issues for such purposes are hereby authorized to the same extent and in the same manner and with such limitations as is authorized by the Constitution for the creation of a debt in excess of the income and revenue provided for the year.Laws 1968, c. 415, § 1304, operative July 1, 1968.
69 OK Stat § 69-1305 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1305. Local benefits.

|(a) When the governing body of a city or the board of county commissioners of a county deems that local benefits accrue to any property served by such proposed limited access facility, it shall by resolution determine the amount or percentage of cost thereof to be paid for by special assessment upon the benefited property, and by resolution shall require the city or county engineer, or consulting engineer, to prepare plans, profiles, specifications and estimates of the probable cost of the improvements, including acquisition, and also including such expenses and cost as may be necessary or essential to the completion of the limited access facility. The estimate of cost shall be on a unit basis. |(b) The resolution shall also define the boundaries or extent of the district or lands to be specially assessed to pay all or that part of the cost so determined to be so assessed. The district shall be defined by stating with particularity the exterior boundaries thereof, which in no event shall be in excess of two thousand six hundred forty (2640) feet from the center line of the proposed limited access facility, to be included in the assessment district, and which shall govern for all details as to the size and extent thereof.(c) The engineer preparing the report shall appear at the hearing thereon and give all information to all interested parties and to the governing body of the city or the board of county commissioners. The determination by the governing body of the city or the board of county commissioners of the extent and area of the district shall be final and shall be binding for all purposes.Laws 1968, c. 415, § 1305, operative July 1, 1968.