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19 OK Stat § 19-866.23 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-866.23. Appeals to board - Powers and duties.

|Appeals to the county board of adjustment may be taken by any person aggrieved or by a public officer, department, board or bureau affected by any decision of the county inspecting officer in administering the county zoning regulations or building line and setback regulations. Such appeals shall be taken within a period of not more than ten (10) days, by filing written notice with the county board of adjustment and the county inspecting officer, stating the grounds thereof. An appeal from the county board of adjustment shall stay all proceedings in furtherance of the action appealed from unless the officer from whom the appeal is taken shall certify to the board of adjustment that by reason of facts stated in the certificate a stay would, in his opinion, cause imminent peril to life or property. The county board of adjustment shall have the following powers and it shall be its duty: |1. To hear and decide appeals where it is alleged that there is error of law in any order, requirement, decision or determination made by the county inspecting officer in the enforcement of the county zoning regulations.2. To hear and decide requests for map interpretations or for decisions on other special questions upon which it is authorized to pass by the regulations adopted by the board.3. Where, by reason of exceptional narrowness, shallowness, shape, topography or other extraordinary or exceptional situation or condition of a specific piece of property, the strict application of any regulation adopted under this act would result in peculiar and exceptional difficulties to, or exceptional and demonstrable undue hardship upon, the owner of such property, to authorize, upon an appeal relating to such property, a variance from such strict application so as to relieve such demonstrable difficulties or hardships, provided such relief can be granted without substantially impairing the intent, purpose, and integrity of the zone plan or other element of the comprehensive plan as embodied in the zoning regulations and map.In exercising the above powers, such board of adjustment may, in conformity with the provisions of this act, reverse or affirm wholly or partly, or may modify the order, requirement, decision or determination appealed from and may make such order, requirement, decision or determination as ought to be made, and to that end shall have all the powers of the officer from whom the appeal is taken.In acting upon any appeal, such board of adjustment shall, in its consideration of and decision thereon, apply the principles, standards and objectives set forth and contained in all applicable regulations, ordinances and resolutions and in the comprehensive plan.Added by Laws 1957, p. 136, § 23, emerg. eff. May 31, 1957.
19 OK Stat § 19-866.24 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-866.24. Appeals to district court.

|An appeal to the district court from any decision, ruling, judgment, or order of said county board of adjustment may be taken by any person or persons, firm or corporation, jointly or severally, aggrieved thereby, or any department, board or official of government by filing with the clerk of said board within ten (10) days a notice of such appeal. No bond shall be required for such appeal, but costs may be required in the district court as in other cases. Upon filing of such notice, the clerk of said board shall forthwith transmit to the clerk of the district court the originals or certified copies of all papers constituting the record in such case, together with the order, judgment or decisions of said board. Said cause shall be tried de novo in the district court and said court shall have the same power and authority as the county board of adjustment, together with all other powers of the district court in law or in equity. An appeal to the Supreme Court from the decision of the district court shall be allowed as in other cases. |Added by Laws 1957, p. 136, § 24, emerg. eff. May 31, 1957.
19 OK Stat § 19-866.25 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-866.25. Zoning regulations to govern.

|Whenever the zoning regulations made under authority of this act require a greater width of size of yards, courts, or other open spaces or require a lower height of building or a less number of stories or require a greater percentage of lot to be left unoccupied or require a lower density of population, or require a more restricted use of land, or impose other higher standards than are required in any other statute, local order of regulation, private deed restrictions or private covenants, the regulations made under the authority of this act shall govern. |Added by Laws 1957, p. 137, § 25, emerg. eff. May 31, 1957.
19 OK Stat § 19-866.26 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-866.26. Construction codes.

|Whenever a zoning plan has been adopted and filed by the council and board, the board, upon the recommendations of the commission, is hereby authorized and empowered to establish for the area over which it exercises zoning jurisdiction a building code and other construction codes including, but not limited to, a plumbing code, an electrical code and an air conditioning and refrigeration code. Such building regulations and construction codes shall be administered and enforced by the county inspecting officer appointed by the board. |Regulations authorized by this section shall not be adopted, changed, or amended by the board until a public hearing has been held thereon by the commission.Added by Laws 1957, p. 137, § 26, emerg. eff. May 31, 1957.
19 OK Stat § 19-866.27 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-866.27. Housing code.

|Whenever a zoning plan and building code have been officially adopted by the council, authorization is hereby given the council to establish a housing code, upon recommendation of the commission, for the incorporated municipality. Whenever a zoning plan and building code have been officially adopted by the council and board for their respective jurisdictions, authorization is hereby given the board to establish a housing code for the area over which it exercises zoning jurisdiction, upon recommendation of the commission. |A housing code established under the terms of this act shall establish minimum equipment and facility standards relating to health and sanitation including standards for lighting; heating; ventilation; garbage and waste disposal; sewage disposal; water supply; and egress. Standards shall be established for the general sanitary condition of the dwelling unit; sanitary equipment; heating equipment; chimney and flues, the storage of inflammable liquids, wiring, and other fire hazards; pest infestation; internal structural repair; external structural repair; dampness; and other factors relating to health and sanitation. Minimum standards for condition of occupancy shall be established relative to general room crowding and area crowding for sleeping and nonsleeping area and relative to mixing business and living uses in the same area or structure.A housing code established under the authorization of this act shall be based on a comprehensive survey of the actual condition of structures and environmental surroundings in the area as they relate to quality of housing, and shall be drawn to apply to all types of dwellings, and the environment thereof, used for human occupancy in the area. The enforcement and administration of the housing code shall be conducted by the inspector of the city and the inspecting officer of the county who shall advise with and work in conjunction with the city and county health departments in such administration. Administration and enforcement shall be carried out on a systematic inspection basis designed to apply quality of housing standards equally throughout the area. Enforcement of the housing code shall be coordinated with the enforcement program of the building code, construction codes and zoning regulations of the city and county respectively.Regulations authorized by this section shall not be adopted, changed, or amended by the council or board until a public hearing has been held thereon by the commission.Added by Laws 1957, p. 137, § 27, emerg. eff. May 31, 1957.
19 OK Stat § 19-866.28 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-866.28. Building permit fees - Inspection fees.

|For building permits issued under this act, there shall be paid a fee of One Dollar and fifty cents ($1.50), plus one-tenth (1/10th) of the one percent (1%) of the job valuation up to One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) and one-twenty-fifth (1/25) of one percent (1%) of the job valuation over One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00), but not to exceed Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00). For each tentative plat there shall be paid a fee of Ten Dollars ($10.00), and for each final plat a fee of Ten Dollars ($10.00), or a fee of fifty cents ($0.50) per lot, plus Five Dollars ($5.00), whichever is larger, and for each "lot-split" there shall be paid a fee of Two Dollars ($2.00). For each request for public hearing before the commission, there shall be paid a fee of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00). No fees shall be required of municipalities or public schools. For each appeal to the county board of adjustment, there shall be paid a fee of Fifteen Dollars ($15.00). All fees shall be paid to the county treasurer of the county or the city clerk of the municipality, as the case may be. |The Legislature declares the foregoing fees to be reasonable and proportionate to the services rendered and the benefits involved; provided, however, the amount of the foregoing fees may be increased or diminished by action of the respective governing bodies. No fees or permits shall be required for the construction of any farm home or any other farm building. The foregoing fees shall be paid to the county treasurer or the city clerk in accordance with the territorial jurisdiction for enforcing and administering this act. All monies received shall be paid into the respective general funds of the city and county. Publication notices and transcripts on appeal shall be paid for by parties requiring or requesting the same.The council and board may each establish a schedule of fees for inspections and investigations as respects the territory within their respective enforcement jurisdictions, which said fees shall be reasonable and proportionate to the services rendered and benefits involved, and shall be paid into the respective general funds of the city and county.Added by Laws 1957, p. 138, § 28, emerg. eff. May 31, 1957.
19 OK Stat § 19-866.29 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-866.29. Notice of public hearings.

|A. Notice of all public hearings herein provided for shall be given by one publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality and the county at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date of such hearing. |B. In addition to the notice required in subsection A of this section, if the zoning change requested permits the use of treatment facilities, multiple family facilities, transitional living facilities, halfway houses and any housing or facility that may be used for medical or nonmedical detoxification as these terms are defined pursuant to Section 3-403 of Title 43A of the Oklahoma Statutes, the entity proposing the zoning change shall mail a written notice within thirty (30) days of the hearing to all real property owners within one-quarter (1/4) of a mile where the area to be affected is located and shall be responsible for all costs incurred in mailing this notice.For purposes of this subsection, "entity" means any individual, corporation, company, firm, partnership, association, trust, state agency, government instrumentality or agency, institution, county, incorporated municipality or municipal authority or trust in which any governmental entity is a beneficiary, venture, or other legal entity however organized.Added by Laws 1957, p. 138, § 29, emerg. eff. May 31, 1957. Amended by Laws 2009, c. 226, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.
19 OK Stat § 19-866.30 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-866.30. Exemptions from zoning regulations.

|A. The zoning power conferred herein shall not apply to the erection or use of the usual farm buildings for agricultural purposes or to the planting of agricultural crops, to the extraction of oil or natural gas, or to forestry activities. |B. The power of the board to establish building and construction codes shall not apply to:1. A single family residence located on a separate parcel of land under one ownership, containing twenty (20) acres or more in area;2. Any lands which, as of the effective date hereof:a.are devoted to manufacturing and/or industrial use, orb.have been acquired by any owner for expansion of facilities devoted to manufacturing and/or industrial use, so long as such use or ownership continues;3. The acquisition of property or easements for or the installation, construction, maintenance or use of structures, facilities and property of electric cooperatives or public utilities subject to the jurisdiction of the Corporation Commission of the State of Oklahoma, or other similar state or federal body.C. For purposes of this section, the term “forestry activity” means any activity associated with the reforesting, growing, managing, protecting and harvesting of timber, wood and forest products including, but not limited to, forestry buildings and structures. The term “forestry activity” shall not pertain to areas and property which would restrict access to public road construction or right-of-way.Added by Laws 1957, p. 138, § 30, emerg. eff. May 31, 1957. Amended by Laws 1963, c. 212, § 5, emerg. eff. June 11, 1963; Laws 2000, c. 300, § 2, emerg. eff. June 5, 2000.
19 OK Stat § 19-866.31 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-866.31. Validation of existing plans, ordinances, etc.

|All existing plans, regulations, resolutions, ordinances and codes and all amendments, supplements and changes thereof adopted under prior existing planning acts, and all actions taken under the authority thereof, are hereby validated and continued in effect until amended, revised, or repealed by appropriate official action taken under authority of this act. Any comprehensive plan heretofore filed of record in the office of the county clerk of said county by the presently existing city commission may by resolution of the commission be withdrawn from record and the recording of such resolution of withdrawal in the office of the county clerk shall be authority for the exclusion from abstracts of title of such plan so withdrawn. |Added by Laws 1957, p. 138, § 31, emerg. eff. May 31, 1957.
19 OK Stat § 19-866.32 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-866.32. Violations and penalties.

|A violation of this act or of any order or regulation adopted under authority of this act shall be deemed a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by fine or by imprisonment or both, as now provided by law for misdemeanors, and jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon any municipal, criminal, or police court in the municipality over offenses occurring within the municipality, which jurisdiction shall be concurrent with that of any other court having jurisdiction thereof. |Added by Laws 1957, p. 139, § 32, emerg. eff. May 31, 1957.
19 OK Stat § 19-866.33 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-866.33. Exclusive control by commission - Transfer of records, etc.

|From and after the time such commission is constituted by the cooperating governmental units, it shall have exclusive control for the purposes herein provided over the territory within such city and the unincorporated areas of the county to the exclusion of any other planning and zoning agency, excepting therefrom any city or county boards of adjustment. The now existing city planning commission shall transfer to this commission upon its activation all records, resolutions, maps, charts, plats and other descriptive matter which said city planning commission shall have in their possession. |Added by Laws 1957, p. 139, § 33, emerg. eff. May 31, 1957.
19 OK Stat § 19-866.34 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-866.34. Continued operation after population increase.

|Any county availing itself of the provisions of this act may continue to operate thereunder though the population of a city therein may hereafter exceed one hundred thousand (100,000). |Added by Laws 1957, p. 139, § 34, emerg. eff. May 31, 1957.
19 OK Stat § 19-866.35 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-866.35. Contracts with city-county planning commissions.

|For the purpose of cooperating with the State of Oklahoma in conserving the material resources of the state, and in promoting the health, safety, peace, morals and general welfare of the people of the state, any incorporated city or town within a county having in existence a city-county planning commission, as authorized in 19 O.S. 1961, Section 866.1, is hereby authorized to contract with or retain such commission to function as an advisory, consultative and coordinating agency for such city or town in its urban planning activities, including but not limited to making surveys, transportation plans, public facility plans, land use studies, urban renewal plans, conservation plans, technical service, and other planning work. |Added by Laws 1965, c. 143, § 1, emerg. eff. May 24, 1965.
19 OK Stat § 19-867.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-867.1. Dedications for street or highway purposes not required as condition for approval of zoning ordinance.

|The county commissioners of any county or the governing body of any incorporated city or town or the planning commission of any county, city, or town or the board of adjustment of any county, city, or town or any other governing body, board, or commission having authority to approve or disapprove a zoning ordinance or resolution or a recording of a lot-split deed shall not require the dedication for street or road right-of-way purposes of any easements or other interest in land as a condition for the approval of such zoning ordinance or resolution or the recording of a lot-split deed. Any transfer of interest in land for the purpose of securing such approval shall not be deemed a consideration therefor, provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to dedications to the public of property interest by the owner thereof in approved subdivision plats or building set-back requirements. |Added by Laws 1965, c. 152, § 1, emerg. eff. May 25, 1965.
19 OK Stat § 19-867.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-867.2. Counties exempt.

|This act shall not apply in counties of more than four hundred thousand (400,000) population according to the last Federal Decennial Census. |Added by Laws 1965, c. 152, § 2, emerg. eff. May 25, 1965.
19 OK Stat § 19-868.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-868.1. Creation of county planning commission and board of adjustment.

|In every county subject to the provisions of this act there are hereby created a county planning commission and a county board of adjustment with the respective powers and duties as set forth in this act. |Added by Laws 1972, c. 244, § 1, emerg. eff. April 7, 1972.
19 OK Stat § 19-868.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-868.2. Personnel of county planning commission.

|The county planning commission shall be composed of seven (7) members to be appointed by the board of county commissioners. One member shall be a member of the board of county commissioners and the remaining six members shall be residents of the unincorporated areas of the county. The term of the county commissioner member shall be coextensive with his term of official office, and all other members shall be appointed for terms of six (6) years, except that such terms shall be made overlapping and the respective terms of those first appointed may be less than six (6) years. All members shall serve as such without compensation. Members may be removed by the board of county commissioners for cause after a public hearing held for that purpose and vacancies shall be filled by additional appointments. |Added by Laws 1972, c. 244, § 2, emerg. eff. April 7, 1972.
19 OK Stat § 19-868.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-868.3. Personnel and procedure of county board of adjustment.

|The county board of adjustment shall be composed of three resident property owners of the county to be appointed by the board of county commissioners. At least one member shall be a resident of the county seat of such county and at least one member shall be duly licensed as an attorney in the State of Oklahoma. The term of each member shall be three (3) years except that the terms shall be overlapping and the membership of the board first appointed shall be for terms of one (1), two (2) and three (3) years, respectively. The board of county commissioners is hereby authorized to fill vacancies which may occur in the board and to appoint a substitute or substitutes to serve in a particular case in which a member or members shall certify his disqualification. Members may be removed by the board of county commissioners for cause after a public hearing held for that purpose, and vacancies shall be filled by additional appointments. All members of the county board of adjustment shall serve as such without compensation. |The county board of adjustment shall elect its own chairman and shall adopt rules of procedure consistent with the provisions of the zoning regulations and the provisions of this act. The chairman, or in his absence the acting chairman, may administer oaths and compel the attendance of witnesses. All hearings of the county board of adjustment shall be open to the public, and minutes shall be kept of all proceedings and official actions, which minutes shall be filed in the office of the board and shall be a public record. The board of adjustment shall fix a reasonable time for the hearing of any appeal and every appeal shall be heard within sixty (60) days from the date of filing.Notice of hearings before the county board of adjustment shall be given by at least one (1) publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county and by mail to the record owners of lands contiguous to the affected area at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date of such hearing.Added by Laws 1972, c. 244, § 3, emerg. eff. April 7, 1972.
19 OK Stat § 19-868.5 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-868.5. Procedure of county planning commission.

|The county planning commission shall hold at least one regular meeting each month. The commission shall elect a chair who shall serve for one (1) year with eligibility for reelection. The commission shall adopt rules of procedure for the transaction of its business, set fees for building permits and time periods for filing petitions and fees for amendments to zoning regulations which shall be approved and adopted by the board of county commissioners. The county planning commission shall keep a public record of its resolutions, transactions, findings and recommendations. |Before holding any hearing hereinafter provided for in this act, the county planning commission shall give notice stating the nature of the hearing and the time and place where it shall be held. Such notice shall be given at least once each week for three (3) successive weeks prior to the date of such hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the county.Added by Laws 1972, c. 244, § 5, emerg. eff. April 7, 1972. Amended by Laws 1995, c. 103, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.