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19 OK Stat § 19-866.7 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-866.7. Commission membership - Appointment and tenure - Compensation - Vacancies - Removal.

|The commission shall consist of the following members: four (4) members appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the council; four (4) members appointed by the board of county commissioners which members shall not be residents of any incorporated city or town; and one (1) member appointed by each incorporated city or town within the jurisdiction of the commission. The mayor, or a member of the governing body of the city appointed by the mayor, and chairman of the board of county commissioners, or a member of the board of county commissioners appointed by the chairman, shall be ex officio members of the commission. Members appointed by the mayor shall serve for a term of four (4) years except that the respective terms of the first two appointed shall be for a term of two (2) years and the next two appointed shall be for a term of four (4) years. Members appointed by the board shall serve a term of four (4) years except that the respective terms of the first two appointed shall be for a term of two (2) years and the next two appointed shall be for a term of four (4) years. Members appointed by an incorporated city or town shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing city or town. All members of the commission shall serve as such without compensation. The appointed members shall be residents for a period of three (3) years or more immediately preceding appointment and shall hold no other municipal or county office. Vacancies occurring otherwise than through the expiration of term shall be filled for the unexpired term by the official appointing the original holder of said membership. |A member of such commission, once qualified, can thereafter be removed during his term of office only for cause and after a hearing held before the governing body by which he was appointed.Added by Laws 1957, p. 129, § 7, emerg. eff. May 31, 1957. Amended by Laws 1963, c. 20, § 1, emerg. eff. March 15, 1963; Laws 1985, c. 33, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1985.
19 OK Stat § 19-866.8 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-866.8. Chairman - Meetings - Rules - Employees - Fees.

|The commission shall elect its chairman from its appointed members and fill such other offices as it may determine. The term of the chairman shall be one (1) year. The commission shall hold at least one (1) meeting each month and all meetings shall be open to the public. It shall adopt rules for the transaction of business and keep a complete record of its functions and activities, which record shall be a public record. The commission may appoint such employees as it may deem necessary and may establish a schedule of fees to cover the various services as it may require within the limits of its appropriations and may incur necessary expenses, all subject to the approval of the appropriate governing bodies. The commission may, to the extent authorized by the charter or ordinances of any city or town in the county, act as the planning commission for such city or town or lend planning assistance under such mutual arrangement for the sharing of expenses as may be agreed upon. |Added by Laws 1957, p. 129, § 8, emerg. eff. May 31, 1957.
19 OK Stat § 19-866.9 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-866.9. Submission of proposals and plans - Advice and cooperation of other agencies.

|To facilitate effective and harmonious planning of the metropolitan area, the boards and the councils concerned and other county, municipal and local governmental agencies concerned shall submit to the metropolitan planning commission all proposals for plans and amendments or revisions thereto, as well as other proposals, recommendations and reports on matters with which the planning commission is concerned. In the pursuance of its duties, the metropolitan planning commission may seek the advice, cooperation and collaboration of appropriate federal, state, municipal and other local governmental offices, departments, agencies, and instrumentalities, educational institutions and research organizations, whether public or private, and of civic groups and private persons and organizations. The planning commission also shall cooperate and confer with, and upon request supply information to, federal, state, municipal and other local governmental agencies, and so far as possible cooperate with planning agencies of adjoining areas, on matters of mutual interest relevant to its activities. Whenever such cooperation or assistance includes the rendering of technical services, such services may be rendered free or in accordance with an agreement for reimbursement. The planning commission also shall advise and supply information, as far as possible, to civic groups and private persons and organizations who may request such information and advise, and who study or otherwise concern themselves with the metropolitan area's problems and development, insofar as such problems and development may be relevant to the activities of the planning commission. |Added by Laws 1957, p. 130, § 9, emerg. eff. May 31, 1957.
19 OK Stat § 19-866.11 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-866.11. Submission of proposed improvement plans for commission recommendations.

|From and after the adoption of the comprehensive plan or portion thereof and its proper certification, then and henceforth no improvement of a type embraced within the recommendations of the comprehensive plan shall be constructed or authorized without first submitting the proposed plans thereof to the commission and receiving the written recommendations of said commission; provided, however that this requirement shall be deemed to be waived if the commission fails to make its report and recommendations within forty-five (45) days after the receipt of the proposed plans. |Added by Laws 1957, p. 131, § 11, emerg. eff. May 31, 1957.
19 OK Stat § 19-866.14 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-866.14. Building lines.

|Wherever a plan for major streets and highways has been adopted and filed by the commission, the council and board, upon recommendations of the commission, are hereby authorized and empowered to establish, regulate, and limit, and to change and amend, building line or setback regulations on such major streets and highways, and to prohibit any new building being located within such building or setback lines within the area. In establishing such building lines, the council and board shall take into consideration the present stage of development along such highways, including the type of buildings and nature of their use, as well as their number and location; the present width of such highways; and probable future needs to protect safety and provide adequate transportation along such highways in view of the trend of development of residential, commercial, and industrial areas served by such highways. |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. 133, § 14, emerg. eff. May 31, 1957.
19 OK Stat § 19-866.15 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-866.15. Enforcement of building line regulations - Appeals - Modification.

|After the council or board shall have established building or setback lines on such major highways, no new building or structure shall be erected within such building or setback lines in the area and no permit for such building shall be issued by the city building inspector as respects the territory over which the municipality shall have enforcement jurisdiction or by the county inspecting officer appointed by the board to administer and enforce building line and setback regulations and other regulations for the county, as respects the territory over which the county shall have enforcement jurisdiction. The city board of adjustment, as respects the territory over which the municipality shall have enforcement jurisdiction, and the county board of adjustment as respects the territory over which the county shall have enforcement jurisdiction, shall hear appeals of any property owner aggrieved by such building line and setback regulations. Each said board of adjustment shall have the power to modify or vary the building line or setback regulations in specific cases, in order that unwarranted hardship, which constitutes an unreasonable deprivation of uses as distinguished from a mere grant of privilege, may be avoided, the intended purpose of the regulations strictly observed, and the public welfare and public safety protected. |Added by Laws 1957, p. 133, § 15, emerg. eff. May 31, 1957.
19 OK Stat § 19-866.16 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-866.16. Zoning powers - Exemptions.

|A. For the purposes of promoting the public health, safety, peace, morals, comfort, convenience, prosperity, order and general welfare, and to lessen danger and congestion of public transportation and travel, and to secure safety from fire and other dangers, and to prevent overcrowding of land, and to avoid undue concentration of population, and to provide adequate police protection, transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks, forests, recreational facilities, military and naval facilities, and other public requirements, and to prevent undue encroachment thereon, the board of any such county is hereby empowered in accordance with the conditions and procedure specified in this act, to regulate: |1. The location, height, bulk, number of stories and size of buildings and other structures in the areas of the county not included within the territorial jurisdiction of the municipality as herein defined;2. The percentage of the lot or area which may be occupied;3. The size of yards, courts and other open spaces;4. The density and distribution of population; and5. The uses of buildings, structures and land for trade, industry, residence, recreation, civic and public activities and other purposes.B. 1. The zoning power hereby conferred shall not apply to the erection or use of the usual farm buildings for agricultural purposes, the planting of agricultural crops or forestry activities.2. For purposes of this subsection, “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. 133, § 16, emerg. eff. May 31, 1957. Amended by Laws 2000, c. 300, § 1, emerg. eff. June 5, 2000.
19 OK Stat § 19-866.16A (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-866.16A. Board of county commissioners may establish fines and penalties.

|A. A board of county commissioners may provide for enforcement of its regulations and establish fines, penalties or other remedies for any offense in violation of its regulations, which shall be recoverable together with costs of suit. |B. 1. In addition to other powers and duties prescribed by law, a board of county commissioners shall have the power to establish and enforce fines and penalties for violation of its zoning, subdivision, storm water and floodplain regulations, including the issuance of citations by designated county personnel for violations of its zoning, subdivision, storm water and floodplain regulations. A board of county commissioners may additionally establish that any person who fails to correct a violation for which a citation has been issued within the period permitted for its correction may be assessed a fine or penalty for each ensuing day during which such failure or violation continues.2. In issuing a citation pursuant to this subsection, the county employee shall proceed as follows:a.the employee shall prepare a written citation to appear in court, containing the name and address of the cited person and the violation/offense charged, and stating when the person shall appear in district court. The time to appear specified in the citation shall be at least five (5) days after the issuance of the citation,b.one copy of the citation to appear shall be delivered to the person cited, and such person shall sign a duplicate written citation which shall be retained by the county employee, andc.as soon as practicable, one copy of the citation shall be filed with the district court specified therein and one copy delivered to the prosecuting attorney.3. If a person fails to appear in district court at the designated time, a warrant for arrest shall be issued.4. Violations and penalties shall be deemed misdemeanor offenses, punishable by a fine of up to Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). Jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the district court within the county.5. Fines and penalties collected pursuant to this subsection shall be deposited in the appropriate county fund.6. Issuance of citations and/or payment of fines or penalties shall in no way preclude other remedies or appropriate action or proceedings to prevent or remove a violation.Added by Laws 2009, c. 271, § 3.
19 OK Stat § 19-866.17 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-866.17. Division into districts or zones.

|Whenever the commission of such county shall make and certify to the board of county commissioners of such county a zoning plan, including both the full text of the zoning resolution and proposed regulations and map or maps, representing the recommendations of the commission for the regulation by districts or zones, of the location, height, bulk, number of stories and size of buildings and other structures in the areas of the county, not included within the territorial jurisdiction of the municipality as herein defined, and the percentage of the lot or area which may be occupied, the size of yards, courts, and other open spaces, the density and distribution of population, the uses of buildings, structures, and land for trade, industry, residence, recreation, civic, and public activities and other purposes, then the board may exercise the powers granted and, for the purposes mentioned in 19 O.S. 1961, Section 866.16, may divide the areas of such county located within three miles of such municipality or within one-fourth mile of a state or federal highway, and not included within the territorial jurisdiction of the municipality or within another incorporated municipality, into districts or zones in such number, shape, and areas as it may determine and, for said purposes, may regulate the erection, construction, reconstruction, conversion, alteration, and uses of buildings and structures and the uses of land. All such regulations shall be uniform for each class or kind of buildings throughout each district, but the regulations in one district may differ from those in other districts. In every county of this state having an upstream terminal port and turnaround where navigation ends, or in any county containing all or any part of a reservoir or reservoirs constructed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, such county is hereby granted authority, at the discretion of the board of county commissioners, to divide all or any part of unincorporated areas of such county into districts or zones in such number, shape, and areas as it may determine and, for said purposes, may regulate the erection, construction, reconstruction, conversion, alteration, and uses of buildings and structures and the uses of land. All such regulations shall be uniform for each class or kind of buildings throughout each district, but the regulations in one district may differ from those in other districts. |Added by Laws 1957, p. 134, § 17, emerg. eff. May 31, 1957. Amended by Laws 1963, c. 329, § 2, emerg. eff. June 22, 1963.
19 OK Stat § 19-866.18 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-866.18. Recommendations by commission.

|Prior to the adoption of any zoning regulations the board, as it affects its jurisdiction, shall request the commission to recommend the boundaries of the various districts and appropriate regulations to be enforced therein. The commission shall make a preliminary report of its recommendations for such zoning regulations and shall hold one or more public hearings thereon. Such hearings may be adjourned from time to time. Within ninety (90) days after the final adjournment of such hearings, the commission shall make its final report to the board, together with a summary of the results of the public hearings, its proposed zoning regulations, map or maps, and suggested resolution. The board may then adopt the proposed regulations or refer them back to the commission for further consideration. |Added by Laws 1957, p. 134, § 18, emerg. eff. May 31, 1957.
19 OK Stat § 19-866.19 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-866.19. Termination of nonconforming uses.

|The board, within its area of jurisdiction may provide for the termination of nonconforming uses either by specifying the period or periods within which they shall be required to cease, or by providing a formula or formulas whereby the compulsory termination of nonconforming use shall be so fixed as to allow a reasonable period for the recovery of amortization of the investment in the nonconformance, provided, that in each instance any such action of the board shall be taken only after public notice and hearing thereon has been had before the commission and that commission's recommendations with respect thereto certified to the board. |Added by Laws 1957, p. 134, § 19, emerg. eff. May 31, 1957.
19 OK Stat § 19-866.20 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-866.20. Amendment or repeal of regulations - Notice and hearing.

|The zoning regulations imposed and the districts created under authority of this act may be amended, supplemented, changed, modified or repealed from time to time by resolution of the board, as it affects its jurisdiction, but no such change shall be made without public notice and hearing and the filing of a report and recommendations upon such proposed change by the commission. |All projects or matters that fall within the purview of the duties of the commission, as specified in this section shall be referred to the commission for investigation and report before any final action shall be taken thereon; provided, however, that if the said commission fails to make an investigation and report on any matter or subject referred to it for a period of thirty (30) days, such failure shall be considered a refusal to approve the proposed plan or project and the board shall be under no obligation to wait longer for reports or recommendations concerning said projects.Added by Laws 1957, p. 134, § 20, emerg. eff. May 31, 1957.
19 OK Stat § 19-866.21 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-866.21. Permits required - Administration of rules and regulations.

|After the adoption of such zoning regulations or building line regulations by the board and/or the council, no building or other structures shall be erected, constructed, enlarged or altered, or repaired in such manner as to prolong the life of the building, nor shall the use of any land be changed without a permit issued in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted by the council or board under the terms of this act by the county inspecting officer as to territory falling within the jurisdiction of the county and of the inspector of the municipality as to territory falling within the jurisdiction of the municipality. The county inspecting officer shall have the duty of administering the rules and regulations under this act applicable to territory over which the municipality does not have jurisdiction, and shall make such inspections and investigations as may be necessary to the proper enforcement of such rules and regulations. The inspector of the municipality shall have the duty of administering the rules and regulations under this act insofar as it applies to the territorial jurisdiction of the municipality and shall make such inspections and investigations as may be necessary to the proper enforcement of such rules and regulations, except that in the matter of construction, surfacing and maintenance of streets, roads, and highways in the entire unincorporated area of the county, the board may prescribe rules and regulations and prescribe standards and the county engineer shall have the duty of administering such rules and regulations and when requested, shall assist in administering the rules and regulations governing subdivision of land in the unincorporated portions of the county and shall make such inspections and investigations as may be necessary to the proper enforcement of such rules and regulations. The county inspecting officer and the city inspector may be designated as one and the same person by the board and council respectively, and when so designated shall exercise the authority vested in both officers. |Added by Laws 1957, p. 135, § 21, emerg. eff. May 31, 1957.
19 OK Stat § 19-866.22 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-866.22. County Board of Adjustment.

|The board of county commissioners of any such county shall appoint a county board of adjustment composed of five (5) members, residents of such county, two of whom shall reside outside the corporate limits of the municipality, for a term of three (3) years, except that when the first appointment is made hereunder, the term of office of two of said members shall be one (1) year, the term of two of said members shall be two (2) years, and the term of office of one of said members shall be three (3) years. A member of such county board of adjustment, once qualified, can thereafter be removed during his or her term of office only for cause and after a hearing held before the board of county commissioners. In the event of the death, resignation or removal of any such member before the expiration of his or her term, a successor shall be appointed by the board of county commissioners to serve his or her unexpired term. All members of the county board of adjustment shall serve as such without compensation. |The county board of adjustment shall elect its own chair and shall adopt rules or procedures consistent with the provisions of Section 866.1 et seq. of this title. The chair, or, in his or her absence, the acting chair, may administer oaths and compel the attendance of witnesses. Three members of the county board of adjustment, with both the city and the county being represented, shall constitute a quorum. All meetings of the county board of adjustment shall be open to the public and a public record shall be kept of all proceedings.The county board of adjustment may, with the approval of the board of county commissioners, appoint such employees as may be necessary and may incur necessary expenses, within the limits of the appropriations authorized by the board of county commissioners.For each petition and for each request for a public hearing, the county board of adjustment shall collect a fee the amount thereof to be fixed by the respective boards of county commissioners which such fees shall be deposited with the county treasurer as required by law, and credited to the general fund of the county, and report thereof made to the board of county commissioners each month. Publication notices and transcripts on appeal shall be paid for by parties requiring or requesting the same.Added by Laws 1957, p. 135, § 22, emerg. eff. May 31, 1957. Amended by Laws 2009, c. 108, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.