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11 OK Stat § 11-47-108 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-47-108. Procedure of commission in adopting the plan.

|The commission may adopt the plan as a whole by a single resolution or may by successive resolutions adopt successive parts of the plan, the parts corresponding with major geographical sections or divisions of the municipality or with functional subdivisions of the subject matter of the plan, and may adopt any amendment or extension thereof or addition thereto. Before the adoption of the plan or any such part, amendment, extension, or addition the commission shall hold at least one public hearing thereon, notice of the time and place of which shall be given by one publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality and in the official gazette, if any, of the municipality. The adoption of the plan or of any part or amendment or extension or addition shall be by resolution of the commission carried by the affirmative votes of a majority of the commission. The resolution shall refer expressly to the maps and descriptive and other matter intended by the commission to form the whole or part of the plan, and the action taken shall be recorded on the map and plan and descriptive matter by the identifying signature of the chairman or secretary of the commission. An attested copy of the plan or part thereof shall be certified to the council. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 47-108, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-47-109 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-47-109. Legal status of official plan - Approval by commission.

|Whenever the commission shall have adopted the master plan of the municipality or of one or more major sections or districts thereof no street, square, park, or other public way, ground, or open space, or public building or structure, or other government enterprise, shall be constructed or authorized in the municipality or in the planned section and district until the location, character and extent thereof shall have been submitted to and approved by the commission. In the case of disapproval, the commission shall communicate its specific findings and reasons for disapproval in writing to the council, which shall have the power to overrule the disapproval by a recorded vote of not less than two-thirds of all its members. If the authorization or financing of the public way, ground, space, building, structure, or other governmental enterprise, does not fall within the province of the council, under the law or charter provisions governing same, the submission to the commission shall be by the board, commission or body having jurisdiction, and the commission's disapproval may be overruled by the board, commission or body having jurisdiction by a vote of not less than two-thirds of all its members. If the sponsoring agency is appointive and not elected, the disapproval of the commission cannot be overridden except by a vote of not less than two-thirds of all the members of the council. The failure of the commission to act within sixty (60) days after the date of official submission to the commission shall be deemed approval. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 47-109, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-47-110 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-47-110. Overruling planning commission action by council.

|Any action of the commission as set forth in any report, recommendation, order or decision of the commission, which, by law, is required to be submitted to the council for approval, disapproval or further action, may be overruled by the council only by the vote of not less than a majority of the entire membership of such council. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 47-110, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-47-111 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-47-111. Miscellaneous powers and duties of commission.

|The commission shall have power to promote public interest in and understanding of the plan and to that end may publish and distribute copies of the plan or of any report and may employ other means of publicity and education as it may determine. Members of the commission, when duly authorized by the commission, may attend city planning conferences or meetings of city planning institutes or hearings upon pending city planning legislation, and the council, by resolution spread upon its minutes, may authorize and pay the reasonable traveling expenses incident to attendance at authorized meetings. The commission from time to time shall recommend to the appropriate public officials programs for public structures and improvements and for the financing thereof. It shall be part of its duties to consult and advise with public officials and agencies, public utility companies, civic, education, professional and other organizations, and with citizens with relation to the protecting or carrying out of the plan. The commission shall have the right to accept and use gifts for the exercise of its functions. All public officials shall furnish the commission, upon request and within a reasonable time, available information as it may require for its work. The commission, its members, officers, and employees, in the performance of their functions, may enter upon any land and make examinations and surveys and place and maintain necessary monuments and marks thereon. In general, the commission shall have the powers as may be necessary to enable it to fulfill its functions, promote municipal planning, or carry out the purposes of this article. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 47-111, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-47-112 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-47-112. Transfer of zoning powers and duties to planning commission.

|In order to avoid a multiplicity of boards and commissions and to avoid a duplication of functions, the council may transfer to the city planning commission all of the powers and duties of any zoning commission or planning commission now existing and may authorize the city planning commission to exercise the powers and to perform the duties relative to the formulation of zoning regulations which are now authorized by law. The provisions of this article shall not be construed as a general grant of power to municipalities to create districts and regulate buildings and land uses therein, but that power shall continue as may be authorized by law. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 47-112, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-47-113 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-47-113. Scope of control of subdivisions - Review of plats.

|After a city planning commission is organized, all maps, plats, replats, and subdivisions of land into lots, blocks, streets and alleys shall be submitted to the commission, and no map or plat of land within the jurisdiction of the commission shall be filed or recorded until it shall have been approved by the commission and the approval entered in writing on the plat by the chairman or secretary of the commission. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 47-113, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-47-114 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-47-114. Subdivision regulations.

|A. Before the commission may exercise jurisdiction over subdivision of land, it shall adopt regulations governing the subdivision of land within its jurisdiction. The regulations may provide for the proper arrangement of streets in relation to other existing or planned streets and to the master plan, for adequate and convenient open spaces for traffic, utilities, access of fire-fighting apparatus, recreation, light and air, or for the avoidance of congestion of population, including minimum width and area of lots. |B. The regulations on subdivision of land may include provisions as to the extent to which streets and other ways shall be graded and improved and to which water and sewer and other utility mains, piping or other facilities shall be installed as a condition precedent to the approval of the plat. The regulations or practice of the commission may provide for a tentative approval of the plat previous to such installation; but any such tentative approval shall be revocable for failure to comply with commitments on which the tentative approval was based, and shall not be entered on the plat. In lieu of the completion of any improvements and utilities prior to the final approval of the plat, the commission may accept an adequate bond satisfactory to the commission, with surety, to secure to the municipality the actual construction and installation of the improvements or utilities at a time and according to specifications fixed by or in accordance with the regulations of the commission, and further conditioned that the developer will pay for all material and labor entering into the construction of the improvements. The municipality is hereby granted the power to enforce such bond by all appropriate legal and equitable remedies.C. Nothing in this section shall be construed as granting to any municipality or city planning commission the power to direct any public utility to extend its services to any particular area.D. All regulations governing the subdivision of land shall be published as provided by law for the publication of ordinances, and before adoption, a public hearing shall be held thereon.Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 47-114, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-47-115 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-47-115. Procedure for approval of plats.

|The commission shall approve or disapprove a plat within thirty (30) days after it has been submitted to the commission; otherwise the plat shall be deemed to have been approved, and a certificate to that effect shall be issued by the commission on demand. The applicant for the commission's approval may waive the thirty-day requirement and consent to an extension of the period. The ground for disapproval of any plat shall be stated upon the records of the commission. Any plat submitted to the commission shall contain the name and address for a person to whom notice of a hearing shall be sent, and no plat shall be acted on by the commission without affording a hearing thereon. Notice shall be sent to the person at the address by registered mail of the time and place of the hearing not less than five (5) days before the date fixed therefor. Similar notice shall be mailed by first-class mail to the owners of land immediately adjoining the platted land, as their names appear upon the plats in the county clerk's office and their addresses appear in the directory of the municipality or on the tax records of the municipality or county. Every plat approved by the commission, by virtue of the approval, shall be deemed to be an amendment of or an addition to or a detail of the municipal plan and a part thereof. Approval of a plat shall not be deemed to constitute or effect an acceptance by the public of any street or other open space shown upon the plat. The commission from time to time may recommend to the council amendments of the zoning ordinance or map or additions thereto to conform to the commission's recommendations for the zoning regulation of the territory comprised within approved subdivisions. The commission shall have the power to agree with the applicant upon use, height, area or bulk requirements or restrictions governing buildings and premises within the subdivision, provided such requirements or restrictions do not authorize the violation of the then effective zoning ordinance of the municipality. The requirements or restrictions shall be stated upon the plat prior to the approval and recording thereof and shall have the same force of law and be enforceable in the same manner and with the same sanctions and penalties and subject to the same power or amendment or repeal as though set out as a part of the zoning ordinance or map of the municipality. |Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 47-115, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 234, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.
11 OK Stat § 11-47-116 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-47-116. Unapproved plats not entitled to record.

|A. No plat, replat, or subdivision of land within the jurisdiction of the commission shall be entitled to record unless it bears the written approval of the commission. No deed referring to the unapproved plat shall be entitled to record and, if recorded, shall not import notice. |B. No deed describing land by metes and bounds which conveys land within the jurisdiction of the commission in a tract of five (5) acres or less shall be entitled to record and, if recorded, shall not import notice, unless one of the following conditions is met:1. The deed bears the written approval of the commission; or2. A preceding title transaction of record bears the written approval of the commission of the metes and bounds description in the subsequent deed.C. The provisions of subsections A and B of this section shall not apply to any plat, replat, subdivision or deed which has been recorded prior to annexation by the municipality, or to any deed or other conveyance of unplatted property covering all of the unplatted property acquired by the grantor in a single conveyance if the grantor's deed has been filed of record for five (5) years or more.Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 47-116, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 65, § 1, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-47-117 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-47-117. Improvements in unapproved streets.

|The municipality shall not accept, lay out, open, improve, grade, pave, curb, or light any street, or lay or authorize water mains or sewers or utility connections to be laid in any street, within any portion of territory for which the commission shall have adopted a major street plan, unless the street: |1. Shall have been accepted or opened as or shall otherwise have received the legal status of a public street prior to the adoption of the street plan; or2. Corresponds with a street shown on the official master plan or with a street on a subdivision plat approved by the commission or with a street on a street plat made by and adopted by the commission.However, the council may accept any street not shown on or not corresponding with a street on the official master plan or on an approved subdivision plat or an approved street plat, provided the ordinance or other measure accepting such street be first submitted to the city planning commission for its approval, and, if approved by the commission, be enacted or passed by not less than a majority of all the members of the council. If the ordinance or other measure accepting such street is disapproved by the commission, the ordinance or measure may be enacted or passed by not less than two-thirds of all the members of the council. A street approved by the commission upon submission by council, or a street accepted by two-thirds vote after disapproval by the commission, shall thereupon have the status of an approved street as fully as though it had been originally shown on the official master plan or on a subdivision plat approved by the commission or had been originally platted by the commission.Laws 1977, c. 256, § 47-117, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-47-118 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-47-118. Erection of buildings.

|After the city planning commission has adopted a major street plan of the territory within its subdivision jurisdiction or part thereof, no building shall be erected on any lot within the territory or part, nor shall a building permit be issued therefor unless the street giving access to the lot upon which the building is proposed to be placed: |1. Shall have been accepted or opened as or shall otherwise have received the legal status of a public street prior to that time; or2. Corresponds with a street shown on the official master plan or with a street on a subdivision plat approved by the commission or with a street accepted by council, after submission to the commission, by the favorable vote required in Section 47-117 of this title.Any building erected in violation of this section shall be deemed an unlawful structure, and the building inspector or other appropriate official may cause it to be vacated and have it removed.Laws 1977, c. 256, § 47-118, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-47-119 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-47-119. Use of certain private roadways - Dedication, repair and maintenance of roadways - Building permits.

|A. A municipality situated in three or more counties which contains large areas of rural land not served by water and sewer facilities by the municipality shall recognize and permit the use of private roadways in either platted or unplatted areas consisting of ten (10) acres or less and shall issue building permits to owners of property abutting upon the private roadways without complying with standards as provided for dedicated streets under the following conditions: |1. The private roadway easement shall be at least fifty (50) feet in width;2. The property abutting the private roadway shall contain not less than two (2) acres;3. The property shall be more than one-fourth (1/4) mile from sewer and water facilities furnished by the municipality;4. The private roadway shall not be dedicated to the public but reserved for future dedication and, until such future dedication, be the private roadway of the abutting property owners;5. The private roadway shall be maintained by the owners of the property within the subdivision;6. The municipality shall have no responsibility for the maintenance and repair of the private roadway;7. If the property is platted, there shall be emblematized on the face of the plat, clearly conspicuous, a notice that the streets and drives have not been dedicated to the public, and that the streets shall be maintained by the private property owners within the subdivision, but that the streets shall always be open to police, fire, and other official vehicles of all state, federal, county, and municipal agencies;8. Every deed shall clearly acknowledge that the roadway is private and not maintained by the municipality; and9. Prior to the sale of any parcel in the subdivision, a conspicuous sign shall be posted at the entrance to the subdivision: "Private roadway not maintained by __________ (the municipality)".At any time after the municipality recognizes and permits the use of such private roadway, a petition of at least sixty percent (60%) of the owners, in area, to improve and dedicate the street shall bind all of the owners thereby, to permanently improve the street or roadway in compliance with the requirements of the municipality. All other ordinances and planning commission regulations pursuant to the provisions of this article relating to subdivisions not in conflict herewith shall be applicable in such cases.B. Multiple subdivisions divided into contiguous ten-acre tracts shall not qualify for the private road exemption provided for in subsection A of this section.Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 47-119, eff. July 1, 1978 Amended by Laws 1983, c. 312, § 1, emerg. eff. June 27, 1983; Laws 2007, c. 193, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2007.
11 OK Stat § 11-47-120 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-47-120. Status of existing platting statutes.

|After a city planning commission has control over subdivision as provided in Section 47-114 of this title, the jurisdiction of the commission, as herein conferred over plats shall be exclusive within the territory under its jurisdiction. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 47-120, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-47-121 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-47-121. Building line ordinance.

|After any plan for major streets, or portions thereof, has been prepared and adopted by a city planning commission, the council shall be authorized and empowered to establish, regulate and limit building or setback lines on such major streets by ordinance and to prohibit any new building being located within the building or setback lines, and to amend such regulations from time to time. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 47-121, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-47-122 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-47-122. Enforcement of building line ordinance - Board of adjustment - Appeals.

|The council shall provide for the method by which its building or setback regulations shall be enforced and shall provide for a board of adjustment with powers to modify or vary the regulations, in specific cases, in order that unwarranted hardships, which constitute an unreasonable deprivation or use as distinguished from the mere grant of a privilege, may be avoided, the intended purpose of the regulations being strictly observed and the public welfare and public safety protected. If there is a board of zoning adjustment such board shall be appointed to serve as the board of adjustment for the building or setback line regulations. Regulations authorized under the provisions of this section shall not be adopted, changed or amended until a public hearing has been held thereon by the commission, public notice of which shall be given in the manner provided by law. Appeals may be taken from any order, regulation or action of a board of adjustment as provided in this section in the manner provided by law for appeals from orders of the board of adjustment in zoning cases. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 47-122, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-47-123 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-47-123. Saving vested rights.

|In any instance where it is shown that the application of the terms of Sections 47-101 through 47-124 of this title, or any proposed action hereunder, will be in material conflict with any accrued vested right so that it would, if applied to the particular property involved, result in substantial harm, loss, damage or impairment, such right shall be preserved, recognized and given effect and may be protected by any remedy herein provided for. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 47-123, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-47-124 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-47-124. Judicial review.

|A judicial review in the district court in the county in which the situs of the municipality is located may be had of any ruling, regulation, interpretation, order, requirement, refusal, permit, approval, or decision made under the terms of this article when such action is alleged to be arbitrary, unreasonable or capricious, and that by reason thereof such action has, or if enforced, will work an unnecessary hardship on or create substantial harm or loss to the complaining party. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 47-124, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-48-101 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-48-101. Authorization to provide retirement fund and system.

|The governing body of any municipality may provide by ordinance for a retirement fund and system for any or all of its employees and the employees of a duly constituted authority of the municipality which are not otherwise provided for by a pension or retirement system. The governing body may establish said retirement system as delayed compensation in order to encourage continuous and meritorious service on the part of employees and thereby promote public efficiency, and may provide retirement allowances and other benefits for said employees, their surviving spouses, and surviving children. The retirement fund and system may include all municipal employees whether they are engaged in a governmental or nongovernmental function of the municipality or the municipal authority. The retirement fund shall be supported wholly by the municipality or municipal authority or by joint contributions by the municipality or authority and the employee to be benefited. |Amended by Laws 1984, c. 126, § 81, eff. Nov. 1, 1984.