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19 OK Stat § 19-869.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-869.3. Membership - Qualifications - Term - Joint commission - Removal - Vacancies - Compensation.

|A lake area planning commission shall consist of not less than five (5) nor more than eleven (11) members, all of whom shall be residents of the affected county or counties. The board of county commissioners shall, by resolution creating the planning commission, establish the qualifications for membership on the planning commission and the length of terms; provided, that after the initial appointment of planning commission members, not more than forty percent (40%) of the terms shall expire in any one (1) calendar year. In the event that two or more counties elect to cooperate in a joint lake area planning commission, the board of county commissioners of each county shall appoint the number of members to the planning commission as is mutually agreed by joint resolution of the boards of county commissioners of the participating counties. In the event that one or more incorporated cities or towns elect to come within the jurisdiction of a lake area planning commission, the governing bodies of such cities or towns may appoint the members of planning commissions as may be mutually agreed upon in a joint resolution among the participating county or counties and cities or towns. |Once appointed, members of a lake area planning commission may be removed from office during the term only for cause and after a hearing before the governing body by which the members were appointed. Vacancies occurring other than through the expiration of terms shall be filled for the unexpired term. Members of a lake area planning commission shall serve without compensation; provided, that upon the appropriation of funds members of the planning commission may be reimbursed for true and reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.Added by Laws 1982, c. 183, § 4.
19 OK Stat § 19-869.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-869.4. Jurisdiction of commission.

|The jurisdictional area of a lake area planning commission may include all or part of the unincorporated area of any county or counties authorized to create such a planning commission, provided that the jurisdictional area shall be limited to a three-mile perimeter from the normal shoreline elevation of the upstream terminal port or turnaround where navigation ends, or any reservoir or reservoirs constructed by the Bureau of Reclamation, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers or the Grand River Dam Authority, regardless of the population of the county or counties or the cities or towns therein. In the event that the three-mile perimeter described above includes portions of two or more counties, the counties may cooperate in a joint lake area planning commission; provided, that no lake area planning commission may establish or maintain any jurisdictional area within any county or counties without a resolution of participation from the board of county commissioners of the county or counties. |In the event that all or part of an incorporated city or town lies within the three-mile perimeter, as described above, the incorporated areas may elect to come under the jurisdiction of the lake area planning commission. In the event that an incorporated area elects to come within the jurisdiction of a lake area planning commission, the commission shall become the planning commission or zoning commission, or both, for the incorporated area or areas in their entirety, without regard for the three-mile perimeter from the normal shoreline elevation.In counties where a metropolitan area planning commission exists, the board of county commissioners may utilize that commission in forming a lake area planning commission.In no event shall the boundaries of any statutorily authorized planning commissions overlap, and where a situation of overlap does occur, the jurisdictional question shall be settled on the basis of prior jurisdiction.Added by Laws 1982, c. 183, § 5.
19 OK Stat § 19-869.5 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-869.5. Authority of commission - Powers of county - Officers - Meetings - Funds - Personnel - Expenses - Fees

|A lake area planning commission shall have the authority to adopt, amend, extend, add to and implement a comprehensive plan for the betterment of its jurisdictional area as a place of residence and business. It may consider any subject matter tending to the betterment of its jurisdictional area and make recommendations as it may deem advisable to the appropriate governing body, agency or department. In execution of its duties, the commission shall function as an advisory, consultative and coordinating agency. |Any county participating in a lake area planning commission is hereby granted authority to establish zoning regulations, a building code, construction codes, an energy code and a housing code for all areas within the jurisdiction of the commission, and further provided that the county is hereby granted authority to adopt, amend, add to or carry out within the jurisdiction of the commission, all additional elements of a comprehensive planning program including, but not limited to, plans for major streets and highways and other elements of water, rail, air and land transportation plans, public utilities and facilities plans, capital improvement programs, uniform regulations for the subdivision of land and for the improvements located thereon, building line regulations, floodplain management regulations and conservation plans.The commission shall elect its chairman and other officers from its appointed members.All meetings of the commission shall be open to the public. It shall adopt rules for the transaction of business and keep a complete public record of its functions and activities.Funds for the operation of a lake area planning commission may be appropriated by any county, city or town participating in the planning commission. The commission may appoint employees or contract for services as it may deem necessary and incur necessary expenses within the limits of the appropriations, subject to the approval of the appropriate governing bodies.The lake area planning commission may, subject to approval of the appropriate governing bodies, establish a schedule of fees to be paid for review and inspection functions; provided, that the fees shall be reasonable and related to the costs of rendering review and inspection functions and shall not be applied to the sale or transfer of real property.Added by Laws 1982, c. 183, § 6. Amended by Laws 2016, c. 147, § 1, eff. July 1, 2016.
19 OK Stat § 19-869.6 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-869.6. Administration of zoning regulations - Board of adjustment.

|At the discretion of the board or boards of county commissioners, a lake area planning commission may be designated as the zoning commission, for the purpose of establishing and administering zoning regulations within its jurisdiction. |In the event that a board or boards of county commissioners elects to use the grant of zoning power herein provided, a board of adjustment, with the powers and duties established by Sections 866.23 and 866.24 of this title, shall be created. The board of adjustment shall be composed of five (5) members, all of whom shall reside within the jurisdiction of the lake area planning commission. The members shall be appointed in concert by all governing bodies participating in the planning commission.The board of adjustment shall elect a chairman and other officers as it may deem appropriate from among its members and shall adopt rules and procedures for the conduct of its business.Zoning regulations established pursuant to this act (a) shall be made in accordance with, and subsequent to, the preparation and adoption of a comprehensive plan for the desired jurisdictional area; (b) shall be adopted for the entire jurisdictional area of the appropriate governing body; (c) shall be uniform for each class or kind of building throughout each zoning district, provided, each zoning district may contain different regulations; (d) shall be adopted, amended or changed in accordance with the notice and public hearing requirements which apply to municipalities under Sections 43-104, 43-105 and 43-106 of Title 11; and (e) may be enforced by appropriate actions, including the use of injunction for violations of the regulations.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.The lake area planning commission, when (a) properly formed, (b) designated as a zoning commission, and (c) operating as a joint commission with a metropolitan area planning commission, shall be authorized, at the discretion of the board or boards of county commissioners, to exercise zoning powers and duties as provided in Sections 866.16, 866.17, 866.18, 866.19, 866.20, 866.21, 866.22, 866.23, 866.24, 866.25 and 866.30 of this title.Added by Laws 1982, c. 183, § 7.
19 OK Stat § 19-869.7 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-869.7. Violations - Penalties.

|A violation of this act or 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 provided by Section 10 of Title 21. |Added by Laws 1982, c. 183, § 8.
19 OK Stat § 19-871 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-871. Proposal for organization - Powers.

|Whenever fifty persons, resident of a given area, or a majority of the holders of title to lands in such area, in any county susceptible of being furnished sewer systems for domestic use by the same system or by a combined system of sewer lines, desire to provide for a common sewerage system, they may propose the organization of a sewer improvement district, under the provisions of this act, and when so organized each district shall have the powers conferred herein or that may hereafter be conferred by law upon such sewer improvement districts. |Added by Laws 1947, p. 217, § 1, emerg. eff. May 16, 1947.
19 OK Stat § 19-872.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-872.1. Annexation of territory.

|Upon the filing of a petition with the board of county commissioners for a change of boundary lines of any sewer improvement district signed by a majority of the holders of title to lands of the area proposed to be annexed to an adjacent sewer improvement district, the board of county commissioners shall cause notice to be published one time in some newspaper printed and published in the county and of general circulation in the area sought to be annexed at least ten (10) days before the time at which such petition will be considered. Such notice shall state the time and place when and where the petition will be considered by the board of county commissioners, a brief substance of the petition, and that all persons interested may appear and be heard. The board of county commissioners shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine all contests and objections pertaining to such annexation, and at the time set for hearing the board may amend the plan of annexation by excluding from within its boundaries lands which it may deem will not be benefited by annexation to such sewer improvement district. At such hearing the board shall also determine whether or not the annexation of such area to such sewer improvement district will be to the best interests of the holders of title of the area affected, or conducive or beneficial to the public health of said area as now exists or to be developed and if said board determines that it will, then it shall make an order annexing such area to said improvement district, and such territory for all purposes shall thereafter be a part of such sewer improvement district. The annexed territory shall assume its full proportion of all legal indebtedness outstanding against the original sewer improvement district, including bonded indebtedness. |Added by Laws 1949, p. 181, § 2, emerg. eff. May 12, 1949. Amended by Laws 1953, p. 86, § 1.
19 OK Stat § 19-873 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-873. Conduct of election - Canvass of votes - Order organizing district.

|Such election shall be conducted in accordance with the general election laws of the state and the regular election officials shall be in charge at the usual polling place of each regular precinct or part of a precinct, within the boundaries of said proposed district, and shall make their return direct to the board of county commissioners. The board of county commissioners shall meet on the second Monday next following such election and proceed to canvass the vote cast thereat, and if upon such canvass it appears that at least a majority of all the votes cast are "Sewer Improvement District _____ Yes", the board shall, by an order entered on their minutes, declare such territory duly organized as a sewer improvement district under the name and title theretofore designated. The board of county commissioners shall cause a copy of such order, duly certified, to be immediately filed for record in the office of the county clerk and from and after the date of such filing the organization of such district shall be complete. The county clerk shall keep a record of all such districts so formed, and they shall be numbered consecutively in the order of their formation. |Added by Laws 1947, p. 218, § 3, emerg. eff. May 16, 1947.
19 OK Stat § 19-874 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-874. Board of directors - Appointment and removal - Powers - Custodian of funds - Reports - Compensation.

|The board of county commissioners shall, after the organization of the sewer improvement district, appoint a board of directors for such improvement district to be composed of three (3) members, one of whom shall be designated director, one as clerk and one as member, who shall hold office for a term of two (2) years from date of appointment and until their respective successors shall be appointed and qualified. No person shall be eligible for appointment to the board of directors who is not a land owner within the district so formed. Vacancies on said board shall be filled in the same manner as an original appointment. The board of county commissioners shall have jurisdiction and authority to remove any member from the board of directors for malfeasance in office or conduct flagrantly inimical to the best interest of the district, and removal by a member of the board from the district or inability of such member to serve shall constitute a vacancy on said board. Such board is authorized and empowered to manage and conduct the affairs of the sewer improvement district, make and execute all necessary contracts, employ such agent and employees as may be necessary, adopt and establish rules and regulations for sewer service both within and without the district, and generally, to perform all acts necessary to fully carry out the purposes of this act, including the right and power to contract with municipalities owning and operating an established sewer system, or with other sewer improvement districts for the proper handling of sewage. The clerk of the board shall be the custodian of the funds of the district, and shall give such bond as may be required by the board. The board of directors shall make a report to the board of county commissioners on January 1 and July 1 of each year, and the members thereof shall receive such compensation as shall be fixed by the board of county commissioners. |Added by Laws 1947, p. 219, § 4, emerg. eff. May 16, 1947. Amended by Laws 1949, p. 181, § 3, emerg. eff. May 12, 1949.
19 OK Stat § 19-875 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-875. Meetings of board - Records - Right of entry - Acquisition of property - Contracts.

|The board of directors shall hold their regular meetings in their office on the first Tuesday of each month beginning at 10:00 A.M., and in addition thereto, such special meetings as may be required for the proper transaction of business, provided all special meetings shall be ordered by the director of the board and such order be entered of record. Such order must also specify the business to be transacted at such meeting. Two members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and upon all questions requiring a vote there shall be a concurrence of at least two members of such board. All records of said board must be open to the inspection of any elector during business hours. The board, its agents and employees, shall have the right to enter upon any land within the district, to make surveys and locate any sewer line and the necessary branches or extensions. The board shall also have the right to acquire by purchase or condemnation all lands and other property necessary for the construction, maintenance, repair and improvement, of any sewer lines or branches thereof within such district, and may acquire either by purchase or condemnation such lands as may be necessary for a sewage treatment or plant site and use in connection therewith and right of ways necessary therefor and the necessary right of way to any site of sewage treatment plant outside of such district. Said board shall also have the right to enter into any obligation or contract for the construction, operation and maintenance of the necessary lines for the collection of sewage within said district, and for the construction, operation and maintenance of a sewage disposal or treatment plant and other contracts necessary or incident to carrying out the purposes of this act. |Added by Laws 1947, p. 219, § 5, emerg. eff. May 16, 1947.
19 OK Stat § 19-877 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-877. Conveyances - Actions and suits.

|The board of directors is hereby authorized and empowered to take conveyances and other assurance for all property acquired by it under this act in the name of such sewer improvement district, to and for the uses and purposes herein expressed, and to institute and maintain any and all actions and proceedings, suits at law or in equity, necessary or proper in order to fully carry out the provisions of this act or to enforce, maintain, protect or preserve any and all rights, privileges and immunities created by this act, or acquired in pursuance thereof. Any such board may sue, appear and defend in its corporate name, in person or by attorneys, in all courts, actions, suits or proceedings in the name of such sewer improvement district, and may employ attorneys for such purposes. |Added by Laws 1947, p. 220, § 7, emerg. eff. May 16, 1947.
19 OK Stat § 19-878 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-878. Secretary - Clerk.

|It shall be the duty of the secretary to attend all of the regular and special meetings of the board of directors and to make a proper record of all of the proceedings, to record at length in a separate book all of the orders, rules and regulations issued or made by the board of directors, and to perform all such other duties as may be designated by the board of directors, or as may be usual and customary for the office of clerk. The board of directors may, in addition to, or in lieu of the compensation fixed for the clerk, allow additional compensation, or fix his compensation, when, in their judgment, the duties of the clerk so require. It shall be the duty of the clerk to collect, receive and safely keep all monies belonging to the district and to pay them out only upon proper orders made by the board of directors. |Added by Laws 1947, p. 220, § 8, emerg. eff. May 16, 1947.
19 OK Stat § 19-879 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-879. Bylaws, rules and regulations - Public, district and private sewer lines.

|The board of directors of such district is hereby authorized and empowered to make all bylaws, rules and regulations, penal or otherwise, that shall be necessary for the full protection, maintenance, management and control of a sewerage system of said district, including the lines of conveyance, plant and other property used in connection therewith and said board of directors shall have the power to divide such sewer district system into three (3) classes to be known as public, district and private sewer lines. That the public sewer system shall consist only of the main lines of conveyance to the sewage treatment or disposal plant or outside system, and the main lines for general collection, including such other property as may be necessary in connection therewith for the proper maintenance and use of such sewage system throughout such improvement district, and such public sewer lines shall be established along the principal courses for collection at such places to such extent and of such dimensions and under such regulations, as may be provided for in the bylaws or regulations or orders of said board of directors of said district, and such principal lines of collection may be extensions or branches of lines already constructed or entirely new throughout, as may be deemed expedient. Such public main lines and sewage disposal or treatment plant, including the other property necessary to operate such system, shall be paid for by the district as a whole. District sewer lines shall be established within the limits of all subdistricts which subdistricts shall be prescribed by the bylaws, regulations or orders of said improvement district and connected with the public sewer lines or other subdistrict lines. Such subdistricts may be again subdivided or may be enlarged or changed by a bylaw regulations or orders of the improvement district at any time previous to the construction of the district sewer line therein and more than one sewer line may be laid in a subdistrict if deemed necessary by the board of directors. The board of directors shall cause district sewers to be constructed by petition or by resolution as now provided by law for the construction of district sewers in cities and towns. Private sewer lines connecting with the public and district sewer lines may be constructed under such restrictions and regulations as the board of directors may prescribe by general bylaws, or regulations or orders; provided, that the expense of constructing such lines shall be borne by the individual or individuals desiring to construct them and providing further that such improvement district shall be at no expense in the construction, repair, or operation of the same. |Added by Laws 1947, p. 220, § 9, emerg. eff. May 16, 1947. Amended by Laws 1949, p. 182, § 4, emerg. eff. May 12, 1949.