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19 OK Stat § 19-868.6 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-868.6. Master plan.

|The county planning commission shall make, adopt and may publish an official master plan of the county for the purpose of bringing about coordinated physical development in accordance with the present and future needs of the county. The master plan shall be developed so as to conserve the natural resources of the county, to insure efficient expenditure of public funds, and to promote the health, safety, convenience, prosperity and general welfare of the inhabitants. Such master plan may include, among other things, studies and recommendations relative to the location, character and extent of highways, railroads, bus, street car and other transportation routes, bridges, public buildings, schools, parks, parkways, airports, forests, wildlife refuges, dams and projects affecting conservation of natural resources. The master plan shall not limit the construction, maintenance or operation of public service facilities outside of the riding surface of county roads, streets, highways or section lines of companies regulated by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, nor shall such master plan apply to or limit construction of telephone exchange buildings. The commission may adopt the master plan in whole or in part and subsequently amend or extend the adopted plan or portion thereof. Before the adoption, amendment or extension of the plan or portion thereof the commission shall hold at least one public hearing thereon. Such hearing may be adjourned from time to time. The adoption of the plan, or part thereof, shall be by resolution carried by not less than a majority vote of the full membership of the commission. After the adoption of the master plan, or part thereof, an attested copy shall be certified to the board of county commissioners, to the county clerk and to the clerk of such incorporated area covered by the plan. |Added by Laws 1972, c. 244, § 6, emerg. eff. April 7, 1972.
19 OK Stat § 19-868.7 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-868.7. Submission of proposed improvements to county planning commission.

|From and after the adoption of the master plan or portion thereof and its proper certification, then and henceforth no improvement of a type embraced within the recommendations of the master plan shall be constructed or authorized without first submitting the proposed plans thereof to the planning commission and receiving the written approval and recommendation of said commission; provided, however, that this requirement shall be deemed to be waived if the county planning commission fails to make its report and recommendations within forty-five (45) days after the receipt of the proposed plans, and provided further that the disapproval or recommendations of the commission may be overruled by a two-thirds (2/3) vote, properly recorded, of the legislative body, board or officials sponsoring or acting upon the proposed improvements, after the reasons for such overruling are spread upon its minutes. |Added by Laws 1972, c. 244, § 7, emerg. eff. April 7, 1972.
19 OK Stat § 19-868.9 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-868.9. Building law regulations.

|Whenever a plan for major highways has been adopted and filed by the county planning commission, the board of county commissioners, upon recommendation of the county planning commission, is hereby authorized and empowered to establish, regulate and limit, and to change and amend, building or set-back regulations on such major highways, and to prohibit any new building's being located within such building or set-back lines outside the corporate limits of any city or town. In establishing such building line, the board of county commissioners 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 type of construction, the amount of traffic using 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 board of county commissioners until a public hearing has been held thereon by the county planning commission.Added by Laws 1972, c. 244, § 9, emerg. eff. April 7, 1972.
19 OK Stat § 19-868.10 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-868.10. Enforcement - Appeals - Modification.

|After the board of county commissioners shall have established building or set-back lines on such major highways, no new building or structure shall be erected within such building or set-back lines outside the corporate limits of any city or town, and no permit for such building shall be issued by the county engineer who is hereby designated as the officer to administer and enforce such building or set-back line regulations. The county board of adjustment, hereinbefore created, shall hear appeals of any property owner aggrieved by such building line regulations. Said board of adjustment shall have the power to modify or vary the building or set-back line 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 1972, c. 244, § 10, emerg. eff. April 7, 1972.
19 OK Stat § 19-868.11 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-868.11. Zoning by board of county commissioners.

|The board of county commissioners is hereby empowered to adopt zoning regulations effective in the unincorporated areas of the county for the purposes of promoting the health, safety, peace, morals, comfort and the general welfare of the inhabitants; lessening danger and congestion in public transportation and travel; securing safety from fire and other dangers; preventing overcrowding of land; avoiding undue concentration of population; providing adequate police protection, transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks, forests, recreational facilities, airports, military and naval facilities, and other public requirements; and preventing undue encroachment thereon. The zoning power hereby conferred shall not be exercised so as to deprive the owner of any existing property of its use or maintenance for the purpose to which it is then lawfully devoted except as hereinafter provided; nor shall the provisions of this act apply to the erection, installation and use of structures and equipment by public utilities subject to the jurisdiction and regulation of the Corporation Commission of the State of Oklahoma or other similar state or federal regulatory bodies; nor to the erection or use of the usual farm buildings for agricultural purposes, the planting of agricultural crops or the extraction of minerals. |Added by Laws 1972, c. 244, § 11, emerg. eff. April 7, 1972.
19 OK Stat § 19-868.11A (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-868.11A. 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 proceedingsAdded by Laws 2009, c. 271, § 4.
19 OK Stat § 19-868.13 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-868.13. Outdoor advertising structures.

|Outdoor advertising structures may be built and maintained in areas zoned for business, commerce, industry and agriculture. |Added by Laws 1972, c. 244, § 13, emerg. eff. April 7, 1972.
19 OK Stat § 19-868.14 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-868.14. Existing uses.

|A legally existing use, building or structure, existing at the time of the adoption and recording of any regulations authorized hereunder, but not in conformity therewith, may be continued but shall not be extended or structurally altered unless the same be changed to conform to such regulations or changed to a higher or more restrictive use. |Added by Laws 1972, c. 244, § 14, emerg. eff. April 7, 1972.
19 OK Stat § 19-868.15 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-868.15. Procedure for adoption of zoning regulations.

|Prior to the adoption of any zoning regulations, the board of county commissioners shall request the county planning commission to recommend the boundaries of the various districts and appropriate regulations to be enforced therein. The county planning commission shall make a preliminary report of its recommendations for such zoning regulations and shall hold a public hearing thereon for each township to be affected by the proposed regulations. Such hearings may be adjourned from time to time. Within ninety (90) days after the final adjournment of such hearings the county planning commission shall make its final report together with its proposed zoning regulations and a summary of the results of the public hearings to the board of county commissioners. The board of county commissioners may then adopt the proposed regulation or refer it back to the county planning commission for further consideration. If a written protest against the proposed zoning of any land lying within one and one-half (1 1/2) miles of the limits of any municipality having a zoning ordinance is received from the governing body thereof, the board of county commissioners shall not adopt the proposed zoning regulations of such land except by a record vote of all members and after a statement of the reasons for such action shall be spread upon its minutes or records. |Added by Laws 1972, c. 244, § 15, emerg. eff. April 7, 1972.
19 OK Stat § 19-868.16 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-868.16. Amendment of zoning regulations.

|The regulations imposed and the districts created under authority of this act may be amended from time to time by the board of county commissioners by order after the order establishing the same has gone into effect, but no such amendment shall be made without a hearing before the county planning commission. In case of written protest against any proposed amendment, signed and acknowledged by the owners of twenty percent (20%) of the frontage within one thousand (1,000) feet to the right or left of the frontage proposed to be changed, or by the owners of twenty percent (20%) of the frontage directly opposite, or directly in the rear of the frontage proposed to be altered, or, in cases where the land affected lies within one and one-half (1 1/2) miles of the limits of a municipality, by the governing body of the zoned municipality, filed with the county planning commission, such amendment may not be passed except by the favorable vote of all members of the board of county commissioners. |Added by Laws 1972, c. 244, § 16, emerg. eff. April 7, 1972.
19 OK Stat § 19-868.17 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-868.17. Enforcement by county engineer.

|After the adoption of such zoning regulations or building line regulations by the board of county commissioners, no building or other structure within the area authorized by this act to be zoned shall be erected, constructed, enlarged or altered in such manner as to prolong the life of the buildings, nor shall the use of any land within such area be changed without a permit issued by the county engineer. The county engineer shall have the duty of administering the rules and regulations under this act and shall make such inspections and investigations as may be necessary to the proper enforcement of such rules and regulations. |Added by Laws 1972, c. 244, § 17, emerg. eff. April 7, 1972.
19 OK Stat § 19-868.17A (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-868.17A. Building and fire codes for unincorporated areas.

|The board of county commissioners may, by resolution, adopt building codes, fire codes, or both building and fire codes which shall be designed for the purpose of promoting, benefiting, and protecting the public health, safety and welfare of the people of this state. The codes adopted pursuant to this section shall be applicable only in the unincorporated areas of the county. All building materials, equipment, and methods of installation or construction shall be at least the equivalent of that prescribed in any building or fire code adopted by the board of county commissioners in quality, strength, effectiveness, fire resistance, durability, and safety. Any codes adopted pursuant to this section shall not apply to the installation and maintenance of electric supply and communication lines of public utilities and public service companies which are regulated by the Corporation Commission. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any area located within any county not subject to the provisions of Section 868.1 through 868.22 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Building inspectors may be employed by a county to enforce building or fire codes. The building inspectors shall be licensed by the State of Oklahoma. The building inspectors shall enforce the provisions of any building or fire code adopted pursuant to this section and shall be authorized to inspect all buildings for the purpose of discharging the duties imposed by this section or by any building or fire code adopted by the board of county commissioners. The board of county commissioners may adopt rules to carry out the inspections to enforce the building or fire codes, may prescribe the necessary permits, notices, and inspection procedures and may set and determine fees. The fees shall be reasonable and shall be sufficient to meet the expense of inspection and enforcement of the building or fire codes. The county engineer shall have the duty of supervising and ensuring that the rules for building inspections are carried out. The board of county commissioners may hire other employees necessary for inspection and enforcement of building or fire codes and may expend funds as it deems reasonable and necessary for equipment and ancillary services. |Added by Laws 2003, c.387, § 3, emerg. eff. June 4, 2003.
19 OK Stat § 19-868.18 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-868.18. Appeals to county board of adjustment.

|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 engineer in administering the county zoning 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 stating the grounds therefor. An appeal 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 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 there is error of law in any order, requirement, decision or determination made by the county engineer 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 of county commissioners; and3. 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 substantial detriment to the public good and without substantially impairing the intent, purpose and integrity of the zoning plan as embodied in the zoning regulations and map. For every variance granted, the county board of adjustment shall state in detail as a matter of record the exceptional and demonstrable undue hardship upon the owner of such property.In exercising the above powers, such board may, in conformity with the provisions of the 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 should be made, and to that end shall have all the powers of the officer from whom the appeal is taken.Added by Laws 1972, c. 244, § 18, emerg. eff. April 7, 1972.
19 OK Stat § 19-868.19 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-868.19. Appeals to district court and Supreme 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 decision 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 1972, c. 244, § 19, emerg. eff. April 7, 1972.
19 OK Stat § 19-868.20 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-868.20. Conflicts between cities or towns and county.

|The jurisdiction of the county planning commission and the county board of adjustment is exclusively limited to the unincorporated areas of the county and any conflict between the acts of the county planning commission or the county board of adjustment and any city or town shall be resolved in favor of said city or town. |Added by Laws 1972, c. 244, § 20, emerg. eff. April 7, 1972.
19 OK Stat § 19-868.21 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-868.21. Violations.

|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 imprisonment or both, as now provided by law for misdemeanors. The proper county authorities or any person, the value or use of whose property is or may be affected by such violation, in addition to other remedies, may also institute any appropriate action including injunctive relief or proceedings to prevent or remove such violation. |Added by Laws 1972, c. 244, § 21, emerg. eff. April 7, 1972.
19 OK Stat § 19-868.22 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-868.22. Counties in which applicable.

|The provisions of this act shall apply only to counties having a population in excess of five hundred thousand (500,000) according to the latest Federal Decennial Census. |Added by Laws 1972, c. 244, § 22, emerg. eff. April 7, 1972.
19 OK Stat § 19-869.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-869.1. Lake area planning commission - Power to create.

|For the purpose of cooperating with the State of Oklahoma in conserving the natural resources of the state and promoting the health, safety, peace, morals and general welfare of the state, in any county of the state having within its boundaries all or part of an upstream terminal port or turnaround where navigation ends, or in any county containing all or part of a reservoir or reservoirs constructed by the Bureau of Reclamation, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers or the Grand River Dam Authority, there may be created at the discretion of the board of county commissioners a lake area planning commission with the powers, authority, functions, duties and jurisdictional area set out in this act. |Added by Laws 1982, c. 183, § 2.
19 OK Stat § 19-869.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-869.2. Resolution creating.

|In any county or counties authorized by this act to create a lake area planning commission, the planning commission shall be created by resolution of the board of county commissioners of the county or counties. The resolution shall include the following information: (a) the name of the proposed lake area planning commission, (b) the area to be included within the jurisdiction of the planning commission, (c) the number of members of the planning commission, the length of their terms, the area from which they shall be selected and the method by which they shall be selected, and (d) other pertinent information concerning the formation of the planning commission which the board of county commissioners may require. |Added by Laws 1982, c. 183, § 3.