Title 69 — Title 69 — Roads, Bridges, and Ferries

The Director is hereby authorized to enter into agreements with the United States Secretary of Transportation as provided by Title 23, United States Code, relating to the control of junkyards or scrap metal processing facilities in areas adjacent to the interstate and primary sys…

The Commission may accept any allotment of funds by the United States, or any agency thereof, appropriated to carry out the purposes of federal law. In the event federal funds are not available for assistance in carrying out the provisions of the federal law, the Commission may d…

The Commission is hereby authorized to use any funds appropriated to it or received by it from the State Highway Construction and Maintenance Fund for matching federal funds or for other lawful purposes of this act. Added by Laws 1978, c. 107, § 11, emerg. eff. March 29, 1978.

Department. For the purpose of promoting the public safety, health, welfare, convenience and enjoyment of public travel, to protect the public investment in public highways, and to preserve and enhance the scenic beauty of lands bordering public highways, while recognizing that o…

The provisions of this act apply only to the erection and maintenance of outdoor advertising signs, displays and devices located in adjacent areas within six hundred sixty (660) feet from the nearest edge of the right-of-way and which are visible and intended to be read from the …

As used in Section 1271 et seq. of this title: (a) "Sign", "outdoor advertising" or "outdoor advertising device" means any outdoor sign, display, device, notice, figure, painting, drawing, message, placard, poster, billboard or other thing which is designed, intended or used to a…

After the effective date of this act no sign shall, except as provided in Section 8, be erected or maintained in a control area, except the following: (a) Informational and other official signs, including, but not limited to, signs pertaining to natural wonders, scenic and histor…

After April 15, 1968, signs which are to be erected in a business area shall comply with the following standards: 1. General. Signs shall not be erected or maintained which: a. imitate or resemble any official traffic sign, signal or device, or b. are erected or maintained upon t…

The Department on behalf of the state shall seek agreement to the provisions of Sections 4 and 5 of this act by the Secretary of Transportation on the basis of their being consistent with federal laws and customary usages and zoning principles and standards which hold and govern …

A. The Transportation Commission is hereby authorized to enact and adopt rules and regulations for the issuance of licenses and permits and the charging and collection of permit fees for other than "on-premise" outdoor advertising structures as defined in this act. B. The Departm…

A. If, after March 28, 1972, any lawfully erected outdoor advertising sign, display or device becomes nonconforming under the provisions of Section 1271 et seq. of this title, such outdoor advertising sign, display or device shall not be required to be removed but shall be reclas…

The Department is directed to acquire by purchase, gift or condemnation, and shall pay just compensation upon the removal of, the outdoor advertising signs, displays and devices specified in subsections (a), (b) and (c) of this section, when and insofar as their removal is requir…

Department - Condemnation. A. Outdoor advertising and property rights pertaining thereto may be acquired by the Department of Transportation under agreement between the Department, the owner of the outdoor advertising and the owner of the land upon which the outdoor advertising i…

The Department is authorized to use any funds appropriated to it or received by it from the state road fund for matching federal funds or for other lawful purposes of this act. Laws 1968, c. 191, § 11, emerg. eff. April 15, 1968.

Any person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of this act shall, upon conviction, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and each day of violation shall be considered a separate offense. Laws 1968, c. 191, § 12, emerg. eff. April 15, 1968.

The Department may accept any allotment of funds by the United States, or any agency thereof, appropriated to carry out the purposes of federal law. The Department shall take such steps as may be necessary from time to time to obtain from the United States, or the appropriate age…

This act may be cited as the "Highway Advertising Control Act of 1972." Laws 1968, c. 191, § 14, emerg. eff. April 15, 1968; Laws 1972, c. 240, § 8, emerg. eff. March 28, 1972.

nonconforming signs. For the purpose of highway beautification, the Transportation Commission may adopt rules regarding the repair or maintenance of, or changes to, nonconforming advertising signs, displays or devices, as defined in Section 1278 of Title 69 of the Oklahoma Statut…

In counties that do not have county planning or zoning, signs located outside of incorporated municipalities which advertise or give directions to local outdoor recreation areas may be allowed adjacent to interstate highways if such signs are otherwise in compliance with this sec…

If any portion of Section 2 of this act is found to be in violation of federal law, the remaining portion, to the extent possible, shall remain operative. Added by Laws 2003, c. 335, § 3, eff. July 1, 2003.

counties. The provisions of this article, except those provisions authorizing the use of special assessments, shall extend to the State of Oklahoma through the Commission, and to every city in this state having a population of two thousand (2,000) or more, according to the last p…

eliminations. Each governing body shall have authority to designate and establish limited access facilities as new and additional highways, or may designate any existing street or highway as a limited access facility. The governing body shall have authority to provide for the eli…

Each governing body shall have authority to enter into agreements with any other governing body as herein defined, or with the federal government, or with the State of Oklahoma, respecting the financing, planning, establishment, improvement, maintenance or vacation of limited acc…

(a) The governing body of a city or the board of county commissioners of a county, to the extent that such governing body or board of county commissioners shall determine that any benefit results to any property served by the limited access facility, shall have authority to: (1) …

(a) When the governing body of a city or the board of county commissioners of a county deems that local benefits accrue to any property served by such proposed limited access facility, it shall by resolution determine the amount or percentage of cost thereof to be paid for by spe…

(a) The governing body of the city or the board of county commissioners shall have authority to contract for the services of consulting engineers to make the necessary surveys, plats, plans, profiles, specifications, estimates, furnish construction stakes and supervise constructi…

(a) Upon the filing of such plans and estimates with the City or county clerk, the governing body of the city or the board of county commissioners shall examine the same and if found satisfactory shall, by resolution, adopt and approve the same. (b) The resolution shall be publis…

The governing body of the city or the board of county commissioners shall promptly rule on the sufficiency of any such protest. No action or suit to question the ruling on such sufficiency or to contest the action of the governing body or the Board in adopting and approving the p…

To the extent that the governing body or board of county commissioners deems the acquisition of property necessary in the establishment of such limited access facility, the city or the county shall have full authority under the laws of eminent domain to acquire the real estate; p…

(a) After the expiration of time for objection on the part of the property owners, or if insufficient protest is filed, the governing body of the city or the board of county commissioners shall adopt a resolution determining that no protest has been filed, or that such protest, i…

(a) At the time and place specified in the notice to contractors, the governing body or the board of county commissioners shall examine all bids received and, without unnecessary delay, award the contract to the lowest and best bidder, who will perform the work and furnish the ma…

(a) From the action of the governing body or the board of county commissioners there shall be allowed an appeal to the district court by any person owning lands in the assessment area, upon filing a bond with sufficient penalty, not less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), wit…

(a) All monies required to be paid by the governing body of the board of county commissioners by reason of condemnation proceedings, and to the extent that the same are to be eventually paid by assessments levied in accordance with this article, shall be furnished by the contract…

(a) When a railroad or railway shall occupy any portion of a limited access facility with its tracks, either running in a general direction thereto or otherwise, the governing body or the board of county commissioners or the Commission may require such railroad or railway company…

(a) After the work covered by the contract has been completed, the engineer shall prepare and file with the city or county clerk a final, complete and accurate statement of the cost of the work covered by the contract. Such statement shall cover the engineering, appraising, adver…

(a) Within five (5) days after being notified of their appointment, the commissioners shall proceed to appraise and apportion the benefits to such lots and tracts of land, exclusive of streets and alleys, as are located within the assessment district, after having taken an oath t…

When the report shall have been so returned, the governing body of the city or board of county commissioners shall appoint a time for holding a session to hear any complaints or objections that may be made concerning the apportionment. Notice of such hearing shall be published by…

The governing body of the city or the board of county commissioners at such session, or at any adjournment thereof, shall have the power to review, modify or correct the appraisement and apportionment, and to raise or lower the same as to any lots or parcels of land, as it shall …

Any property which shall be owned by the city or county, or a school district, shall be treated and considered the same as the property of other owners, and such city, county, or school district within such district to be assessed shall annually provide by the levy of taxes in su…

Assessments in conformity to the appraisement and apportionment as corrected and confirmed by the governing body of the city or the board of county commissioners shall be payable, in cash, in ten equal installments, and shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed seven percent (7…

(a) In the event condemnation proceedings have been instituted in connection with the construction of such limited access facility and interim certificates have been issued by the governing body or board of county commissioners in accordance with this article, at such time as all…

(a) All special assessments made under the provisions of this article and each installment and interest thereon are hereby declared to be a lien against the lots, tracts and pieces of land so assessed from the date of the publication of the ordinances or the adoption of the resol…

(a) The first installment of such assessment, together with interest upon the whole assessment from the date of the passage of the assessing ordinance or resolution to the first of the next September, shall be due and payable on or before the 1st day of September, next succeeding…

(a) The governing body of the city or the board of county commissioners after the expiration of thirty (30) days from the publication of the assessing ordinance or resolution, within which period the whole of any assessment may be paid without interest, shall provide by resolutio…

The bonds in the amount that may be necessary for such purpose shall be turned over and delivered to the contractor in payment of the amount due and payment of the cost of construction in accordance with the terms of his contract, including advertising, engineering and appraising…

(a) The assessments provided for and levied under the provisions of this article shall be payable in cash as the several installments become due, together with the interest thereon, to the clerk of such city or the county treasurer, as appropriate, who shall give proper receipts …

(a) The holder of any improvement bond issued under the provisions of this article shall have the right to institute, in the name of the city or county issuing such bond, an action in the district court of the county in which such property is located to foreclose the lien of such…

(a) No suit shall be sustained to set aside any assessment or to enjoin the governing body of any city or the board of county commissioners from levying or collecting any such assessment or installment thereof or interest or penalty thereon, or issuing the bonds, or providing for…

Upon the completion of the improvement, the governing body of the city or the board of county commissioners shall determine whether or not such work has been completed in accordance with the plans, profiles, specifications and contract therefor, and if found to be in compliance t…

Any county or city shall have authority to pay all or any part of the cost of acquiring all or any part of any right-of-way necessary for the establishment of any such "limited access facilities" out of general funds or the proceeds of bonds voted for such purpose, whether such r…