Title 11, Cities and Towns

If the sale or lease is authorized at the election on the question, and the franchise is granted, then the governing body of the municipality shall convey the utility to the purchaser by proper legal instruments. Laws 1977, c. 256, § 35-205, eff. July 1, 1978.

The Oklahoma State Legislature hereby determines that expenditures of funds for the purposes of the conservation of electricity or natural gas by public agencies is in the public interest. In furtherance of this public interest, municipally owned utilities or public trusts thereo…

The title to streets, roads and public ways within the limits of a municipality which have been dedicated and accepted by the municipal governing body is held by the municipality in trust for public use and enjoyment. A municipal governing body may, in the manner provided by law:…

A. Cities and towns are hereby authorized to construct and provide parking spaces, curb cuts, ramps and signage for physically disabled parking and access for use in conjunction with facilities, both public and private, open to the general public. The city or town may bear the co…

Regardless of the type or character of the existing surface, the municipal governing body may resurface, with such material or materials as the governing body deems proper, any street, avenue, boulevard, lane, or alley, or any part or parts thereof, within the municipality, which…

For constructing and repairing sidewalks, and bringing them to grade for that purpose, the governing body may: 1. Issue or sell bonds in the same manner as provided in Section 22-128 of this title for issuing bonds for public improvements; or 2. Make assessments on all lots and p…

Whenever the municipal governing body deems it necessary for the public safety to repair any sidewalk in the municipality which has been or may hereafter be constructed, it may declare, by resolution, an emergency to exist for the protection of the public safety, by reason whereo…

A. A municipal governing body, by and with the written approval of the State Highway Commission insofar as state and federal highways may be affected, may grant to the United States of America, or any irrigation district, conservancy district, or water users' association, organiz…

The owners of real estate situated in municipalities abutting upon public streets and avenues in the municipality shall have, subject to the lawful supervision of the municipality over its streets, such title to and right to property in 1. Growing trees situated in front of such …

The governing body may prohibit and prevent all encroachments into and upon the sidewalks, streets, avenues, alleys and other property of the municipality, and may provide for the removal of all obstructions from the sidewalks, curbstones, gutters and crosswalks, at the expense o…

A municipal governing body, in its discretion, may execute and deliver to the owners of a building, business or religious institution a quitclaim deed to that part of the municipality's streets or alleys which have been inadvertently encroached by such building or institution und…

When a petition for improvement is presented, or when the municipal governing body shall have determined to pave or otherwise improve any street, avenue, lane, alley or other public place, and shall have passed the required resolution, the governing body shall then have the power…

A municipal governing body may contract for the services of consulting engineers to prepare the necessary surveys, plans, plats, profiles, estimates and all other details for the work of improvements and to supervise the work. The consulting engineer may be a person, firm or corp…

No change of any grade previously established by a municipality shall be made without making due compensation to the owners of abutting property for any damage thereby caused to permanent improvements erected on the abutting property with reference to the grade previously establi…

A. The municipal governing body, in its discretion, may provide for the payment of the cost for improving street intersections and alley crossings out of the general revenues. B. The State Highway Commission is authorized in its sole discretion to enter into agreements with the g…

A. The Department of Transportation may, or the board of county commissioners of any county or federally recognized tribal government shall, by agreement with the governing body of a municipality having a population less than five thousand (5,000) persons, construct, improve, rep…

A municipal governing body which receives money from the state under the motor fuel tax or under the motor vehicle license and registration tax act may expend such money out of the street and alley fund or the street and alley account of the general fund of the municipality for c…

The municipal governing body may contract and pay for the lighting of state and federal highways in unincorporated areas adjacent to the municipality. Laws 1977, c. 256, § 36-115, eff. July 1, 1978.

When a railway occupies any portion of a street with its tracks running in the general direction of the street, either on or adjacent thereto, the railway company shall improve the space between its tracks, and two (2) feet on either side thereof, in the same manner that the rema…

The municipality may require, in addition to the improvement of streets as required in Section 36-116 of this title, that a railway company shall construct sidewalks crossing the tracks or right-of- way of its railways, with such material as the municipality may require by ordina…

A. If the owners of the railway shall fail or refuse to comply with the order of the municipality to make such improvements by paving, chatting, graveling, macadamizing, or building sidewalks as the municipality may direct, or to repair such paving, graveling, macadamizing or sid…

Whenever the municipal governing body deems it to be in the best interest of the municipality to waive or cancel any part or portion of the penalty or penalties belonging to the municipality from delinquent special assessments, the governing body by resolution may waive or cancel…

If all the bonds or warrants secured by assessments in any special assessment district in a municipality have been paid off and retired, and there are any special assessment, assessments or installments thereof remaining in the special assessment district which have not been paid…

When any assessment, assessments, installments thereof, or penalties thereon shall be cancelled, compromised or waived by the governing body, a copy of its resolution, certified by the municipal clerk, shall be presented to the municipal or county official charged with the collec…

The following terms, when used in Sections 36-201 through 36- 226, shall have the meanings respectively provided for them in this section, unless a different definition is given: 1. "Abutting property" shall mean all property within a block liable for assessments for both front a…

A. The owners of more than one-half, in area, of the land liable to assessment for any improvement may petition the municipal governing body for the improvement of any street, alley, lane or avenue, or part thereof, not less than one block in length. The petition shall be filed w…

Whenever the municipal governing body deems it necessary to grade, pave, construct, macadamize, chat or gravel, curb, gutter, drain or otherwise improve any street, alley, avenue, lane or any part thereof which shall have been heretofore paved, within the limits of the municipali…

Upon the filing of the plans, assessment plat, and preliminary estimate of the cost of the improvements with the clerk, the governing body shall examine them and, if found satisfactory, shall adopt and approve them by resolution, and declare such work of improvement necessary to …

A. The resolution of necessity shall be published in six (6) consecutive issues of a daily newspaper, or two (2) consecutive issues of a weekly newspaper, which newspaper shall be of general circulation in the municipality. B. Not less than ten (10) days before the date of the fi…

A. Protests which have been filed in accordance with Section 36-204 of this title shall be heard and considered at the hearing on the proposed improvement. The hearing may be continued from time to time so that all protestants may be heard. B. The findings of the governing body a…

Any property owner, or other person interested in the proposed improvement, shall have the right to institute an action in the district court in the county in which situs of the municipality is located, at any time not later than fifteen (15) days after the action of the municipa…

- Contractor's bonds. A. After the expiration of the time for filing protests against the proposed improvement, or if insufficient protests have been filed, the municipal governing body shall adopt a resolution declaring that no protests have been filed, or if protests have been …

A. The notice of the municipality's advertisement for proposals shall set forth: 1. The streets, avenues, or other public places to be improved; 2. The kind of improvements proposed; 3. That bonds will be required to be executed by the contractor as specified in the resolution or…

At the time and place named in the notice for proposals to contractors, the municipal governing body shall examine all bids received. Without unnecessary delay, the governing body shall award the contract to the lowest and best bidder, who will perform the work and furnish the ma…

A. After the contract has been let and the grading and underground connections have been made, the engineer shall prepare and file with the municipal clerk a final, complete and accurate statement of the cost of the entire improvement, including engineering, appraising, advertisi…

A. After the approval of the final statement of cost and the roster designating the property in the improvement district, the governing body by resolution shall appoint a board of appraisers to appraise and apportion the benefits to the several lots and tracts of land described i…

A. For the purpose of determining the area of assessment, a block shall be deemed to be the area bounded on all sides by streets and avenues, or municipal limits, irrespective of the designation thereof. The lots, pieces or parcels of land fronting or abutting upon any improvemen…

A. When the assessment roll has been filed, the governing body shall set a time for holding a hearing on any complaints or objections that may be made concerning the apportionment as to any of the lots or tracts of land. B. Notice of the hearing shall be published in five (5) con…

Any person, firm or corporation may, at or prior to the hearing on the apportionment, file objections in writing against the validity of the assessment roll or amount of the proposed assessment, specifically setting forth the nature thereof, and shall have full opportunity to be …

Assessments in conformity to the appraisement and apportionment, as corrected and confirmed by the governing body, shall be payable in ten equal annual installments, and shall bear interest at the rate of not to exceed thirteen percent (13%) per annum until paid, payable in each …

Any property which is owned by the municipality, or county, or any board of education or school district shall be treated and considered the same as the property of other owners. The municipality, county, school district, or board of education within the district to be assessed m…

As soon as the assessing ordinance is adopted, the municipal clerk shall prepare a book which shall be known as the Street Assessment Record in which he shall enter: 1. The names of each person owning the land to be assessed as ascertained from the records of the county, or in ca…

A. The first installment of the assessment, together with interest upon the whole assessment from the date of the passage of the assessing ordinance to the first day of the next September, shall be due and payable in cash on or before the first day of September next succeeding th…

A. The municipal clerk shall, not less than thirty (30) days and not more than forty (40) days before the maturity of any installment of an assessment, publish in two (2) successive issues of a daily newspaper, or in one (1) issue of a weekly newspaper, which is of general circul…

The municipal clerk shall be required to execute a good and sufficient bond, with sureties, and in an amount to be approved by the governing body, payable to the municipality, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties conferred upon the clerk as collector of the asse…

A. The municipal clerk, after the date of maturity of any installment and interest and no earlier than the first day of July and no later than the tenth day of July of the following year, shall certify the installment and interest then due to the county treasurer of the county in…

No suit may be sustained to set aside any assessment, nor to contest the area of assessment, nor to enjoin the municipal governing body from levying or collecting any assessment, or installment thereof, or interest or penalty thereon, or issuing the bonds, or providing for their …

Upon the completion of the improvement, the municipal governing body shall determine whether or not the work has been completed in accordance with the plans, profiles, specifications and contract therefor. If the governing body finds the work to be in compliance, it shall accept …

Upon acceptance of the improvements and before the final payment of the contract price, the governing body shall require the contractor performing the work to make and execute a good and sufficient surety bond, or deposit sufficient securities or obligations of the United State o…

If the municipal governing body shall deem it necessary to pave, construct, macadamize, chat or gravel, curb, gutter, drain, or otherwise improve any street, avenue, alley, lane or any part thereof, which shall have been heretofore paved, constructed, macadamized, curbed, guttere…