Title 19, Title 19 — Counties and County Officers

The territorial jurisdiction of the municipality as respects administering and enforcing of rules and regulations as in this act provided, shall include all territory located in the municipality, and all other territorial jurisdiction for the purpose of administering and enforcin…

The board of county commissioners of any such county and the city council of such city desiring to avail itself of the provisions of this act shall at any time, set up a metropolitan area planning commission by resolution of the board of county commissioners, entered in the commi…

For the purpose of this act, certain terms are defined as provided in this section. Whenever appropriate, the singular includes the plural and the plural includes the singular. "Municipality" or "municipal" shall mean or relate only to incorporated cities and towns. "Council" mea…

Compensation - Vacancies - Removal. The commission shall consist of the following members: four (4) members appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the council; four (4) members appointed by the board of county commissioners which members shall not be residents of any incorporate…

The commission shall elect its chairman from its appointed members and fill such other offices as it may determine. The term of the chairman shall be one (1) year. The commission shall hold at least one (1) meeting each month and all meetings shall be open to the public. It shall…

cooperation of other agencies. To facilitate effective and harmonious planning of the metropolitan area, the boards and the councils concerned and other county, municipal and local governmental agencies concerned shall submit to the metropolitan planning commission all proposals …

as condition for approval of zoning ordinance. The county commissioners of any county or the governing body of any incorporated city or town or the planning commission of any county, city, or town or the board of adjustment of any county, city, or town or any other governing body…

This act shall not apply in counties of more than four hundred thousand (400,000) population according to the last Federal Decennial Census. Added by Laws 1965, c. 152, § 2, emerg. eff. May 25, 1965.

adjustment. In every county subject to the provisions of this act there are hereby created a county planning commission and a county board of adjustment with the respective powers and duties as set forth in this act. Added by Laws 1972, c. 244, § 1, emerg. eff. April 7, 1972.

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…

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 congesti…

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…

Zoning regulations are hereby defined as regulations restricting the height, number of stories and size of buildings, the percentage of lots that may be occupied, the size of yards, courts and other open spaces, the density of population, the location and use of buildings, struct…

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.

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 …

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 pre…

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 th…

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 l…

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 ad…

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 mo…

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 t…

The county planning commission shall be composed of seven (7) members to be appointed by the board of county commissioners. One member shall be a member of the board of county commissioners and the remaining six members shall be residents of the unincorporated areas of the 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 …

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 …

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.

The county board of adjustment shall be composed of three resident property owners of the county to be appointed by the board of county commissioners. At least one member shall be a resident of the county seat of such county and at least one member shall be duly licensed as an at…

The county planning commission may appoint such employees as it may deem necessary for its work and may contract with planners and other consultants for such services as it may require, and may incur other necessary expenses; provided that the expenditures of the county funds by …

The county planning commission shall hold at least one regular meeting each month. The commission shall elect a chair who shall serve for one (1) year with eligibility for reelection. The commission shall adopt rules of procedure for the transaction of its business, set fees for …

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 con…

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…

regulations. From and after the date of the adoption of a plan for major streets or highways as a part of the master plan for the physical development of the unincorporated areas of the county and the adoption of the rules and regulations hereinafter in this section provided for,…

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,…

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…

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 …

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 pl…

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 norma…

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 subje…

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 boa…

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.

Exclusive, original jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the Supreme Court over all controversies that may arise under the provisions of this article, and any city, town or place being a candidate for the location of any county seat in any such election, shall have a right to a …

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 sew…

A petition shall be filed with the board of county commissioners signed by a majority of the holders of title to lands in the proposed district desiring to be embraced in such district, which petition shall set forth the name of the proposed district, the boundaries of the propos…

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 c…

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, a…

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…

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 spe…

Dissolution. (a) The legal title to all property acquired under this act shall immediately and by operation of law vest in such sewer improvement district in its corporate name and shall be held by such district in trust for, and is hereby dedicated and set apart to, the uses and…

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 an…

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 …

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 distric…