Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-32-116

Lease of parking stations by municipality.

A. For the purposes of this article, the right of public use

and of the enjoyment of the streets and alleys within any

municipality, heretofore or hereafter dedicated or otherwise

established, is hereby declared to constitute an easement on the

land upon which the streets and alleys are located. Such easement

is hereby vested in the State of Oklahoma with all incidents of

ownership thereof, except as provided in subsection B of this

section; provided, that the management of such easements located

within any municipality is hereby delegated to the municipality

except insofar as the management of the easements has been, or

hereafter shall be expressly restricted by law. The proprietary

right in the easements and the management thereof shall not operate

to alter, impair or divest in any manner whatsoever the state or any

of its political subdivisions to the extent of any delegation by the

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state of the governmental control and regulation of the use and

enjoyment of streets and alleys as thoroughfares.

B. All improvements made to any street or alley and all

maintenance and repair thereof shall be effected solely pursuant to

the governmental control and regulation of the streets and alleys as

thoroughfares; and the ownership and management of the easements

described herein as such shall not include the right of improvement

or maintenance of the easements.

C. For the purpose of expediting traffic and the use and

enjoyment by the public of the easements described herein for

throughfares, each municipality to which management thereof is

delegated may prohibit parking or may designate specific portions of

the easements for limited use for vehicle parking; may prescribe the

limitations of such use for specified periods of time; may fix and

collect a fee or charge for such limited and special use by vehicle

operators, which fee or charge may be required to be paid in advance

for each specified period of time; may lease designated portions of

the easements for the operation of limited vehicle parking thereon

upon the condition that the lessee under any such lease shall make

no greater charges for vehicle parking on the leased portion or

different periods of parking use than shall be specified in the

lease. Each municipality, by ordinance, may protect any self-

operated or leased parking stations or any portions of the easements

designated for prohibited or limited vehicular parking from

unauthorized trespass, may penalize violations, and authorize the

removal and impoundment and sale for costs of removal and penalties

of any trespassing vehicle. All revenues derived from fees and

charges by any municipality and all lease rentals from the leasing

of the easements shall be received by the municipality as

compensation for its management of the easements.

D. Any lease made pursuant to this article shall constitute an

enforceable contract between the respective municipality and its

lessee, and shall not be impaired by any action of the municipality

during its effective term. Nothing herein appearing to the contrary

shall imply any surrender, divestiture, limitation or impairment of

any lawful governmental power of the state or any of its political

subdivisions in relation to any subject whatsoever.