Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-43-101.1
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Restriction of use of or prohibition of future use of
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property within certain military installation areas.
A. Any municipality in this state that is wholly or in part
within an Air Installation Compatible Use Zone (AICUZ) study area,
Joint Land Use Study (JLUS) area, Army Compatible Use Buffer (ACUB),
or an Environmental Noise Management Plan (ENMP) of an active duty,
National Guard or Reserve military installation may enact a city
ordinance restricting or prohibiting future uses for that
incorporated area which lies within the AICUZ, JLUS, ACUB, or ENMP
area and which may expose residents to noise greater than sixty-five
(65) Day-Night Noise Level (DNL) or accident potential that could
affect the public health, safety, and welfare, or interfere with
military operations, including aircraft operations. Such authority
shall not extend into the corporate limits of another municipality.
B. The ordinance shall restrict or prohibit future uses within
the AICUZ or JLUS area which:
1. Release into the air any substance which would impair
visibility or otherwise interfere with military operations,
including ground operations, such as steam, dust or smoke unless the
substance is generated from agricultural use;
2. Produce light emissions, either directly, or indirectly or
by reflective light, which would interfere with pilot vision, and
aerial or ground-based night vision training;
3. Produce electrical emissions which would interfere with
military ground and aircraft communications and navigation
equipment;
4. Attract birds or waterfowl including, but not limited to,
operation of sanitary landfills and maintenance of feeding stations;
5. Provide for structures within ten (10) feet of defined
aircraft approach, departure, or transitional surfaces; or one
hundred (100) feet beneath a low-level military aircraft training
route as provided by the Federal Aviation Administration;
6. Expose persons to noise greater than sixty-five (65) DNL; or
7. Detract from the aesthetic appearance, or otherwise create
or promote an unsightly, unsanitary or unhealthy appearance of any
entrance into a military installation including, but not limited to,
automobile or truck salvage yards, equipment storage sites or solid
waste storage or disposal sites.
C. The ordinance shall restrict or prohibit future uses within
the AICUZ/JLUS area which violate any Federal Aviation
Administration height restriction in Title 14 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (14 CFR) part 77, Objects Affecting Navigable Airspace.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 11. Cities and Towns Page 471
D. 1. The ordinance shall be consistent with the most current
recommendations or studies made by the United States Air Force
installations located at Altus Air Force Base located in Altus,
Oklahoma, Tinker Air Force Base located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,
and Vance Air Force Base located in Enid, Oklahoma, entitled “Air
Installation Compatible Use Zone Study” or studies made by the
United States Department of the Army installations located at Fort
Sill in Lawton, Oklahoma, entitled “Army Compatible Use Buffers” or
any similar zoning relating to or surrounding a military
installation as adopted by a county, city, or town or any
combination of those governmental entities and shall be consistent
with the most current recommendations; and
2. Interpretations of such ordinance shall consider the
recommendations or studies with a view to protection of the public
health, safety, and welfare and maintenance of safe military and
aircraft operations, and assure sustainability of installation
missions.
E. Subject to the provisions and requirements of paragraph 1 of
subsection D of this section, the ordinance shall not prohibit
single-family residential use on tracts of one (1) acre or more in
area, provided that future construction shall comply with the
“Guidelines for the Sound Insulation of Residences Exposed to
Aircraft Operations, Wyle Research Report WR 89-7". Such
allation
missions.
E. Subject to the provisions and requirements of paragraph 1 of
subsection D of this section, the ordinance shall not prohibit
single-family residential use on tracts of one (1) acre or more in
area, provided that future construction shall comply with the
“Guidelines for the Sound Insulation of Residences Exposed to
Aircraft Operations, Wyle Research Report WR 89-7". Such
construction shall be regulated and inspected by the municipality’s
existing building permit and inspection ordinances and procedures.
A. Any municipality in this state that is wholly or in part
within an Air Installation Compatible Use Zone (AICUZ) study area,
Joint Land Use Study (JLUS) area, Army Compatible Use Buffer (ACUB),
or an Environmental Noise Management Plan (ENMP) of an active duty,
National Guard or Reserve military installation may enact a city
ordinance restricting or prohibiting future uses for that
incorporated area which lies within the AICUZ, JLUS, ACUB, or ENMP
area and which may expose residents to noise greater than sixty-five
(65) Day-Night Noise Level (DNL) or accident potential that could
affect the public health, safety, and welfare, or interfere with
military operations, including aircraft operations. Such authority
shall not extend into the corporate limits of another municipality.
B. The ordinance shall restrict or prohibit future uses within
the AICUZ or JLUS area which:
1. Release into the air any substance which would impair
visibility or otherwise interfere with military operations,
including ground operations, such as steam, dust or smoke unless the
substance is generated from agricultural use;
2. Produce light emissions, either directly, or indirectly or
by reflective light, which would interfere with pilot vision, and
aerial or ground-based night vision training;
3. Produce electrical emissions which would interfere with
military ground and aircraft communications and navigation
equipment;
4. Attract birds or waterfowl including, but not limited to,
operation of sanitary landfills and maintenance of feeding stations;
5. Provide for structures within ten (10) feet of defined
aircraft approach, departure, or transitional surfaces; or one
hundred (100) feet beneath a low-level military aircraft training
route as provided by the Federal Aviation Administration;
6. Expose persons to noise greater than sixty-five (65) DNL; or
7. Detract from the aesthetic appearance, or otherwise create
or promote an unsightly, unsanitary or unhealthy appearance of any
entrance into a military installation including, but not limited to,
automobile or truck salvage yards, equipment storage sites or solid
waste storage or disposal sites.
C. The ordinance shall restrict or prohibit future uses within
the AICUZ/JLUS area which violate any Federal Aviation
Administration height restriction in Title 14 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (14 CFR) part 77, Objects Affecting Navigable Airspace.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 11. Cities and Towns Page 471
D. 1. The ordinance shall be consistent with the most current
recommendations or studies made by the United States Air Force
installations located at Altus Air Force Base located in Altus,
Oklahoma, Tinker Air Force Base located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,
and Vance Air Force Base located in Enid, Oklahoma, entitled “Air
Installation Compatible Use Zone Study” or studies made by the
United States Department of the Army installations located at Fort
Sill in Lawton, Oklahoma, entitled “Army Compatible Use Buffers” or
any similar zoning relating to or surrounding a military
installation as adopted by a county, city, or town or any
combination of those governmental entities and shall be consistent
with the most current recommendations; and
2. Interpretations of such ordinance shall consider the
recommendations or studies with a view to protection of the public
health, safety, and welfare and maintenance of safe military and
aircraft operations, and assure sustainability of installation
missions.
E. Subject to the provisions and requirements of paragraph 1 of
subsection D of this section, the ordinance shall not prohibit
single-family residential use on tracts of one (1) acre or more in
area, provided that future construction shall comply with the
“Guidelines for the Sound Insulation of Residences Exposed to
Aircraft Operations, Wyle Research Report WR 89-7". Such
allation
missions.
E. Subject to the provisions and requirements of paragraph 1 of
subsection D of this section, the ordinance shall not prohibit
single-family residential use on tracts of one (1) acre or more in
area, provided that future construction shall comply with the
“Guidelines for the Sound Insulation of Residences Exposed to
Aircraft Operations, Wyle Research Report WR 89-7". Such
construction shall be regulated and inspected by the municipality’s
existing building permit and inspection ordinances and procedures.
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