Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-47-109
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Legal status of official plan - Approval by commission
Official statutory text
Whenever the commission shall have adopted the master plan of
the municipality or of one or more major sections or districts
thereof no street, square, park, or other public way, ground, or
open space, or public building or structure, or other government
enterprise, shall be constructed or authorized in the municipality
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 11. Cities and Towns Page 501
or in the planned section and district until the location, character
and extent thereof shall have been submitted to and approved by the
commission. In the case of disapproval, the commission shall
communicate its specific findings and reasons for disapproval in
writing to the council, which shall have the power to overrule the
disapproval by a recorded vote of not less than two-thirds of all
its members. If the authorization or financing of the public way,
ground, space, building, structure, or other governmental
enterprise, does not fall within the province of the council, under
the law or charter provisions governing same, the submission to the
commission shall be by the board, commission or body having
jurisdiction, and the commission's disapproval may be overruled by
the board, commission or body having jurisdiction by a vote of not
less than two-thirds of all its members. If the sponsoring agency
is appointive and not elected, the disapproval of the commission
cannot be overridden except by a vote of not less than two-thirds of
all the members of the council. The failure of the commission to
act within sixty (60) days after the date of official submission to
the commission shall be deemed approval.
the municipality or of one or more major sections or districts
thereof no street, square, park, or other public way, ground, or
open space, or public building or structure, or other government
enterprise, shall be constructed or authorized in the municipality
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 11. Cities and Towns Page 501
or in the planned section and district until the location, character
and extent thereof shall have been submitted to and approved by the
commission. In the case of disapproval, the commission shall
communicate its specific findings and reasons for disapproval in
writing to the council, which shall have the power to overrule the
disapproval by a recorded vote of not less than two-thirds of all
its members. If the authorization or financing of the public way,
ground, space, building, structure, or other governmental
enterprise, does not fall within the province of the council, under
the law or charter provisions governing same, the submission to the
commission shall be by the board, commission or body having
jurisdiction, and the commission's disapproval may be overruled by
the board, commission or body having jurisdiction by a vote of not
less than two-thirds of all its members. If the sponsoring agency
is appointive and not elected, the disapproval of the commission
cannot be overridden except by a vote of not less than two-thirds of
all the members of the council. The failure of the commission to
act within sixty (60) days after the date of official submission to
the commission shall be deemed approval.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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