Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-47-117
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Improvements in unapproved streets
Official statutory text
The municipality shall not accept, lay out, open, improve,
grade, pave, curb, or light any street, or lay or authorize water
mains or sewers or utility connections to be laid in any street,
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 11. Cities and Towns Page 505
within any portion of territory for which the commission shall have
adopted a major street plan, unless the street:
1. Shall have been accepted or opened as or shall otherwise
have received the legal status of a public street prior to the
adoption of the street plan; or
2. Corresponds with a street shown on the official master plan
or with a street on a subdivision plat approved by the commission or
with a street on a street plat made by and adopted by the
commission.
However, the council may accept any street not shown on or not
corresponding with a street on the official master plan or on an
approved subdivision plat or an approved street plat, provided the
ordinance or other measure accepting such street be first submitted
to the city planning commission for its approval, and, if approved
by the commission, be enacted or passed by not less than a majority
of all the members of the council. If the ordinance or other
measure accepting such street is disapproved by the commission, the
ordinance or measure may be enacted or passed by not less than two-
thirds of all the members of the council. A street approved by the
commission upon submission by council, or a street accepted by two-
thirds vote after disapproval by the commission, shall thereupon
have the status of an approved street as fully as though it had been
originally shown on the official master plan or on a subdivision
plat approved by the commission or had been originally platted by
the commission.
grade, pave, curb, or light any street, or lay or authorize water
mains or sewers or utility connections to be laid in any street,
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 11. Cities and Towns Page 505
within any portion of territory for which the commission shall have
adopted a major street plan, unless the street:
1. Shall have been accepted or opened as or shall otherwise
have received the legal status of a public street prior to the
adoption of the street plan; or
2. Corresponds with a street shown on the official master plan
or with a street on a subdivision plat approved by the commission or
with a street on a street plat made by and adopted by the
commission.
However, the council may accept any street not shown on or not
corresponding with a street on the official master plan or on an
approved subdivision plat or an approved street plat, provided the
ordinance or other measure accepting such street be first submitted
to the city planning commission for its approval, and, if approved
by the commission, be enacted or passed by not less than a majority
of all the members of the council. If the ordinance or other
measure accepting such street is disapproved by the commission, the
ordinance or measure may be enacted or passed by not less than two-
thirds of all the members of the council. A street approved by the
commission upon submission by council, or a street accepted by two-
thirds vote after disapproval by the commission, shall thereupon
have the status of an approved street as fully as though it had been
originally shown on the official master plan or on a subdivision
plat approved by the commission or had been originally platted by
the commission.
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