Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-865.63
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Appeals to county board of adjustment
Official statutory text
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 345
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 inspecting officer in
administering the commission's rules and regulations. Such appeals
shall be taken within a period of not more than ten (10) days, by
filing written notice with the county board of adjustment and the
county inspecting officer, stating the grounds thereof. An appeal
from the county board of adjustment shall stay all proceedings in
furtherance of the action appealed from unless the officer from whom
the appeal is taken shall certify to the board of adjustment that by
reason of facts stated in the certificate a stay would, in his
opinion, cause imminent peril to life or property. The county board
of adjustment shall have the following powers and it shall be its
duty:
To hear and decide appeals where it is alleged that there is
error of law in any order, requirement, decision or determination
made by the county inspecting officer in the enforcement of the
commission's rules and regulations.
In exercising the above powers, such board of adjustment may, in
conformity with the provisions of this act, reverse or affirm wholly
or partly, or may modify the order, requirement, decision or
determination as ought to be made, and to that end shall have all
the powers of the officer from whom the appeal is taken.
In acting upon any appeal, such board of adjustment shall, in
its consideration of and decision thereon, apply the principles,
standards and objectives set forth and contained in all applicable
regulations and plans as adopted.
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 inspecting officer in
administering the commission's rules and regulations. Such appeals
shall be taken within a period of not more than ten (10) days, by
filing written notice with the county board of adjustment and the
county inspecting officer, stating the grounds thereof. An appeal
from the county board of adjustment shall stay all proceedings in
furtherance of the action appealed from unless the officer from whom
the appeal is taken shall certify to the board of adjustment that by
reason of facts stated in the certificate a stay would, in his
opinion, cause imminent peril to life or property. The county board
of adjustment shall have the following powers and it shall be its
duty:
To hear and decide appeals where it is alleged that there is
error of law in any order, requirement, decision or determination
made by the county inspecting officer in the enforcement of the
commission's rules and regulations.
In exercising the above powers, such board of adjustment may, in
conformity with the provisions of this act, reverse or affirm wholly
or partly, or may modify the order, requirement, decision or
determination as ought to be made, and to that end shall have all
the powers of the officer from whom the appeal is taken.
In acting upon any appeal, such board of adjustment shall, in
its consideration of and decision thereon, apply the principles,
standards and objectives set forth and contained in all applicable
regulations and plans as adopted.
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