Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-866.12

The commission is hereby empowered to adopt rules and

regulations of uniform application governing plats and subdivisions

of land falling within its jurisdiction. Such regulations shall be

submitted to the council and to the board for approval and shall not

be in force or effect within the corporate limits of the

municipality until approved by the council and shall not be in force

or effect within any part of the county, except within the

municipality, until approved by the council and the board.

For the purpose of this act, a subdivision is defined as any

division of land into two or more lots, parcels, tracts, or areas,

any one of which when divided has an area of less than ten acres, or

any division of land involving the vacation or dedication or right-

of-way or alignment of an existing or proposed street or highway or

public utility easement, or the resubdivision of land heretofore

divided into lots, sites or parcels.

Such regulations shall be designed to secure and provide for the

proper arrangement of streets or other highways in relation to

existing or planned streets or other highways or to the

comprehensive plan or plans of the area; for adequate and convenient

open spaces for traffic, utilities, access of fire-fighting

apparatus, parking lots, parks, playgrounds, light and air; and for

the avoidance of congestion of population. Such regulations may

include provisions as to the extent to which streets and other

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highways shall be graded and improved and to which water, sewer, or

other utility mains, piping and other facilities shall be installed

or assured as a condition precedent to the approval of the plat; the

council and/or the board are hereby authorized to prepare such

specifications and to make such order, inspections, examinations,

and certificates as may be necessary to protect and carry out such

regulations and make them effective, and to charge fees to services

rendered and benefits involved as hereinafter provided or as may be

provided by the respective governing bodies.

Such rules and regulations shall provide for the modification

thereof by the commission in specific cases where unusual

topographical or other exceptional conditions may require the same.

Such regulations shall provide for a tentative approval of the plat

previous to the installation of such improvements and facilities,

provided, that any such tentative approval shall be revocable and

shall not be entered on the plat. Such regulations may provide that

in lieu of the completion of the construction of the required

improvements and facilities prior to the final approval of the plat,

the board of council may accept bond in an amount and with surety

and conditions satisfactory to them, providing for and securing to

the council and board the actual construction of such improvement

and facilities within a specified period, and the council and board

are hereby granted the power to enforce such bond by legal and

equitable remedies. Such rules and regulations shall be adopted,

changed, or amended only after a public hearing has been held

thereon by the commission. Such hearing may be adjourned from time

to time. The adoption of the rules and regulations or amendments

thereto, as above provided, shall be by resolution carried by not

less than a majority of the full membership of the commission. Upon

adoption by the commission, and upon approval by the board and

council such rules and regulations or amendments thereto shall be

certified to the county clerk of such county and the city clerk of

the municipality for safekeeping and as a public record and shall be

enforced as in this act provided.