Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-866.16

A. For the purposes of promoting the public health, safety,

peace, morals, comfort, convenience, prosperity, order and general

welfare, and to lessen danger and congestion of public

transportation and travel, and to secure safety from fire and other

dangers, and to prevent overcrowding of land, and to avoid undue

concentration of population, and to provide adequate police

protection, transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks,

forests, recreational facilities, military and naval facilities, and

other public requirements, and to prevent undue encroachment

thereon, the board of any such county is hereby empowered in

accordance with the conditions and procedure specified in this act,

to regulate:

1. The location, height, bulk, number of stories and size of

buildings and other structures in the areas of the county not

included within the territorial jurisdiction of the municipality as

herein defined;

2. The percentage of the lot or area which may be occupied;

3. The size of yards, courts and other open spaces;

4. The density and distribution of population; and

5. The uses of buildings, structures and land for trade,

industry, residence, recreation, civic and public activities and

other purposes.

B. 1. The zoning power hereby conferred shall not apply to the

erection or use of the usual farm buildings for agricultural

purposes, the planting of agricultural crops or forestry activities.

2. For purposes of this subsection, “forestry activity” means

any activity associated with the reforesting, growing, managing,

protecting and harvesting of timber, wood and forest products

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including, but not limited to, forestry buildings and structures.

The term “forestry activity” shall not pertain to areas and property

which would restrict access to public road construction or right-of-

way.