Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-866.17
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Division into districts or zones
Official statutory text
Whenever the commission of such county shall make and certify to
the board of county commissioners of such county a zoning plan,
including both the full text of the zoning resolution and proposed
regulations and map or maps, representing the recommendations of the
commission for the regulation by districts or zones, of 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, and
the percentage of the lot or area which may be occupied, the size of
yards, courts, and other open spaces, the density and distribution
of population, the uses of buildings, structures, and land for
trade, industry, residence, recreation, civic, and public activities
and other purposes, then the board may exercise the powers granted
and, for the purposes mentioned in 19 O.S. 1961, Section 866.16, may
divide the areas of such county located within three miles of such
municipality or within one-fourth mile of a state or federal
highway, and not included within the territorial jurisdiction of the
municipality or within another incorporated municipality, into
districts or zones in such number, shape, and areas as it may
determine and, for said purposes, may regulate the erection,
construction, reconstruction, conversion, alteration, and uses of
buildings and structures and the uses of land. All such regulations
shall be uniform for each class or kind of buildings throughout each
district, but the regulations in one district may differ from those
in other districts. In every county of this state having an
upstream terminal port and turnaround where navigation ends, or in
any county containing all or any part of a reservoir or reservoirs
constructed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, such
county is hereby granted authority, at the discretion of the board
of county commissioners, to divide all or any part of unincorporated
areas of such county into districts or zones in such number, shape,
and areas as it may determine and, for said purposes, may regulate
the erection, construction, reconstruction, conversion, alteration,
and uses of buildings and structures and the uses of land. All such
regulations shall be uniform for each class or kind of buildings
throughout each district, but the regulations in one district may
differ from those in other districts.
the board of county commissioners of such county a zoning plan,
including both the full text of the zoning resolution and proposed
regulations and map or maps, representing the recommendations of the
commission for the regulation by districts or zones, of 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, and
the percentage of the lot or area which may be occupied, the size of
yards, courts, and other open spaces, the density and distribution
of population, the uses of buildings, structures, and land for
trade, industry, residence, recreation, civic, and public activities
and other purposes, then the board may exercise the powers granted
and, for the purposes mentioned in 19 O.S. 1961, Section 866.16, may
divide the areas of such county located within three miles of such
municipality or within one-fourth mile of a state or federal
highway, and not included within the territorial jurisdiction of the
municipality or within another incorporated municipality, into
districts or zones in such number, shape, and areas as it may
determine and, for said purposes, may regulate the erection,
construction, reconstruction, conversion, alteration, and uses of
buildings and structures and the uses of land. All such regulations
shall be uniform for each class or kind of buildings throughout each
district, but the regulations in one district may differ from those
in other districts. In every county of this state having an
upstream terminal port and turnaround where navigation ends, or in
any county containing all or any part of a reservoir or reservoirs
constructed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, such
county is hereby granted authority, at the discretion of the board
of county commissioners, to divide all or any part of unincorporated
areas of such county into districts or zones in such number, shape,
and areas as it may determine and, for said purposes, may regulate
the erection, construction, reconstruction, conversion, alteration,
and uses of buildings and structures and the uses of land. All such
regulations shall be uniform for each class or kind of buildings
throughout each district, but the regulations in one district may
differ from those in other districts.
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