Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-866.30
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Exemptions from zoning regulations
Official statutory text
A. The zoning power conferred herein shall not apply to the
erection or use of the usual farm buildings for agricultural
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 369
purposes or to the planting of agricultural crops, to the extraction
of oil or natural gas, or to forestry activities.
B. The power of the board to establish building and
construction codes shall not apply to:
1. A single family residence located on a separate parcel of
land under one ownership, containing twenty (20) acres or more in
area;
2. Any lands which, as of the effective date hereof:
a. are devoted to manufacturing and/or industrial use, or
b. have been acquired by any owner for expansion of
facilities devoted to manufacturing and/or industrial
use, so long as such use or ownership continues;
3. The acquisition of property or easements for or the
installation, construction, maintenance or use of structures,
facilities and property of electric cooperatives or public utilities
subject to the jurisdiction of the Corporation Commission of the
State of Oklahoma, or other similar state or federal body.
C. For purposes of this section, the term “forestry activity”
means any activity associated with the reforesting, growing,
managing, protecting and harvesting of timber, wood and forest
products 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.
erection or use of the usual farm buildings for agricultural
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 369
purposes or to the planting of agricultural crops, to the extraction
of oil or natural gas, or to forestry activities.
B. The power of the board to establish building and
construction codes shall not apply to:
1. A single family residence located on a separate parcel of
land under one ownership, containing twenty (20) acres or more in
area;
2. Any lands which, as of the effective date hereof:
a. are devoted to manufacturing and/or industrial use, or
b. have been acquired by any owner for expansion of
facilities devoted to manufacturing and/or industrial
use, so long as such use or ownership continues;
3. The acquisition of property or easements for or the
installation, construction, maintenance or use of structures,
facilities and property of electric cooperatives or public utilities
subject to the jurisdiction of the Corporation Commission of the
State of Oklahoma, or other similar state or federal body.
C. For purposes of this section, the term “forestry activity”
means any activity associated with the reforesting, growing,
managing, protecting and harvesting of timber, wood and forest
products 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.
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