Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-868.10
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After the board of county commissioners shall have established
building or set-back lines on such major highways, no new building
or structure shall be erected within such building or set-back lines
outside the corporate limits of any city or town, and no permit for
such building shall be issued by the county engineer who is hereby
designated as the officer to administer and enforce such building or
set-back line regulations. The county board of adjustment,
hereinbefore created, shall hear appeals of any property owner
aggrieved by such building line regulations. Said board of
adjustment shall have the power to modify or vary the building or
set-back line regulations in specific cases, in order that
unwarranted hardship, which constitutes an unreasonable deprivation
of uses as distinguished from a mere grant of privilege, may be
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 378
avoided, the intended purpose of the regulations strictly observed,
and the public welfare and public safety protected.
building or set-back lines on such major highways, no new building
or structure shall be erected within such building or set-back lines
outside the corporate limits of any city or town, and no permit for
such building shall be issued by the county engineer who is hereby
designated as the officer to administer and enforce such building or
set-back line regulations. The county board of adjustment,
hereinbefore created, shall hear appeals of any property owner
aggrieved by such building line regulations. Said board of
adjustment shall have the power to modify or vary the building or
set-back line regulations in specific cases, in order that
unwarranted hardship, which constitutes an unreasonable deprivation
of uses as distinguished from a mere grant of privilege, may be
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 378
avoided, the intended purpose of the regulations strictly observed,
and the public welfare and public safety protected.
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