Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-868.11
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Zoning by board of county commissioners
Official statutory text
The board of county commissioners is hereby empowered to adopt
zoning regulations effective in the unincorporated areas of the
county for the purposes of promoting the health, safety, peace,
morals, comfort and the general welfare of the inhabitants;
lessening danger and congestion in public transportation and travel;
securing safety from fire and other dangers; preventing overcrowding
of land; avoiding undue concentration of population; providing
adequate police protection, transportation, water, sewerage,
schools, parks, forests, recreational facilities, airports, military
and naval facilities, and other public requirements; and preventing
undue encroachment thereon. The zoning power hereby conferred shall
not be exercised so as to deprive the owner of any existing property
of its use or maintenance for the purpose to which it is then
lawfully devoted except as hereinafter provided; nor shall the
provisions of this act apply to the erection, installation and use
of structures and equipment by public utilities subject to the
jurisdiction and regulation of the Corporation Commission of the
State of Oklahoma or other similar state or federal regulatory
bodies; nor to the erection or use of the usual farm buildings for
agricultural purposes, the planting of agricultural crops or the
extraction of minerals.
zoning regulations effective in the unincorporated areas of the
county for the purposes of promoting the health, safety, peace,
morals, comfort and the general welfare of the inhabitants;
lessening danger and congestion in public transportation and travel;
securing safety from fire and other dangers; preventing overcrowding
of land; avoiding undue concentration of population; providing
adequate police protection, transportation, water, sewerage,
schools, parks, forests, recreational facilities, airports, military
and naval facilities, and other public requirements; and preventing
undue encroachment thereon. The zoning power hereby conferred shall
not be exercised so as to deprive the owner of any existing property
of its use or maintenance for the purpose to which it is then
lawfully devoted except as hereinafter provided; nor shall the
provisions of this act apply to the erection, installation and use
of structures and equipment by public utilities subject to the
jurisdiction and regulation of the Corporation Commission of the
State of Oklahoma or other similar state or federal regulatory
bodies; nor to the erection or use of the usual farm buildings for
agricultural purposes, the planting of agricultural crops or the
extraction of minerals.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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