Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-868.3
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Personnel and procedure of county board of adjustment
Official statutory text
The county board of adjustment shall be composed of three
resident property owners of the county to be appointed by the board
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 372
of county commissioners. At least one member shall be a resident of
the county seat of such county and at least one member shall be duly
licensed as an attorney in the State of Oklahoma. The term of each
member shall be three (3) years except that the terms shall be
overlapping and the membership of the board first appointed shall be
for terms of one (1), two (2) and three (3) years, respectively.
The board of county commissioners is hereby authorized to fill
vacancies which may occur in the board and to appoint a substitute
or substitutes to serve in a particular case in which a member or
members shall certify his disqualification. Members may be removed
by the board of county commissioners for cause after a public
hearing held for that purpose, and vacancies shall be filled by
additional appointments. All members of the county board of
adjustment shall serve as such without compensation.
The county board of adjustment shall elect its own chairman and
shall adopt rules of procedure consistent with the provisions of the
zoning regulations and the provisions of this act. The chairman, or
in his absence the acting chairman, may administer oaths and compel
the attendance of witnesses. All hearings of the county board of
adjustment shall be open to the public, and minutes shall be kept of
all proceedings and official actions, which minutes shall be filed
in the office of the board and shall be a public record. The board
of adjustment shall fix a reasonable time for the hearing of any
appeal and every appeal shall be heard within sixty (60) days from
the date of filing.
Notice of hearings before the county board of adjustment shall
be given by at least one (1) publication in a newspaper of general
circulation in the county and by mail to the record owners of lands
contiguous to the affected area at least fifteen (15) days prior to
the date of such hearing.
resident property owners of the county to be appointed by the board
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 372
of county commissioners. At least one member shall be a resident of
the county seat of such county and at least one member shall be duly
licensed as an attorney in the State of Oklahoma. The term of each
member shall be three (3) years except that the terms shall be
overlapping and the membership of the board first appointed shall be
for terms of one (1), two (2) and three (3) years, respectively.
The board of county commissioners is hereby authorized to fill
vacancies which may occur in the board and to appoint a substitute
or substitutes to serve in a particular case in which a member or
members shall certify his disqualification. Members may be removed
by the board of county commissioners for cause after a public
hearing held for that purpose, and vacancies shall be filled by
additional appointments. All members of the county board of
adjustment shall serve as such without compensation.
The county board of adjustment shall elect its own chairman and
shall adopt rules of procedure consistent with the provisions of the
zoning regulations and the provisions of this act. The chairman, or
in his absence the acting chairman, may administer oaths and compel
the attendance of witnesses. All hearings of the county board of
adjustment shall be open to the public, and minutes shall be kept of
all proceedings and official actions, which minutes shall be filed
in the office of the board and shall be a public record. The board
of adjustment shall fix a reasonable time for the hearing of any
appeal and every appeal shall be heard within sixty (60) days from
the date of filing.
Notice of hearings before the county board of adjustment shall
be given by at least one (1) publication in a newspaper of general
circulation in the county and by mail to the record owners of lands
contiguous to the affected area at least fifteen (15) days prior to
the date of such hearing.
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