Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-868.8

regulations.

From and after the date of the adoption of a plan for major

streets or highways as a part of the master plan for the physical

development of the unincorporated areas of the county and the

adoption of the rules and regulations hereinafter in this section

provided for, no plat of a subdivision of land within the

unincorporated areas of said county shall be recorded in the office

of the county clerk until it shall have been approved by such county

planning commission and such approval be endorsed in writing on the

plat. The approval of the planning commission required by this

section or the refusal to approve shall take place within forty-five

(45) days from and after the submission of the plat for final

approval unless stipulation for additional time is agreed to by the

applicant; otherwise, said plat shall be deemed to have been

approved, and the certificate of the said county planning commission

as to the date of the submission of the plat for approval and the

failure to take action thereon within such time shall be sufficient

in lieu of the written endorsement or evidence of approval herein

required. The ground of refusal or approval of any plat submitted,

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including citation of or reference to the rule or regulation

violated by the plat, shall be stated upon the record of the

commission.

Such county planning commission shall adopt rules and

regulations of uniform application governing plats and subdivisions

of land falling within its jurisdiction. Such regulations shall

provide for: the proper arrangement of streets or other highways in

relation to existing or planned streets or highways or to the master

plan of the county; building lines; open spaces for traffic,

utilities, access of fire fighting apparatus, recreation and light

and air; and the avoidance of congestion of population, including

the minimum width and area of lots. Such rules and regulations

shall not require the dedication to the general public of open

grounds or space other than streets and ways and utility easements,

nor any requirement as to the minimum percentage of lot occupancy,

nor as to height, bulk, location or use of buildings; and minor

streets shall not be required to be wider than sixty (60) feet.

Said regulations may include provisions as to the extent to which

streets and other highways shall be graded and improved and to which

water, sewer and other utility mains, piping or other facilities

shall be installed or assured as a condition precedent to the

approval of the plat; and the board of county commissioners is

hereby authorized to prepare such specifications and to make such

orders, inspections, examinations and certificates as may be

necessary to protect and carry out such provisions and make them

effective. Such general rules shall provide for the modification

thereof by the county planning commission in specific cases where

unusual topographical or other exceptional conditions may require

the same. Said regulations shall provide for tentative approval of

the plat previous to the installation or assurance of such

improvements and facilities; provided that any such tentative

approval shall be revocable and shall not be entered upon the plat.

Such regulations shall provide that, in lieu of the completion of

the construction of the required improvements and facilities prior

to the final approval of the plat, the county planning commission

may accept bond of not less than ten percent (10%) and not to exceed

one hundred percent (100%) of the cost of construction of the

proposed improvements and facilities for the board of county

commissioners in the amount and with surety and conditions

satisfactory to it, providing for and securing to the board of

county commissioners the actual construction of such improvements

and facilities within a period specified by the county planning
) and not to exceed

one hundred percent (100%) of the cost of construction of the

proposed improvements and facilities for the board of county

commissioners in the amount and with surety and conditions

satisfactory to it, providing for and securing to the board of

county commissioners the actual construction of such improvements

and facilities within a period specified by the county planning

commission, and the board of county commissioners is hereby granted

the power to enforce such bond by all legal and equitable remedies.

Such regulations shall be adopted, changed or amended only after a

public hearing has been held thereon. Upon adoption, said general

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rules shall be certified to the board of county commissioners and to

the county clerk.

If the governing body of a city or town protests against a

subdivision plat of any land lying within three (3) miles of the

limits of the incorporated area of such city or town, the plat shall

be approved only by a favorable vote of two-thirds (2/3) of the

whole membership of the county planning commission with the reasons

therefor spread upon its minutes.