Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-20-57
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Setback requirements
Official statutory text
A. Except as authorized by this subsection, no liquid animal
waste shall be land applied within five hundred (500) feet of the
nearest corner of an occupied residence not owned or leased by the
owner of the animal feeding operation.
B. Except as provided by Section 20-58 of this title, no
concentrated animal feeding operation shall be established after
September 1, 1997, which is within one (1) mile of ten or more
residences that are occupied residences at the time of the
establishment of the concentrated animal feeding operation.
C. The proscription contained in subsections A and B of this
section shall not apply if the applicable property owner executes a
written waiver with the owner or operator of the animal feeding
operation, under the terms and conditions that the parties
negotiate. The written waiver becomes effective upon recording of
the waiver in the offices of the recorder of deeds in the county
where the property is located. The filed waiver shall preclude
enforcement of the setback requirements contained in subsections A
and B of this section. A change in ownership of the applicable
property or change in the ownership of the property on which the
animal feeding operation is located shall not affect the validity of
the waiver.
D. No liquid animal waste shall be land applied within three
hundred (300) feet of an existing public or private drinking water
well.
E. Except as provided by Section 20-58 of this title, no
concentrated animal feeding operation shall be established after
September 1, 1997, which is located:
1. Within three (3) miles of a state park or resort;
2. On land within three (3) miles of the incorporated limits of
any municipality, unless the municipality's governing body executes
a written waiver of the setback for the particular animal feeding
operation. A change in ownership of the property on which the
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animal feeding operation is located shall not affect the validity of
the waiver;
3. Within three (3) miles of the high water mark of a surface
public water supply if the concentrated animal feeding operation is
located within the drainage basin for the public water supply.
F. All distances between occupied residences and animal feeding
operations shall be measured from the closest corner of the walls of
the occupied residence to the closest point of the nearest waste
facility, as determined by the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture,
Food, and Forestry. The property boundary line of the real property
is not used unless it coincides with the closest point of the waste
facility or occupied residence.
waste shall be land applied within five hundred (500) feet of the
nearest corner of an occupied residence not owned or leased by the
owner of the animal feeding operation.
B. Except as provided by Section 20-58 of this title, no
concentrated animal feeding operation shall be established after
September 1, 1997, which is within one (1) mile of ten or more
residences that are occupied residences at the time of the
establishment of the concentrated animal feeding operation.
C. The proscription contained in subsections A and B of this
section shall not apply if the applicable property owner executes a
written waiver with the owner or operator of the animal feeding
operation, under the terms and conditions that the parties
negotiate. The written waiver becomes effective upon recording of
the waiver in the offices of the recorder of deeds in the county
where the property is located. The filed waiver shall preclude
enforcement of the setback requirements contained in subsections A
and B of this section. A change in ownership of the applicable
property or change in the ownership of the property on which the
animal feeding operation is located shall not affect the validity of
the waiver.
D. No liquid animal waste shall be land applied within three
hundred (300) feet of an existing public or private drinking water
well.
E. Except as provided by Section 20-58 of this title, no
concentrated animal feeding operation shall be established after
September 1, 1997, which is located:
1. Within three (3) miles of a state park or resort;
2. On land within three (3) miles of the incorporated limits of
any municipality, unless the municipality's governing body executes
a written waiver of the setback for the particular animal feeding
operation. A change in ownership of the property on which the
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 2. Agriculture Page 739
animal feeding operation is located shall not affect the validity of
the waiver;
3. Within three (3) miles of the high water mark of a surface
public water supply if the concentrated animal feeding operation is
located within the drainage basin for the public water supply.
F. All distances between occupied residences and animal feeding
operations shall be measured from the closest corner of the walls of
the occupied residence to the closest point of the nearest waste
facility, as determined by the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture,
Food, and Forestry. The property boundary line of the real property
is not used unless it coincides with the closest point of the waste
facility or occupied residence.
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