Okla. Stat. tit. 3, § 3-529
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Additional powers of board — Limitation on powers
Official statutory text
A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, in
addition to other powers granted by the Oklahoma Space Industry
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 3. Aircraft and Airports Page 141
Development Act, for the purposes of operating, maintaining, and
providing for the safety of a spaceport the Board of Directors shall
have the power within any spaceport territory to:
1. Regulate, restrict and determine the location, height,
number of stories, size, cubic contents, area and design, and the
erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration and repair of
buildings and other structures for space industry development,
trade, industry, commerce, residence and other purposes, and the
materials used in the construction thereof; the number, location,
height, size, appearance and use of billboards and all other
advertising signs, banners, handbills and devices; the percentage
and portion of lots and land that may be occupied or built on;
setback lines; the density of population; the use of buildings,
structures, land and water for trade, industries, commerce, and
residences and any and all other purposes; the location, size and
plan of spaceport facilities, launch pads, ranges, payload assembly
and processing facilities, parks and recreational areas, commercial
and industrial facilities, public and private utilities, traffic,
parking facilities and drainage and water control facilities; and to
appoint inspectors;
2. Adopt rules to prohibit or control the pollution of air and
water, and to require certain location and placement of electrical
power, telephone and other utility lines, cables, pipes, and ducts;
and
3. Divide any spaceport territory into zones or districts of
such number, shape and area as the Board may deem best suited to
carry out the purposes of the Oklahoma Space Industry Development
Act, and within and for each such district adopt rules and
restrictions as provided for in this section.
B. The Authority may not exercise any of its powers as provided
for in this section in a manner that prohibits:
1. The agricultural use of land that is located within a
spaceport territory and is not acquired by the Authority under the
provisions of Section 5210 of this title;
2. Continued access to water for such land for agricultural
purposes; and
3. The erection of outbuildings and personal residences on such
land, subject to population density restrictions prescribed by the
Authority to comply with federal requirements for licensure as a
spaceport; provided, erection of personal residences shall not
include subdivision of land for the purpose of constructing and
selling houses.
addition to other powers granted by the Oklahoma Space Industry
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 3. Aircraft and Airports Page 141
Development Act, for the purposes of operating, maintaining, and
providing for the safety of a spaceport the Board of Directors shall
have the power within any spaceport territory to:
1. Regulate, restrict and determine the location, height,
number of stories, size, cubic contents, area and design, and the
erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration and repair of
buildings and other structures for space industry development,
trade, industry, commerce, residence and other purposes, and the
materials used in the construction thereof; the number, location,
height, size, appearance and use of billboards and all other
advertising signs, banners, handbills and devices; the percentage
and portion of lots and land that may be occupied or built on;
setback lines; the density of population; the use of buildings,
structures, land and water for trade, industries, commerce, and
residences and any and all other purposes; the location, size and
plan of spaceport facilities, launch pads, ranges, payload assembly
and processing facilities, parks and recreational areas, commercial
and industrial facilities, public and private utilities, traffic,
parking facilities and drainage and water control facilities; and to
appoint inspectors;
2. Adopt rules to prohibit or control the pollution of air and
water, and to require certain location and placement of electrical
power, telephone and other utility lines, cables, pipes, and ducts;
and
3. Divide any spaceport territory into zones or districts of
such number, shape and area as the Board may deem best suited to
carry out the purposes of the Oklahoma Space Industry Development
Act, and within and for each such district adopt rules and
restrictions as provided for in this section.
B. The Authority may not exercise any of its powers as provided
for in this section in a manner that prohibits:
1. The agricultural use of land that is located within a
spaceport territory and is not acquired by the Authority under the
provisions of Section 5210 of this title;
2. Continued access to water for such land for agricultural
purposes; and
3. The erection of outbuildings and personal residences on such
land, subject to population density restrictions prescribed by the
Authority to comply with federal requirements for licensure as a
spaceport; provided, erection of personal residences shall not
include subdivision of land for the purpose of constructing and
selling houses.
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