Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-15-102
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Powers of local authorities
Official statutory text
A. The provisions of this title shall not be deemed to prevent
local authorities with respect to streets and highways under their
jurisdiction and within the reasonable exercise of the police power
from:
1. Regulating the standing or parking of vehicles;
2. Regulating traffic by means of police officers or traffic-
control signals;
3. Regulating or prohibiting processions or assemblages on the
highways;
4. Designating particular highways as one-way highways and
requiring that all vehicles thereon be moved in one specific
direction;
5. Regulating the speed of vehicles in public parks;
6. Designating any highway as a through highway and requiring
that all vehicles stop before entering or crossing the same or
designating any intersection as a stop intersection or a yield
intersection and requiring all vehicles to stop or yield at one or
more entrances to such intersection;
7. Restricting the use of highways as authorized in Section 14-
113 of this title;
8. Regulating the operating of bicycles and requiring the
registration and licensing of same, including the requirement of a
registration fee;
9. Regulating or prohibiting the turning of vehicles or
specified types of vehicles at intersections;
10. Altering the speed limits as authorized herein; and
11. Adopting such other traffic regulations as are specifically
authorized by this title.
B. No local authority shall erect or maintain any stop sign or
traffic-control signal at any location so as to require the traffic
on any state or federal highway to stop before entering or crossing
any intersecting highway unless approval in writing has first been
obtained from the Department of Highways.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 47. Motor Vehicles Page 693
C. No ordinance or regulation enacted under paragraph 4, 5, 6,
7 or 10 of subsection A of this section shall be effective until
signs giving notice of such local traffic regulations are posted
upon or at the entrances to the highway or part thereof affected as
may be most appropriate.
local authorities with respect to streets and highways under their
jurisdiction and within the reasonable exercise of the police power
from:
1. Regulating the standing or parking of vehicles;
2. Regulating traffic by means of police officers or traffic-
control signals;
3. Regulating or prohibiting processions or assemblages on the
highways;
4. Designating particular highways as one-way highways and
requiring that all vehicles thereon be moved in one specific
direction;
5. Regulating the speed of vehicles in public parks;
6. Designating any highway as a through highway and requiring
that all vehicles stop before entering or crossing the same or
designating any intersection as a stop intersection or a yield
intersection and requiring all vehicles to stop or yield at one or
more entrances to such intersection;
7. Restricting the use of highways as authorized in Section 14-
113 of this title;
8. Regulating the operating of bicycles and requiring the
registration and licensing of same, including the requirement of a
registration fee;
9. Regulating or prohibiting the turning of vehicles or
specified types of vehicles at intersections;
10. Altering the speed limits as authorized herein; and
11. Adopting such other traffic regulations as are specifically
authorized by this title.
B. No local authority shall erect or maintain any stop sign or
traffic-control signal at any location so as to require the traffic
on any state or federal highway to stop before entering or crossing
any intersecting highway unless approval in writing has first been
obtained from the Department of Highways.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 47. Motor Vehicles Page 693
C. No ordinance or regulation enacted under paragraph 4, 5, 6,
7 or 10 of subsection A of this section shall be effective until
signs giving notice of such local traffic regulations are posted
upon or at the entrances to the highway or part thereof affected as
may be most appropriate.
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