Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1208
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Structures in right-of-way or street prohibited - Public
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nuisance.
A. The rights-of-way acquired by the Department of
Transportation or a county shall be held inviolate for state
highway, departmental, or county purposes, and no physical or
functional encroachments or uses shall be permitted within such
rights-of-way.
B. It shall be unlawful for any person to construct, maintain
or operate any gasoline pump, driveway canopy, building, sign,
fence, post, or any thing or structure on or overhanging any right-
of-way, or upon or overhanging any street occupied by a designated
state or federal highway, or county roads and the construction or
maintaining of any such thing or structure on or overhanging any
federal or state highway or county roads shall constitute a public
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nuisance, which may be summarily abated by the Commission or board
of county commissioners or its officers, agents, servants and
employees in the manner provided in this article.
C. This section shall not apply to the lawful use of such
rights-of-way for the erection and operation of facilities of a
public utility, or companies engaged in the activities defined in
Section 137.1 of Title 52 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
D. This section shall not apply to the placement, by the county
commissioners or the board of directors of a fire protection
district or the designees of either, of signage indicating that
restrictions on outdoor burning are in effect pursuant to Section
901.8 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Such signage may be
placed on the right-of-way, provided such placement is made in
coordination with the Department of Transportation. When
restrictions on outdoor burning are no longer in effect, the signage
shall be removed from the right-of-way by the entity that placed it.
A. The rights-of-way acquired by the Department of
Transportation or a county shall be held inviolate for state
highway, departmental, or county purposes, and no physical or
functional encroachments or uses shall be permitted within such
rights-of-way.
B. It shall be unlawful for any person to construct, maintain
or operate any gasoline pump, driveway canopy, building, sign,
fence, post, or any thing or structure on or overhanging any right-
of-way, or upon or overhanging any street occupied by a designated
state or federal highway, or county roads and the construction or
maintaining of any such thing or structure on or overhanging any
federal or state highway or county roads shall constitute a public
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 69. Roads, Bridges, and Ferries Page 121
nuisance, which may be summarily abated by the Commission or board
of county commissioners or its officers, agents, servants and
employees in the manner provided in this article.
C. This section shall not apply to the lawful use of such
rights-of-way for the erection and operation of facilities of a
public utility, or companies engaged in the activities defined in
Section 137.1 of Title 52 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
D. This section shall not apply to the placement, by the county
commissioners or the board of directors of a fire protection
district or the designees of either, of signage indicating that
restrictions on outdoor burning are in effect pursuant to Section
901.8 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Such signage may be
placed on the right-of-way, provided such placement is made in
coordination with the Department of Transportation. When
restrictions on outdoor burning are no longer in effect, the signage
shall be removed from the right-of-way by the entity that placed it.
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