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Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-39-103: Creation of improvement districts - Purpose - Contents

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The governing body of any city may create one or more districts

for the purpose of making or causing to be made any improvement or

combination of improvements that confer special benefit upon

property within the district. Such improvement or combination of

improvements may include the following, without limitation because

of enumeration:

1. Acquisition of property or interest in property when

necessary for any of the purposes authorized by the Improvement

District Act;

2. Opening, creating, widening and extending or altering of

streets to improve paving, and surfacing, constructing and

reconstructing gutters, curbs, sidewalks, crosswalks, driveway

entrances and structures, drainage facilities, and service

connections from sewers, water, gas, electricity and other utility

mains, conduits or pipes;

3. Constructing or improving main and lateral storm water

drains and sanitary sewer systems and facilities;

4. Installation or improvement of street lights and street

lighting systems;

5. Construction or improvement of water mains and waterworks

systems;

6. Improvement of parks, playgrounds and recreational

facilities;

7. Improvement of any street, parking or other facility by

landscaping, or planting of trees, shrubs and other plants;

8. Constructing or improving dikes, levees and other flood

control works, gates, lift stations, bridges and streets appurtenant

thereto;

9. Constructing or improving vehicle and pedestrian bridges,

overpasses and tunnels;

10. Constructing or improving retaining walls and area walls on

public ways or land abutting thereon;

11. Constructing or improving property for off-street parking

facilities, including construction and equipment of buildings

thereon;

12. Constructing or improving pedestrian malls; or

13. Constructing or improving offsite facilities or

infrastructure serving all or a portion of land within a district;

notwithstanding that, such facilities or infrastructure may also

serve areas outside a district, but subject to cost apportionment

requirements of subsection A of Section 39-110 of this title.

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