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Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-863.13: Zoning powers - Structures and equipment exempt

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  1. OK Code
  2. Title 19

For the purposes of promoting the public health, safety, peace,

morals, comfort, convenience, prosperity, order, quality of life,

and general welfare, and to lessen danger and congestion of public

transportation and travel, and to secure safety from fire and other

dangers, and to prevent overcrowding of land, and to avoid undue

concentration of population, and to provide adequate police

protection, transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks,

forests, recreational facilities, military and naval facilities, and

other public requirements, and to prevent undue encroachment

thereon, the council, as respects the municipality and the board of

any such county, as respects the unincorporated areas of the county,

are hereby empowered in accordance with the conditions and procedure

specified in this act, in the areas, respectively, to regulate the

location, height, bulk, number of stories and size of buildings and

other structures, the percentage of the lot or area which may be

occupied, the size of yards, courts and other open spaces, the

density and distribution of population, and the uses of buildings,

structures and land for trade, industry, residence, recreation,

civic and public activities and other purposes.

The zoning power hereby conferred shall not apply to the

erection, installation, and use of structures and equipment, by

public service corporations subject to the jurisdiction and

regulation of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, or other similar

state or federal regulatory bodies; nor to the erection or use of

the usual farm buildings for agricultural purposes or the planning

of agricultural crops.

Collected 2026-09-14T18:32:36Z. Source file · JSON

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