Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-868.3: Personnel and procedure of county board of adjustment

The county board of adjustment shall be composed of three

resident property owners of the county to be appointed by the board

of county commissioners. At least one member shall be a resident of

the county seat of such county and at least one member shall be duly

licensed as an attorney in the State of Oklahoma. The term of each

member shall be three (3) years except that the terms shall be

overlapping and the membership of the board first appointed shall be

for terms of one (1), two (2) and three (3) years, respectively.

The board of county commissioners is hereby authorized to fill

vacancies which may occur in the board and to appoint a substitute

or substitutes to serve in a particular case in which a member or

members shall certify his disqualification. Members may be removed

by the board of county commissioners for cause after a public

hearing held for that purpose, and vacancies shall be filled by

additional appointments. All members of the county board of

adjustment shall serve as such without compensation.

The county board of adjustment shall elect its own chairman and

shall adopt rules of procedure consistent with the provisions of the

zoning regulations and the provisions of this act. The chairman, or

in his absence the acting chairman, may administer oaths and compel

the attendance of witnesses. All hearings of the county board of

adjustment shall be open to the public, and minutes shall be kept of

all proceedings and official actions, which minutes shall be filed

in the office of the board and shall be a public record. The board

of adjustment shall fix a reasonable time for the hearing of any

appeal and every appeal shall be heard within sixty (60) days from

the date of filing.

Notice of hearings before the county board of adjustment shall

be given by at least one (1) publication in a newspaper of general

circulation in the county and by mail to the record owners of lands

contiguous to the affected area at least fifteen (15) days prior to

the date of such hearing.