Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1271: Legislative intent - Authority of State Highway

Department.

For the purpose of promoting the public safety, health, welfare,

convenience and enjoyment of public travel, to protect the public

investment in public highways, and to preserve and enhance the

scenic beauty of lands bordering public highways, while recognizing

that outdoor advertising is a legitimate use of private property, it

is hereby declared to be in the public interest to control the size,

number, spacing, lighting, type and location of outdoor advertising

devices, as hereinafter defined, in all areas within six hundred

sixty (660) feet from the edge of the right-of-way of interstate and

federal-aid primary highways located within urban areas, as

hereinafter defined, in the State of Oklahoma and in all areas

visible and intended to be read from the main traveled way of

interstate and federal-aid primary highways located outside of urban

areas in the State of Oklahoma. The Department of Transportation

shall have the authority to implement and enforce this act, and may

prohibit outdoor advertising devices in the control areas, and may

regulate and permit certain outdoor advertising structures and

devices in the control areas, within the limitations of this act and

according to the standards and definitions set forth in this act.