{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-11-11-38-106","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-38-106","heading":"Urban renewal plan - Public hearings - Approval and","body":"modification - Disaster areas.\n\nA. The Urban Renewal Authority may itself prepare or cause to\n\nbe prepared an urban renewal plan or any person or agency, public or\n\nprivate, may prepare and submit such a plan to the municipality.\n\nPrior to the approval of an urban renewal plan by the municipal\n\ngoverning body, the plan shall be submitted to the planning\n\ncommission having official planning jurisdiction in the municipality\n\nand such planning commission shall determine if such plan conforms\n\nwith the general plan for its area of operation and the\n\nmunicipality, and the planning commission shall submit its written\n\nrecommendations to the municipality with respect thereto within\n\nsixty (60) days after receipt of the plan.\n\nB. A municipal governing body shall not approve an urban\n\nrenewal plan for an urban renewal area unless such governing body,\n\nby resolution, has determined such area to be a blighted area and\n\ndesignated such area or portion thereof, as appropriate for an urban\n\nrenewal project. The municipal governing body shall not approve an\n\nurban renewal plan or project until a general plan for the\n\nmunicipality has been adopted as the long-range development policy,\n\nand such urban renewal plan shall adhere thereto; provided, however,\n\nthat such general plan must have designated and delineated urban\n\nrenewal areas, established the appropriate reuse of such areas and\n\nestablished priorities for the rehabilitation or clearance and\n\nredevelopment of such areas. The Urban Renewal Authority or a\n\nmunicipality shall not acquire real property for an urban renewal\n\nproject unless the municipal governing body has approved the urban\n\nrenewal plan in accordance with subsection D of this section.\n\nC. Upon receipt of the recommendations of the planning\n\ncommission, or if no recommendations are received within the sixty-\n\nday period, then without such recommendations, the municipal\n\ngoverning body may proceed with the hearing on the proposed urban\n\nrenewal project as prescribed by subsection D of this section.\n\nD. Before adoption of an urban renewal plan or subsequent\n\nsignificant amendments to an urban renewal plan, as determined\n\npursuant to subsection H of this section, the municipal governing\n\nbody shall hold two public hearings after public notice thereof by\n\nposting not less than five public notice signs, each having at least\n\nnine (9) square feet of display area, for a period of fourteen (14)\n\nsuccessive days including the days of the public hearings for which\n\nnotice is being given, in the area affected by the proposed urban\n\nrenewal plan, and shall outline the general nature and scope of the\n\nurban renewal project under consideration. The primary purpose of\n\nthe first hearing will be to provide information and to answer\n\nquestions. A representative of the municipal governing body shall\n\npresent the proposed urban renewal plan. The date of the second\n\npublic hearing shall be announced in the presence of persons in\n\nattendance at the hearing and the date shall be more than seven (7)\n\nsuccessive days after the date of the first public hearing. The\n\npurpose of the second public hearing shall be to give any interested\n\npersons the opportunity to express their views on the proposed or\n\namended urban renewal plan.\n\nE. Notice of the first public hearing shall be given by\n\npublication at least one time not less than fourteen (14) successive\n\ndays prior to the date of the public hearing in a newspaper with\n\ngeneral circulation in the area of operation of the municipality.\n\nAdditionally, a municipal governing body that maintains an Internet\n\nwebsite shall make notices prepared pursuant to this section\n\nregularly available on the website for a period of not less than\n\nfourteen (14) successive days prior to the date of the public\n\nhearing. The notices shall include the following:\n\n1. The time and place of the public hearing;\nthe area of operation of the municipality.\n\nAdditionally, a municipal governing body that maintains an Internet\n\nwebsite shall make notices prepared pursuant to this section\n\nregularly available on the website for a period of not less than\n\nfourteen (14) successive days prior to the date of the public\n\nhearing. The notices shall include the following:\n\n1. The time and place of the public hearing;\n\n2. The boundaries of the proposed urban renewal area by legal\n\ndescription and by street location, if possible, accompanied by a\n\nsketch clearly delineating the area in detail as may be necessary to\n\nadvise the reader of the particular land proposed to be included;\n\n3. A statement that the first public hearing shall be for\n\ninformation and question purposes only with persons being given the\n\nopportunity to be heard at the second public hearing before any\n\nvotes are taken;\n\n4. A description of the activities to be authorized by the\n\nproposed urban renewal plan, and a location and time where the\n\nproposed urban renewal plan may be reviewed by any interested party;\n\nand\n\n5. Such other matters as the municipal governing body may deem\n\nappropriate.\n\nF. Notice of the second public hearing may be included in the\n\npublication notice provided for in subsection E of this section.\n\nNotice of the second public hearing shall be published in the same\n\nmanner as the notice provided for in subsection E of this section\n\nif:\n\n1. Notice for both public hearings is not included in the\n\nnotice of the first public hearing;\n\n2. The location, date or time of the second public hearing is\n\nchanged after the notice of the first public hearing has been\n\npublished; or\n\n3. The second public hearing is held more than fourteen (14)\n\nsuccessive days after the first public hearing.\n\nG. Following such hearings, the municipal governing body may\n\napprove an urban renewal plan if it finds that:\n\n1. A feasible method exists for the relocation of families and\n\nbusinesses who will be displaced from the urban renewal area in\n\ndecent, safe and sanitary accommodations within their means and\n\nwithout undue hardship to such families and businesses;\n\n2. The urban renewal plan conforms to and assists in the\n\nexecution of the general plan of the municipality as a whole;\n\nprovided, however, if the planning commission fails to make such a\n\ndetermination within the prescribed sixty (60) days, or makes a\n\ndetermination to the contrary, not less than four-fifths (4/5)\n\nmajority vote of the municipal governing body shall be required to\n\nmake this finding;\n\n3. The plan includes feasible methods for financing the\n\nproject; and\n\n4. The urban renewal plan will afford maximum opportunity,\n\nconsistent with the sound needs of the municipality as a whole, for\n\nthe rehabilitation or redevelopment of the urban renewal area by\n\nprivate enterprise.\n\nH. An urban renewal plan may be modified at any time in\n\naccordance with the following procedure:\n\n1. The Urban Renewal Authority determines the proposed\n\nmodification to be desirable; and\n\n2. The planning commission determines that the proposed\n\nmodification conforms to the general plan for the municipality and\n\nmakes its recommendations pursuant to the modification or not as it\n\nmay determine.\n\nPublic hearings required for the adoption of an urban renewal plan\n\nin the first instance shall be held if the governing body determines\n\nthe modification to be a significant deviation from the existing\n\nurban renewal plan, in which case approval of the modification shall\n\nbe in the same manner as prescribed by this article for adoption of\n\nany urban renewal plan. If the governing body determines the\n\nmodification not to be a significant deviation or to be merely\n\ntechnical or for clarification purposes, the governing body may act\n\nwithout such public hearings.\n\nI. If modification of the plan is proposed after the lease or\n\nsale by the Urban Renewal Authority of real property in the urban\ns prescribed by this article for adoption of\n\nany urban renewal plan. If the governing body determines the\n\nmodification not to be a significant deviation or to be merely\n\ntechnical or for clarification purposes, the governing body may act\n\nwithout such public hearings.\n\nI. If modification of the plan is proposed after the lease or\n\nsale by the Urban Renewal Authority of real property in the urban\n\nrenewal project area, such modification may be conditioned upon the\n\napproval of the owner, lessee or successor in interest as the\n\nauthority may deem advisable and in any event shall be subject to\n\nsuch rights at law or in equity as a lessee or purchaser, or his\n\nsuccessor or successors in interest, may be entitled to assert.\n\nJ. Upon the approval by the municipal governing body of an\n\nurban renewal plan or of any modification thereof, such plan or\n\nmodification shall be deemed to be in full force and effect for the\n\nrespective urban renewal area and the Urban Renewal Authority may\n\nthen cause such plan or modification to be carried out in accordance\n\nwith its terms.\n\nK. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, where\n\nthe municipal governing body determines that an area is in need of\n\nredevelopment or rehabilitation as a result of a flood, fire, wind,\n\nearthquake, storm or other catastrophe respecting which the Governor\n\nof the state has certified the need for disaster assistance under\n\nPublic Law 875, Eighty-first Congress (42 U.S.C. Sections 1855 -\n\n1855g), or other federal laws, the municipal governing body may\n\napprove an urban renewal plan and an urban renewal project with\n\nrespect to such area without regard to the provisions of subsection\n\nG of this section and the provisions of this section requiring a\n\ngeneral plan for the municipality and a public hearing on the urban\n\nrenewal project.","path":["OK Code","Title 11"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os11.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"c406dbf83109a5378462c1eabdaf62fc5aeb8bca88ab5e5e1a425a631175dda0","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-11-11-38-105","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-11-11-38-107"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}