{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-11-11-43-113","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-43-113","heading":"Specific use permits - List of uses - Conditions for","body":"use of land - Public hearing.\n\nA. As used in this act, “specific use permit” means a permit\n\ngranted by a municipal governing body, after notice and a hearing\n\nand preliminary review and recommendation of a municipal planning\n\ncommission, for a specific use within any zoning district.\n\nMunicipalities may enact an ordinance provision for specific use\n\npermit. Any municipality enacting an ordinance providing for\n\nspecific use permits shall enumerate a list of uses which it has\n\ndetermined more intensely dominate the area in which they are to be\n\nlocated or their effects on the general public are broader in scope\n\nthan other types of uses which are permitted in a zoning district.\n\nAn entity with a use which is enumerated on the list may, by\n\napplication for a specific use permit, locate in a zoning district\n\nfor which such use would not normally be allowed or could be\n\nallowed, but due to its potential impact on surrounding properties,\n\nmust secure a specific use permit.\n\nB. The types of uses for which a specific use permit may be\n\nrequired shall be those types of uses which, because of the size of\n\nthe land they require or the specialized nature of the use, may more\n\nintensely dominate the area in which they are located and their\n\neffects on the general public are broader in scope than other uses\n\npermitted in the district.\n\nC. The designation of a specific use as possible on the\n\nspecific use list shall not constitute an authorization or an\n\nassurance that such use will be permitted. Rather, each specific\n\nuse permit application shall be viewed as to its probable effect on\n\nthe adjacent properties and community welfare and may be approved or\n\ndenied as the findings indicate appropriate.\n\nD. In granting a specific use permit, the governing body of the\n\nmunicipality may require conditions related to the use of land,\n\nincluding, but not limited to, permitted uses, lot sizes, setback,\n\nheight limits, required facilities, buffers, open space areas,\n\nlighting, signage, landscaping, parking and loading, compatibility,\n\nland use density, bonding, insurance and such other development\n\nstandards and operational conditions and safeguards as are indicated\n\nto be important to the welfare and protection of adjacent property\n\nand the community as a whole. This may include having the property\n\nplatted and/or the requirement of the dedication of sufficient\n\nright-of-way or easement as necessary to further the public good.\n\nSuch conditions shall be determined in accordance with the\n\nregulations specified in the zoning ordinance. The conditions need\n\nnot be uniform with regard to each type of land use if equitable\n\nprocedures recognizing due process principles and avoiding arbitrary\n\ndecisions have been followed in making regulatory decisions.\n\nE. The specific use permit regulations established by a\n\nmunicipality shall specify the following:\n\n1. The body which shall review and approve specific use permit\n\nrequests and amend the same;\n\n2. The conditions which create specific use permit eligibility,\n\nthe persons and agencies involved in the review process, if any, and\n\nthe requirements and standards upon which applications will be\n\nreviewed and approval granted; and\n\n3. The procedures required for application, review and\n\napproval.\n\nF. Following receipt of a request for a specific use permit, at\n\nleast one public hearing shall be held. An ordinance may provide\n\nfor one or more preapplication conferences before submission of a\n\nrequest, the submission of a deposit necessary for payment of\n\napplication and permit expenses, and the submission of preliminary\n\nsite plans before the public hearing. Notification of the public\n\nhearing shall be given by mail in the same manner as required by\n\nSection 43-106 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes for public\n\nhearings on proposed zoning changes. Within a reasonable time\n\nfollowing the public hearing, the body responsible for approving a\nnt of\n\napplication and permit expenses, and the submission of preliminary\n\nsite plans before the public hearing. Notification of the public\n\nhearing shall be given by mail in the same manner as required by\n\nSection 43-106 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes for public\n\nhearings on proposed zoning changes. Within a reasonable time\n\nfollowing the public hearing, the body responsible for approving a\n\nspecific use permit shall deny the request, approve the request, or\n\napprove the request with the following conditions:\n\n1. The planning commission shall conduct a public hearing and\n\nmake recommendations on the specific use permit request which shall\n\nbe transmitted to the municipal governing body for consideration in\n\nmaking a final decision. If an amendment of a zoning ordinance is\n\nrequired by the specific use permit regulations of a municipal\n\nzoning ordinance, the requirements for amendment of a zoning\n\nordinance shall be followed; and\n\n2. If the specific use permit regulations of a municipal zoning\n\nordinance do not require amendment of the ordinance with review and\n\napproval of specific use permits, the municipal governing body may\n\napprove, approve with conditions, or deny a request.\n\nG. In establishing specific use permit ordinances, the\n\nmunicipal governing body may incorporate by reference other\n\navailable and applicable ordinances or statutes which regulate land\n\ndevelopment.","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":"166b9395e5b6a9369d532d61b06e9d557eb62fdcadc3ea2eb2fdd8967dc19122","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-11-11-43-112","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-11-11-43-114"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}