{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-19-19-868.18","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-868.18","heading":"Appeals to county board of adjustment","body":"\n\nAppeals to the county board of adjustment may be taken by any\n\nperson aggrieved or by a public officer, department, board or bureau\n\naffected by any decision of the county engineer in administering the\n\ncounty zoning regulations. Such appeals shall be taken within a\n\nperiod of not more than ten (10) days, by filing written notice with\n\nthe county board of adjustment stating the grounds therefor. An\n\nappeal shall stay all proceedings in furtherance of the action\n\nappealed from, unless the officer from whom the appeal is taken\n\nshall certify to the board that by reason of facts stated in the\n\ncertificate a stay would, in his opinion, cause imminent peril to\n\nlife or property. The county board of adjustment shall have the\n\nfollowing powers and it shall be its duty:\n\n1. To hear and decide appeals where it is alleged there is\n\nerror of law in any order, requirement, decision or determination\n\nmade by the county engineer in the enforcement of the county zoning\n\nregulations;\n\n2. To hear and decide requests for map interpretations or for\n\ndecisions on other special questions upon which it is authorized to\n\npass by the regulations adopted by the board of county\n\ncommissioners; and\n\n3. Where, by reason of exceptional narrowness, shallowness,\n\nshape, topography or other extraordinary or exceptional situation or\n\ncondition of a specific piece of property, the strict application of\n\nany regulation adopted under this act would result in peculiar and\n\nexceptional difficulties to, or exceptional and demonstrable undue\n\nhardship upon, the owner of such property, to authorize, upon an\n\nappeal relating to such property, a variance from such strict\n\napplication so as to relieve such demonstrable difficulties or\n\nhardships, provided such relief can be granted without substantial\n\ndetriment to the public good and without substantially impairing the\n\nintent, purpose and integrity of the zoning plan as embodied in the\n\nzoning regulations and map. For every variance granted, the county\n\nboard of adjustment shall state in detail as a matter of record the\n\nexceptional and demonstrable undue hardship upon the owner of such\n\nproperty.\n\nIn exercising the above powers, such board may, in conformity\n\nwith the provisions of the act, reverse or affirm wholly or partly\n\nor may modify the order, requirement, decision or determination\n\nappealed from and may make such order, requirement, decision or\n\ndetermination as should be made, and to that end shall have all the\n\npowers of the officer from whom the appeal is taken.","path":["OK Code","Title 19"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os19.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"44d95f2572391bc1fb6d2c3b98a216110679aa6ac0c6535ac91a96b605bdbfd3","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-19-19-868.17a","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-19-19-868.19"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}