{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-19-19-868.8","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-868.8","heading":"Approval of plat of subdivided lands - Rules and","body":"regulations.\n\nFrom and after the date of the adoption of a plan for major\n\nstreets or highways as a part of the master plan for the physical\n\ndevelopment of the unincorporated areas of the county and the\n\nadoption of the rules and regulations hereinafter in this section\n\nprovided for, no plat of a subdivision of land within the\n\nunincorporated areas of said county shall be recorded in the office\n\nof the county clerk until it shall have been approved by such county\n\nplanning commission and such approval be endorsed in writing on the\n\nplat. The approval of the planning commission required by this\n\nsection or the refusal to approve shall take place within forty-five\n\n(45) days from and after the submission of the plat for final\n\napproval unless stipulation for additional time is agreed to by the\n\napplicant; otherwise, said plat shall be deemed to have been\n\napproved, and the certificate of the said county planning commission\n\nas to the date of the submission of the plat for approval and the\n\nfailure to take action thereon within such time shall be sufficient\n\nin lieu of the written endorsement or evidence of approval herein\n\nrequired. The ground of refusal or approval of any plat submitted,\n\nincluding citation of or reference to the rule or regulation\n\nviolated by the plat, shall be stated upon the record of the\n\ncommission.\n\nSuch county planning commission shall adopt rules and\n\nregulations of uniform application governing plats and subdivisions\n\nof land falling within its jurisdiction. Such regulations shall\n\nprovide for: the proper arrangement of streets or other highways in\n\nrelation to existing or planned streets or highways or to the master\n\nplan of the county; building lines; open spaces for traffic,\n\nutilities, access of fire fighting apparatus, recreation and light\n\nand air; and the avoidance of congestion of population, including\n\nthe minimum width and area of lots. Such rules and regulations\n\nshall not require the dedication to the general public of open\n\ngrounds or space other than streets and ways and utility easements,\n\nnor any requirement as to the minimum percentage of lot occupancy,\n\nnor as to height, bulk, location or use of buildings; and minor\n\nstreets shall not be required to be wider than sixty (60) feet.\n\nSaid regulations may include provisions as to the extent to which\n\nstreets and other highways shall be graded and improved and to which\n\nwater, sewer and other utility mains, piping or other facilities\n\nshall be installed or assured as a condition precedent to the\n\napproval of the plat; and the board of county commissioners is\n\nhereby authorized to prepare such specifications and to make such\n\norders, inspections, examinations and certificates as may be\n\nnecessary to protect and carry out such provisions and make them\n\neffective. Such general rules shall provide for the modification\n\nthereof by the county planning commission in specific cases where\n\nunusual topographical or other exceptional conditions may require\n\nthe same. Said regulations shall provide for tentative approval of\n\nthe plat previous to the installation or assurance of such\n\nimprovements and facilities; provided that any such tentative\n\napproval shall be revocable and shall not be entered upon the plat.\n\nSuch regulations shall provide that, in lieu of the completion of\n\nthe construction of the required improvements and facilities prior\n\nto the final approval of the plat, the county planning commission\n\nmay accept bond of not less than ten percent (10%) and not to exceed\n\none hundred percent (100%) of the cost of construction of the\n\nproposed improvements and facilities for the board of county\n\ncommissioners in the amount and with surety and conditions\n\nsatisfactory to it, providing for and securing to the board of\n\ncounty commissioners the actual construction of such improvements\n\nand facilities within a period specified by the county planning\n) and not to exceed\n\none hundred percent (100%) of the cost of construction of the\n\nproposed improvements and facilities for the board of county\n\ncommissioners in the amount and with surety and conditions\n\nsatisfactory to it, providing for and securing to the board of\n\ncounty commissioners the actual construction of such improvements\n\nand facilities within a period specified by the county planning\n\ncommission, and the board of county commissioners is hereby granted\n\nthe power to enforce such bond by all legal and equitable remedies.\n\nSuch regulations shall be adopted, changed or amended only after a\n\npublic hearing has been held thereon. Upon adoption, said general\n\nrules shall be certified to the board of county commissioners and to\n\nthe county clerk.\n\nIf the governing body of a city or town protests against a\n\nsubdivision plat of any land lying within three (3) miles of the\n\nlimits of the incorporated area of such city or town, the plat shall\n\nbe approved only by a favorable vote of two-thirds (2/3) of the\n\nwhole membership of the county planning commission with the reasons\n\ntherefor spread upon its minutes.","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":"eae5e85163a38e9560a4c18506a293d3c17594fca82f39cfcab5453a58337cc1","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-19-19-868.7","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-19-19-868.9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}