{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-62-62-859","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 62, § 62-859","heading":"Public hearings - Notice","body":"\n\nA. Before the adoption of a project plan or subsequent\n\namendments thereto, the governing body must hold two\n\npublic hearings. The primary purpose of the first hearing\n\nwill be to provide information and to answer questions;\n\nprovided, such information shall include, but not be\n\nlimited to, an analysis of potential positive or negative\n\nimpacts which may result from the adoption of a project\n\nplan. A representative of the city, town or county shall\n\npresent the city, town or county's proposed plan or\n\namendment thereto. The date of the second public\n\nhearing shall be announced in the presence of the persons\n\nin attendance at the hearing, but such date shall be more\n\nthan seven (7) days after the date of the first public\n\nhearing. The purpose of the second public hearing shall\n\nbe to give any interested persons the opportunity to\n\nexpress their views on the proposed plan or amendment\n\nthereto.\n\nB. Notice of the first public hearing shall be given once by\n\npublication in a newspaper with circulation in the city, town or\n\ncounty and published on any Internet website maintained by the\n\npolitical subdivision. Any person, entity, or organization that has\n\nregistered with the city, town or county clerk of the political\n\nsubdivision shall also receive notice of such public hearing and a\n\ncopy of the analysis upon request of the proposed project plan\n\nrequired in subsection A of this section. Such notices must be\n\npublished or mailed no later than fourteen (14) days before the date\n\nof the public hearing. The notice shall include the following:\n\n1. The time and place of the public hearing;\n\n2. The boundaries of the proposed districts and proposed\n\nproject areas by legal description and by street location, if\n\npossible, accompanied by a sketch clearly delineating the area in\n\ndetail as may be necessary to advise the reader of the particular\n\nland proposed to be included;\n\n3. A statement that the first public hearing shall be for\n\ninformation and questions 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 project plan or amendment thereto and a\n\nlocation and time where the entire plan may be reviewed by any\n\ninterested party; and\n\n5. Such other matters as the city, town or county may deem\n\nappropriate.\n\nC. Notice of the second public hearing may be included in the\n\nnotices provided for in subsection B of this section. Notice of the\n\nsecond public hearing shall be published and mailed in the same\n\nmanner as the notices provided for in subsection B 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 notices of the first hearing have been published\n\nand mailed; or\n\n3. The second public hearing is held more than fourteen (14)\n\ndays after the first public hearing.\n\nD. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the\n\nadoption of minor amendments as provided for in Section 858 of this\n\ntitle.\n\nE. The city, town or county clerk shall send the notices or\n\ncopies of the analysis required to be sent to registered persons,\n\nentities, or organizations pursuant to subsection B of this section\n\nby electronic mail or if no electronic mail address has been\n\nprovided by the registrant, by first-class mail. The city, town or\n\ncounty clerk shall provide an affidavit declaring that all\n\nregistrants have been mailed the requisite notices or analyses. Any\n\ntechnical irregularities in the form of the published or mailed\n\nnotices required by this section shall not result in the\n\ninvalidation of any ordinance enacted or amended subsequent thereto,\n\nso long as the notices, as published and mailed, reasonably apprise\n\ninterested parties as to the subject matter of the hearings and\nall\n\nregistrants have been mailed the requisite notices or analyses. Any\n\ntechnical irregularities in the form of the published or mailed\n\nnotices required by this section shall not result in the\n\ninvalidation of any ordinance enacted or amended subsequent thereto,\n\nso long as the notices, as published and mailed, reasonably apprise\n\ninterested parties as to the subject matter of the hearings and\n\ncorrectly describes the date, time and place of such hearings and\n\naffidavits of publication and mailing shall constitute compliance\n\nwith the notice requirement of this section.","path":["OK Code","Title 62"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os62.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"41698a18ff5cfc640590dd885ea7fca7edbfe61778c1cc9f695de7d17efac385","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-62-62-858","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-62-62-860"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}