{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-74-74-324.11","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-324.11","heading":"Building permits - Conformity to building codes -","body":"Authority of cities, towns and counties - Construction or alteration\n\nof correctional or assisted living facilities.\n\nA. No person, firm, corporation, partnership, organization,\n\ncity, town, school district, county or other subdivision of\n\ngovernment shall commence the construction or major alteration of\n\nany buildings or structures that are classified as occupancies in\n\nthe building codes adopted by the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code\n\nCommission including all defined occupancies within these groups, or\n\ninstall original equipment for the operation or maintenance thereof\n\nwithout obtaining a permit. The permit, for which a charge may be\n\nmade in conformity with the local ordinance, except as limited\n\nherein as to governmental agencies, shall be obtained from the city,\n\ntown or county in whose jurisdiction the construction or alteration\n\nis planned.\n\nB. All such construction or alteration so planned shall conform\n\nto the applicable provisions of the building code, as last adopted\n\nby the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission.\n\nC. Application for such building permit shall be made to, and\n\nsuch building permit shall be issued by, any city, town or county in\n\nwhose jurisdiction the construction or alteration is planned. The\n\ncity, town or county may require the submission of plans and\n\nspecifications covering the proposed construction or alteration and\n\nmay refuse to issue such permit unless the work so planned is in\n\naccordance with the applicable provisions of the city, town or\n\ncounty's building code. In all geographical areas wherein no such\n\npermit is required by local authorities such permit must be obtained\n\nfrom the State Fire Marshal, who may require the submission of plans\n\nand specifications covering the proposed construction or alteration,\n\nand shall refuse to issue such permit unless the work so planned is\n\nin accordance with the applicable provisions of the International\n\nBuilding Code, International Existing Building Code, and\n\nInternational Fire Code, as last adopted by the Oklahoma Uniform\n\nBuilding Code Commission; provided, that the foregoing provisions of\n\nthis sentence shall not apply to locations in any geographical area\n\nthat are owned or operated by a state beneficiary public trust or\n\nhave been purchased or leased from a state beneficiary public trust.\n\nFurthermore, nothing in this subsection shall be construed as\n\nrequiring a person to obtain a permit from the State Fire Marshal\n\nfor the construction or alteration of a single-family dwelling,\n\nduplex residential dwelling, barn, shed, or carport attached to a\n\nsingle-family dwelling, or duplex residential dwelling when such\n\nstructure is located in an unincorporated area of a county.\n\nD. Nothing in Section 324.1 et seq. of this title shall be\n\nconstrued as repealing any ordinance of any city or town or any\n\norder of any county requiring the submission to the local\n\nauthorities of plans and specifications and the obtaining of\n\npermits, but the power or authority of any such city, town or county\n\nto levy or assess any charge for such permit or to make and enforce\n\nrequirements prerequisite to the issuance of such permit, other than\n\nrequiring compliance with such building code, shall, as to\n\ngovernmental agencies, be limited as hereinafter set forth.\n\nE. No city, town or county requested to issue any such permit\n\nto any city, town, school district, county or other subdivision of\n\ngovernment shall charge, assess or collect any fee or other charge\n\nfor such permit except the regular and customary inspection fees\n\nfixed by ordinance for inspection of the work to be done under such\n\npermit, and no other charge, fee or other conditions of any kind\n\nunder the authority of this title shall be made a condition of or\n\nprerequisite to the obtaining of such permit by any such\n\ngovernmental agency.\nll charge, assess or collect any fee or other charge\n\nfor such permit except the regular and customary inspection fees\n\nfixed by ordinance for inspection of the work to be done under such\n\npermit, and no other charge, fee or other conditions of any kind\n\nunder the authority of this title shall be made a condition of or\n\nprerequisite to the obtaining of such permit by any such\n\ngovernmental agency.\n\nF. No bids may be let for the construction or major alteration\n\nof any correctional facility as defined by Section 317 of this title\n\nuntil plans and specifications for such construction or alteration\n\nhave been submitted to the State Fire Marshal for approval. The\n\nState Fire Marshal shall approve the plans and specifications if the\n\nwork so planned conforms with the applicable provisions of the\n\nbuilding code, as last adopted by the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code\n\nCommission.\n\nG. 1. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the fire\n\ncode and/or building code, as last adopted by the Oklahoma Uniform\n\nBuilding Code Commission, all facilities to be licensed as assisted\n\nliving facilities, or additions to existing assisted living\n\nfacilities, constructed after November 1, 2008, shall be constructed\n\nwith the guidelines of the I-II building occupancies if at any time\n\nin their operation they house residents who are not capable of\n\nresponding to emergency situations without physical assistance from\n\nstaff of the facility or are not capable of self-preservation.\n\n2. Assisted living facilities licensed prior to July 1, 2008,\n\nmay house residents who are not capable of responding to emergency\n\nsituations without physical assistance from the staff or are not\n\ncapable of self-preservation under the following conditions: As\n\npart of the annual licensure renewal process, the facility shall\n\ndisclose if any residents who reside in the facility are not capable\n\nof responding to emergency situations without physical assistance\n\nfrom staff or are not capable of self-preservation, and the facility\n\nshall be required to install fire sprinkler protection and an alarm\n\nsystem within the facility in accordance with the building\n\nguidelines set forth in the building code for I-II facilities.\n\n3. Assisted living facilities licensed to house six or fewer\n\nresidents prior to July 1, 2008, shall be permitted to install 13D\n\nor 13R fire sprinkler protection in lieu of meeting I-II sprinkler\n\nrequirements, with approval of the municipal fire marshal or\n\ncompliance with local codes.\n\n4. For purposes of this subsection:\n\na. the term \"assisted living center\" shall include an\n\nassisted living center licensed as such by the State\n\nDepartment of Health and the assisted living center\n\ncomponent of a continuum care facility licensed by the\n\nState Department of Health, and\n\nb. the terms \"fire code\" and \"building code\" shall be\n\ndeemed to include:\n\n(1) any and all appendices, commentary, amendments\n\nand supplements to, and replacements or\n\nrestatements of the Codes, and\n\n(2) any and all other laws, ordinances, regulations,\n\ncodes or standards pertaining to assisted living\n\ncenter construction, occupancy and maintenance\n\nfor the protection of lives and property from\n\nfire.","path":["OK Code","Title 74"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os74.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"8f88cf1f8291ec341a8e35b9be789214e7d13430ec2ca085a04010c6f6f425ee","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-74-74-324.10","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-74-74-324.11a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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