Oklahoma

MUNICIPAL GRANT OF POWER — 11 O.S. § 43-101 (General Powers of Municipalities): "For the purpose of promoting health, safety, morals, or the general welfare of the community, a municipal governing body may regulate and restrict the height, number of stories, and size of buildings and other structures, the percentage of lot that may be occupied, the size of yards, courts and other open spaces, the density of population, and the location and use of buildings, structures and land for trade, industry, residence or other purposes." 11 O.S. § 43-103 (Purpose of Regulations — Comprehensive Plan): "Municipal regulations as to buildings, structures and land shall be made in accordance with a comprehensive plan and be designed to accomplish any of the following objectives: 1. To lessen congestion in the streets; 2. To secure safety from fire, panic and other dangers; 3. To promote health and the general welfare, including the peace and quality of life of the district; 4. To provide adequate light and air; 5. To prevent the overcrowding of land; 6. To promote historical preservation; 7. To avoid undue concentration of population; or 8. To facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks and other public requirements. The regulations shall be made with reasonable consideration, among other things, as to the character of the district and its peculiar suitability for particular uses, and with a view to conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of land throughout the municipality. The governing body shall provide the manner in which regulations, restrictions and district boundaries shall be determined, established and enforced, and amended, supplemented or changed." COUNTY GRANT OF POWER — 19 O.S. § 868.11 (Zoning by Board of County Commissioners): "The board of county commissioners is hereby empowered to adopt zoning regulations effective in the unincorporated areas of the county for the purposes of promoting the health, safety, peace, morals, comfort and the general welfare of the inhabitants; lessening danger and congestion in public transportation and travel; securing safety from fire and other dangers; preventing overcrowding of land; avoiding undue concentration of population; providing adequate police protection, transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks, forests, recreational facilities, airports, military and naval facilities, and other public requirements; and preventing undue encroachment thereon. The zoning power hereby conferred shall not be exercised so as to deprive the owner of any existing property of its use or maintenance for the purpose to which it is then lawfully devoted except as hereinafter provided; nor shall the provisions of this act apply to the erection, installation and use of structures and equipment by public utilities subject to the jurisdiction and regulation of the Corporation Commission of the State of Oklahoma or other similar state or federal regulatory bodies; nor to the erection or use of the usual farm buildings for agricultural purposes, the planting of agricultural crops or the extraction of minerals."