2016 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 74. State Government
§74-5218. Comprehensive general plans – Safety or sanitary codes – Building permits - Other restrictions.

A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, for the purposes of operating, maintaining, and providing for the safety of a spaceport the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Space Industry Development Authority shall have the power within any spaceport territory to:

1. Adopt, and from time to time review, amend, supplement or repeal, a comprehensive general plan for the physical development of the area within any spaceport territory in accordance with the objectives and purposes of this act;

2. Adopt, and from time to time review, amend, supplement or repeal, codes regulating the following matter within any spaceport territory: building safety, elevators, escalators and similar devices, the prevention of fire hazards, plumbing and electrical installations, the operation and development of missile ranges, launch pads, payload procession and assembly facilities, the operation of amusement and recreation installations, parks and facilities, water supply wells and drainage wells, and such other safety or sanitary codes as the Board may determine to be necessary or desirable;

3. Prohibit within any spaceport territory the construction, alteration, repair, removal or demolition, or the commencement of the construction, alteration, repair except for emergency repairs, removal or demolition, of any building or structure, including but not limited to, public utility poles, lines, pipes and facilities, without first obtaining a permit from the Board or such other officer or agency as the Board may designate, and to prescribe the procedure with respect to the obtaining of such permit; and

4. Provide for the manner in which such comprehensive general plans, codes, regulations and restrictions shall be determined, established and enforced, and from time to time amended, supplemented, charged or repealed within the spaceport territory, as the Board may determine.

B. The Authority may not exercise any of its powers as provided for in this section in a manner that prohibits:

1. The agricultural use of land that is located within a spaceport territory and is not acquired by the Authority under the provisions of Section 5210 of this title;

2. Continued access to water for such land for agricultural purposes; and

3. The erection of outbuildings and personal residences on such land, subject to population density restrictions prescribed by the Authority to comply with federal requirements for licensure as a spaceport; provided, erection of personal residences shall not include subdivision of land for the purpose of constructing and selling houses.

Added by Laws 1999, c. 164, § 18, eff. July 1, 1999.