Oklahoma § 3-528 - Comprehensive general plans — Safety or sanitary codes —

§ 3-528. 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:

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 3. Aircraft and Airports

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supplemented, charged or repealed within the spaceport territory, as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. Renumbered

from § 5218 of Title 74 by Laws 2025, c. 274, § 35, eff. July 1,

2025.