Oklahoma § 3-529 - Additional powers of board — Limitation on powers

§ 3-529. Additional powers of board — Limitation on powers

A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, in

addition to other powers granted by the Oklahoma Space Industry

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Development Act, for the purposes of operating, maintaining, and

providing for the safety of a spaceport the Board of Directors shall

have the power within any spaceport territory to:

1. Regulate, restrict and determine the location, height,

number of stories, size, cubic contents, area and design, and the

erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration and repair of

buildings and other structures for space industry development,

trade, industry, commerce, residence and other purposes, and the

materials used in the construction thereof; the number, location,

height, size, appearance and use of billboards and all other

advertising signs, banners, handbills and devices; the percentage

and portion of lots and land that may be occupied or built on;

setback lines; the density of population; the use of buildings,

structures, land and water for trade, industries, commerce, and

residences and any and all other purposes; the location, size and

plan of spaceport facilities, launch pads, ranges, payload assembly

and processing facilities, parks and recreational areas, commercial

and industrial facilities, public and private utilities, traffic,

parking facilities and drainage and water control facilities; and to

appoint inspectors;

2. Adopt rules to prohibit or control the pollution of air and

water, and to require certain location and placement of electrical

power, telephone and other utility lines, cables, pipes, and ducts;

and

3. Divide any spaceport territory into zones or districts of

such number, shape and area as the Board may deem best suited to

carry out the purposes of the Oklahoma Space Industry Development

Act, and within and for each such district adopt rules and

restrictions as provided for in this section.

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, § 19, eff. July 1, 1999. Amended by

Laws 2000, c. 145, § 6, emerg. eff. April 28, 2000; Laws 2025, c.

274, § 8, eff. July 1, 2025. Renumbered from § 5219 of Title 74 by

Laws 2025, c. 274, § 36, eff. July 1, 2025.

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