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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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3 SENATE BILL 674 By: Pugh
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to municipal zoning; amending 11 O.S.
7 2021, Section 43-106, which relates to additional
8 notice requirements for proposed zoning changes and
8 reclassifications; providing certain exception;
9 allowing charter schools to submit certain charter
9 school site plan; requiring certain municipal body to
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10 updating statutory language; providing for
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14 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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15 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 11 O.S. 2021, Section 43-106, is
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16 amended to read as follows:
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17 Section 43-106. A. Except as provided in Section 2 of this act
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18 and as authorized in subsection B of this section, in addition to
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19 the notice requirements provided for in Section 43-104 of this
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20 title, notice of a public hearing on any proposed zoning change,
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21 except by a municipality acting pursuant to subsection B of this
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22 section and as provided in Section 2 of this act, shall be given
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23 twenty (20) days prior to the hearing by mailing written notice by
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24 the secretary of the planning commission, or by the municipal clerk
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1 if there is no planning commission, to all the owners of real
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2 property as provided for in Section 43-105 of this title. In
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3 addition to the notice required in this subsection, if the zoning
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4 change requested permits the use of treatment facilities, multiple
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5 family facilities, transitional living facilities, halfway houses,
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6 and any housing or facility that may be used for medical or
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7 nonmedical detoxification as these terms are defined pursuant to
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8 Section 3-403 of Title 43A of the Oklahoma Statutes, the entity
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9 proposing the zoning change shall mail a written notice within
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10 thirty (30) days of the hearing to all real property owners within
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11 one-quarter (1/4) of a mile where the area to be affected is located
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12 and shall be responsible for all costs incurred in mailing this
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13 notice. The notice shall contain the:
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14 1. Legal description of the property and the street address or
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15 approximate location in the municipality;
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16 2. Present zoning of the property and the zoning sought by the
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17 applicant; and
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18 3. Date, time, and place of the public hearing.
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19 In addition to written notice requirements, notice may also be given
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20 by posting notice of the hearing on the affected property at least
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21 twenty (20) days before the date of the hearing.
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22 For purposes of this subsection, "entity" means any individual,
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23 corporation, company, firm, partnership, association, trust, state
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24 agency, government instrumentality or agency, institution, county,
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1 incorporated municipality or municipal authority or trust in which
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2 any governmental entity is a beneficiary, venture, or other legal
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3 entity however organized.
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4 B. If a municipality proposes zoning reclassifications in order
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5 to revise its comprehensive plan or official map or to identify
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6 areas which require specific land use development due to topography,
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7 geography, or other distinguishing features, including but not
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8 limited to floodplain, drainage, historic preservation, and blighted
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9 areas, the governing body may require, in addition to the notice
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10 requirements provided for in Section 43-104 of this title, a sign to
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11 be posted on designated properties within the area affected by the
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12 proposed zoning reclassification. The sign and the lettering
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13 thereon shall be of sufficient size so as to be clearly visible and
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14 legible from the public street or streets toward which it faces.
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15 The notice shall state:
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16 1. The date, time, and place of the public hearing;
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17 2. Who will conduct the public hearing;
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18 3. The desired zoning classification;
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19 4. The proposed use of the property; and
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20 5. Other information as may be necessary to provide adequate
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21 and timely public notice.
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22 SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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23 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 43-116 of Title 11, unless there
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24 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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1 A. Any charter school that is formed and operated under the
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2 provisions of the Oklahoma Charter Schools Act and sponsored by the
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3 Statewide Charter School Board shall, after acquiring a building not
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4 currently zoned for use as an educational building, submit a charter
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5 school site plan to the municipal governing body, municipal zoning
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6 commission, or other such body with zoning authority in the
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7 municipality where the building is located. Such charter school
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8 site plan shall include information demonstrating an intention to
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9 utilize the building as a charter school for at least the next five
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10 (5) years beginning upon use and a plan that details how the
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11 building may be altered or enhanced to facilitate the purpose of the
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12 charter school.
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13 B. Upon submission and review of such charter school site plan,
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14 the municipal governing body, municipal zoning commission, or other
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15 such body with zoning authority in the municipality where the
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16 building is located shall approve the submitted plan and rezone the
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17 building for use as an educational building or disapprove the
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18 submitted plan and return such plan to the charter school with a
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19 written explanation for the reason for the disapproval with an
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20 option for resubmission.
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21 C. Any business or entity with a location restricted by a
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22 distance requirement to a school shall not be deemed in violation of
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23 the distance restriction should a charter school be approved
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1 noncompliance. If the business or entity ceases to operate or moves
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2 locations, any law on distance restriction to the charter school
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4 SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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