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An act relating to the Capitol-Medical Center 7 Improvement and Zoning District, the official text

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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 717               By: Nice
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6                               AS INTRODUCED

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7   An Act relating to the Capitol-Medical Center

7   Improvement and Zoning District; amending 73 O.S.

8   2021, Sections 83 and 83.2, which relate to

8   boundaries and authority of the Capitol-Medical

9   Center Improvement and Zoning Commission; expanding

9   boundaries; limiting authority to commercial zoning;

10  updating statutory language; and providing an

10  effective date.

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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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14  SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY   73 O.S. 2021, Section 83, is

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15 amended to read as follows:
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16  Section 83. There hereby is created an improvement and

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17 comprehensive community zoning district to be known as the "Capitol-
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18 Medical Center Improvement and Zoning District", to embrace all that
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19 portion of the State of Oklahoma situated within the following
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20 described boundaries as shown by the plats and records on file in
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21 the office of the county clerk of Oklahoma County, Oklahoma:
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22 Beginning at the point where the center of Northeast Twenty-third
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23 Street intersects the East line of the present right-of-way of the
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24 A.T. and S.F. Railway Company, THENCE Southward along said right-of-
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1 way to the point where the North line of property abutting on
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2 Northeast Sixteenth Street intersects said right-of-way, THENCE
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3 Eastward along the said North line of property abutting on Northeast
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4 Sixteenth Street to the point where said line intersects the West
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5 line of North Stiles Avenue, THENCE Southward along said West line
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6 of North Stiles Avenue to the North line of Northeast Eighth Street,
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7 THENCE Eastward along said North line of Northeast Eighth Street to
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8 the West line of North Lottie Avenue, THENCE Northward along the
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9 West line of North Lottie Avenue to the center of Northeast
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10 Fifteenth Street, THENCE Westward along said center of Northeast
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11 Fifteenth Street to the West line of North Kelley Avenue, THENCE
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12 Northward along the West line of North Kelley Avenue to the center
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13 of Northeast Thirtieth Fiftieth Street, THENCE Westward along said
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14 center of Northeast Thirtieth Fiftieth Street to the West line of
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15 North Walnut Avenue, THENCE Southward along said West line of North
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16 Walnut Avenue to the center of Northeast Twenty-third Street to the
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17 point of beginning; whether or not said land, or any part thereof,
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18 shall be within the incorporated limits of any city of the first
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19 class.
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20  SECTION 2.     AMENDATORY   73 O.S. 2021, Section 83.2, is

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21 amended to read as follows:
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22  Section 83.2. The Capitol-Medical Center Improvement and Zoning

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23 Commission, after adoption of a master comprehensive plan as
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24 hereinafter provided, shall have exclusive authority over the zoning
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1 and regulation of the utilization of all commercial property in the
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2 above described Capitol-Medical Center Improvement and Zoning
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3 District and no planning or zoning commission of any subdivision of
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4 the state thereafter shall have any authority or jurisdiction over
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5 commercial property within said the area. The Commission also shall
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6 have authority to approve or disapprove the location and design of
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7 any improvements hereafter to be placed upon any land commercial
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8 property within said District the district, and no improvement
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9 hereafter shall be placed upon any land within said District the
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10 district, unless the location and design thereof shall be approved
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11 by said the Commission. The word "improvements" as used in Sections
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12 82.1 through 83.11 of this title shall include, but not be limited
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13 to, (1) buildings, including additions to and alterations thereof,
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14 (2) highways and thoroughfares, and access facilities thereto, (3)
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15 parking lots and facilities, and (4) all other construction or
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16 erections whatsoever, except that the word "improvements"
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17 improvements shall not include existing municipal streets, alleys or
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18 utility services, nor the maintenance or improvement thereof, except
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19 insofar as the same serve state buildings or are located upon state
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20 land.
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21  SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.

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23  60-1-1261      RD  1/19/2025 5:41:55 AM

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