Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 120 - Capitol-Medical Center Improvement and Zoning Commission
Chapter 10 - Zoning Regulations for the Capitol-Medical Center Improvement and Zoning District
Subchapter 11 - Historical Preservation And Landmark Board Of Review
Section 120:10-11-6.1 - Historical district designation procedures

(1) The initiation of a proposal of designation may be made by the Board of Review, the Commission or an application of the owner(s) of the parcel to be designated or their authorized agents. Any such application shall be made upon forms or pursuant to standards set by the Commission for this purpose.

(2) Upon receipt by the Board of Review of a notice that an application has been made for a zoning change, general plan amendment or a permit for the construction, moving, demolition, or reconstruction of any structure in a Historic Preservation or Historical Landmark district, the Board of Review shall give public notice of the meeting to consider the application to every property owner within 300 feet of the exterior boundary of the property being considered. The applicant shall be advised of the time and place of said meeting and shall be invited to appear. The Board of Review may invite such other persons or groups as it desires to attend the meeting. A Board of Review member shall be disqualified from consideration of any matter in which his own financial interest are directly involved.

(3) The Board may solicit and present expert testimony or documentary evidence regarding the historical, architectural, archaeological, or cultural importance of the property proposed for designation.

(4) As part of every such designation, or amendment of a designation, the Board shall state in written form the attributes relative to and comply with the review criteria for district designations as provided in this Subchapter.

(5) Within 10 days after the approval by the Commission a zoning change designating property as a landmark district or a historic district, the Director of the Capitol-Medical Center Improvement and Zoning Commission shall notify the owner or owners of record by certified mail with return receipt requested of the designation, including a copy of the designation approval, a letter outlining the basis for the designation, and the obligations for restrictions that result from such designation. The Director of the Commission shall also officially notify the Board of all approvals or disapprovals of designations at the next regular meeting of the Board following such Commission action.

(6) The Board shall have the authority to effect the amendment or repeal of any designation or site, structure, building, district or monument in the same manner and according to the same procedure as provided herein for the original designation.

(7) No application for a permit to construct, alter, demolish, or relocate any characteristic or a designated site, building, structure, district, or monument filed subsequent to the day that an application has been filed or a resolution adopted to initiate designation of said proposed landmark or historic district shall be approved by the Commission while proceedings are pending regarding such historical designation application, unless such work is determined by the Board to be essential to the preservation or stabilization of the resource and such work will not detrimentally alter the exterior appearance of the resource.