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 9 - Non-Conforming Buildings, Structures and Uses of Land
Section 120:10-9-1.1 - Non-conforming buildings, structures and uses of land

(1) Applicability. This Section applies to those buildings, structures, or uses of land validly maintained and in conformance with its prior zoning classification and restrictions.

(2) Alteration or enlargement of buildings and structures. A non-conforming building or structure shall not be added to or enlarged in any manner unless said building or structure, including additions and enlargements, is made to conform to all of the regulations of the district in which it is located; provided, however, that if a building or structure is conforming as to use, but nonconforming as to yard or height or off-street parking space, the building or structure may be enlarged or added to provided that the enlargement or addition complies with the yard or height requirements and the existing building and the addition complies with the off-street parking requirements of the district in which said building or structure is located. No non-conforming building or structure shall be moved in whole or in part to another location on the lot unless every portion of said building or structure is made to conform to all of the regulations of the district in which it is located.

(3) Outdoor advertising signs and structures. Any advertising sign, billboard, commercial advertising structure, or statuary which is lawfully existing and maintained at the time this Section becomes effective, which does not conform with the provisions hereof, shall not be structurally altered, and all such non-conforming advertising signs, billboards, commercial advertising structures and statuary and their supporting members shall be completely removed from the premises not later than 3 years from the effective date of this Section.

(4) Building vacancy. A non-conforming building, structure or portion thereof, which is or hereafter becomes vacant and remains unoccupied for a continuous period of 1 year shall not thereafter be occupied except by a use which conforms to the use regulations of the district in which it is located.

(5) Change of use.

(6) Violation. Nothing in this Section is intended to allow the continuance of a building, structure or use of land maintained contrary to and in violation of zoning restrictions applicable to that property prior to the adoption of a new classification.