Okla. Admin. Code § 120:10-5-4.1

Current through Vol. 42, No. 4, November 1, 2024

Section 120:10-5-4.1 - Area and open space

The following requirements are intended to provide exceptions or qualify and supplement, as the case may be, the specific district regulations set forth in Subchapter 3 of this Chapter.

(1)Open space to serve one building. No open space or lot area for a building or structure shall, during its life, be occupied by, or counted as open space for any other building or structure.

(2)Minimum requirement. In residential districts, a minimum of 25 percent of the lot shall be maintained as open space with no buildings, parking or impervious surfaces.

(3)Fences and walls. Fences, walls and hedges in residential districts may be permitted in any required yard or along the edge of any yard. For residentially-zoned or used property, no fence, wall, or hedge located in front of the front building line shall exceed 3 feet in height, and no other wall or fence shall exceed 6 feet in height.

(4)Sight lines at intersections. On any corner lot on which a front and side yard is required, no wall, fence, sign, structure, or any plant growth which obstructs sight lines at elevations between 2 feet and 6 feet above the crown of the adjacent roadway shall be placed or maintained within a triangle formed by measuring from the point of intersection of the front and exterior lot lines a distance of 30 feet along said front and side lot lines and connecting the points so established form a sight triangle on the area of the lot adjacent to the street intersection.

(5)Location of attached private garage. An attached or detached private garage which faces on a street shall not be located closer than 25 feet to the street easement line.

(6)Time and accessory building construction. No accessory building shall be constructed upon a lot until the construction of the main building has been actually commenced and no accessory building shall be used unless the main building on the lot is also being used.

(7)Ground coverage and location of accessory building. Accessory buildings which are not a part of the main building may be built in the rear yard within 10 feet of the rear lot line. An accessory building which is not a part of the main building shall not occupy more than 30% of the rear yard.

(8)Projections and open space. Every part of a required yard shall be open to the sky unobstructed except for accessory buildings in the rear yard, and except for the ordinary projections of skylights, sills, belt courses, cornices, and ornamental features projecting not to exceed 12 inches.

(9)Limit on exterior projections. Open or lattice-enclosed fire escapes, fireproof outside stairways, and balconies opening upon fire towers projecting into a yard not more than 5 feet, and the ordinary projections of chimneys and flues are permitted.

(10)Residential building construction. No building or structure designed or intended to be used for residential purposes shall be constructed on any lot in any district unless such lot abuts for at least 35 feet on at least 1 street and has a minimum width of 50 feet at the front building line; and further provided that no dwelling shall front on any alley or be designed so that an alley is the primary means of ingress or egress, except that a garage apartment may be constructed to the rear of another main dwelling.

(11)No restriction on public utility construction. These regulations shall not prohibit the construction of electric sub-stations, gas distribution regulator stations, the extraction of oil or natural gas in any zoning district, provided the landscape plan for such installations are approved by the Commission. These regulations shall not be construed as interfering with the normal construction, operation, and maintenance of water, storm and sanitary sewers, natural gas, electric and communication utilities within the District.

Okla. Admin. Code § 120:10-5-4.1

Added at 26 Ok Reg 2819, eff 6-22-09 (emergency); Added at 27 Ok Reg 912, eff 5-13-10; Amended at 28 Ok Reg 2216, eff 7-25-11

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 35, Issue 24, September 4, 2018, eff. 9/14/2018