Elias v. City of Tulsa

BUSSEY, Judge.

In 1959 the regular session of the Twenty-Seventh Legislature of the State of Oklahoma enacted certain provisions relating to regional planning commissions for cities within the State. The specific enactment involved in this case is Chapter 19A entitled, “County Planning and Zoning.” This particular chapter applies to counties containing a city of 180,000 to 240,000 population. According to the last Federal Decennial Census, the City of Tulsa falls within the purview of this Act and accordingly the city established a City-County Planning Commission and enacted zoning ordinances…