Land Use & Zoning

A property owner in an Oklahoma municipality challenges a zoning decision affecting their property. Their first administrative recourse is typically:

AFiling a federal lawsuit
BFiling an appeal with the Board of Adjustment (Board of Zoning Appeals), which hears appeals from administrative zoning decisions✓ Correct
CContacting OREC for a ruling
DFiling a complaint with the state attorney general

Explanation

Administrative zoning appeals go first to the Board of Adjustment (or Board of Zoning Appeals). Only after exhausting administrative remedies (administrative appeal, then circuit court) can a property owner typically seek relief in higher courts.

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