Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Geary, Oklahoma

Geary’s own rules

• Building permitRequired

  Buildings and other structures inside Geary city limits.

  • Applies when a structure is built, enlarged, altered, or moved; listed triggers include exterior-appearance changes and a building or mobile home moved into or within the city.
  • Applicant must submit an application and information required by the city clerk.
  • The building official must certify compliance before the clerk issues the permit, and the applicant must pay the applicable fee.

  “No building or other structure shall be built, enlarged, altered or moved without a building permit”

• Building code adoptedAdopted (with conditions)

  Property, buildings, and structures in Geary city.

  • The adopted International Building Code is the 2009 Edition including appendix chapters; it is subject to additions, insertions, deletions, and changes prescribed in § 5-102.

  International Building Code edition: 2009 edition (Including all appendix chapters.)

  “International Building Code, 2009 Edition,”

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land inside Geary city limits.

  • The code provides that zoning regulations and map are on file in the city clerk's office.

  “the city, hereby adopts a zoning ordinance for the city.”

• Zoning districtsPartial

  Zoning districts inside Geary city limits.

  • The city code identifies C-1 and C-1/R-1 district labels for the mobile-home rule.
  • The zoning regulations and map are stated to be on file with the city clerk; the full district schedule was not obtained from the opened web materials.

  “except in districts zoned as commercial 1 (C-1) and districts zoned as commercial l/residential 1 (C-1 /R-1).”

• Minimum lot sizeSpecified

  Lots on which a mobile home is located inside Geary city limits.

  • The provision applies to lots upon which a mobile home is to be located.

  minimum lot dimensions: 50 by 140 feet (For any lot upon which a mobile home is to be located.)

  “There shall be a minimum lot of fifty (50) feet by one-hundred forty (140) feet”

• SetbacksSpecified

  Mobile homes inside Geary city limits.

  • Corner-lot mobile homes must maintain a side-yard setback from the street of at least 25 feet.

  front yard setback: >= 25 feet (Measured from street right-of-way or lot lines.) · side yard setback: >= 10 feet (Mobile homes generally.) · rear yard setback: >= 15 feet (Mobile homes generally.)

  “The minimum setback of the front yard from the street right-of-way or lot lines shall be twenty-five (25) feet;”

• Living in an RVLimited

  Travel trailers and recreational vehicles within Geary city corporate limits.

  • An RV is allowed only if stored without encroaching on an established setback, offered for sale at a commercial sales lot, or located in a permitted mobile-home park, subdivision, campground, or RV park.
  • During construction of a house on the same property, a property owner living in an RV is subject to planning-commission review and permission.

  “No travel trailer or recreational vehicle shall be permitted within the corporate limits of the city of Geary, Oklahoma, unless”

• Manufactured homesLimited

  Freestanding mobile homes and manufactured homes inside Geary city limits.

  • Mobile homes are allowed under applicable zoning regulations in all city zoning districts except C-1 and C-1/R-1.
  • Mobile homes outside mobile-home districts are subject to mobile-home-district minimum-area regulations.

  “A mobile home shall be allowed as a permitted use”

• Mandatory utility hookupWater (with conditions)

  Each family dwelling, apartment, building, office, business, or premises within Geary city corporate limits.

  • The ordinance requires hookup, acceptance, and use of the city water system and payment of prescribed service fees.

  “required to hookup to, accept and use the city water system”

• Driveway accessRequired

  Freestanding mobile homes inside Geary city limits.

  • Driveway surface may be asphalt, concrete, or gravel.

  “All freestanding mobile homes shall have a hard-surface driveway of asphalt, concrete or gravel.”

• Building in a floodplainRequired

  Development in areas of special flood hazard within Geary city jurisdiction.

  • The ordinance applies to all areas of special flood hazard within the city jurisdiction.
  • A development permit is required for conformance with the chapter.
  • The floodplain administrator reviews, approves, or denies development-permit applications.

  “A development permit shall be required to ensure conformance with the provisions of this chapter.”

• Permit feesVariable (with conditions)

  Building permits inside Geary city limits.

  • The fee may be set by city-council motion or resolution.
  • A current fee schedule must be kept in the city clerk's office.

  “A current copy of the fee schedule shall be kept in the office of the city clerk.”

• Permit processPublished (with conditions)

  Building-permit applications inside Geary city limits.

  • Applicant submits an application and information reasonably required by the city clerk.
  • The building official must certify compliance with applicable ordinances and laws.
  • The clerk issues the permit after certification and payment of the building-permit fee.

  “A person desiring a building permit shall submit an application therefore to the city clerk.”

Still unanswered

We looked and could not find an official answer yet. Silence is not permission; ask Geary or Blaine County directly.

• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-built homes inside Geary city limits.
• Inspections — Construction inside Geary city limits.
• Certificate of occupancy — Buildings inside Geary city limits.
• Minimum dwelling size — Dwellings inside Geary city limits.
• Lot coverage — Lots inside Geary city limits.

Each answer was extracted from an official source and independently re-checked against that source by a second reviewer. That is an evidence check, not legal advice. Rules change; confirm with the authority before you buy or build.