Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Antlers, Oklahoma

Antlers’s own rules

• Local zoningPresent

  Land inside Antlers city limits

  • Code hosted on the city's own site; PDF uploaded 2019, so later amendments are not confirmed.

  “this ordinance shall be known as and may be cited and referred to as the "zoning ordinance of the city of antlers, oklahoma" and may be cited as such.”

• Zoning districtsPublished

  Zoning districts inside Antlers city

  • Ordinance says districts 'may be established'; the zoning map itself was not reviewed.
  • Other districts in the ordinance text include R-1 residential.

  districts: R, C, I-1, I-2, F-1, A-1

  “the following districts may be established for the city of antlers, oklahoma: (1) r residential (2) c commercial 202 (3) i-1 light industrial (4) i-2 heavy industrial (5) f-1 flood plain (6) a-1 agriculture”

• Minimum lot sizeSpecified

  A-1 agricultural district inside Antlers city

  • Minimum lot frontage 150 feet.

  minimum lot area: >= 5 acres · minimum lot frontage: >= 150 feet

  “(a) the minimum lot area shall be five (5) acres; (b) minimum lot frontage shall be one hundred fifty (150) feet;”

• SetbacksSpecified

  A-1 agricultural district inside Antlers city

  • Source text writes the residential front yard as 'twenty-five (25) feet' with '(35)' in numerals; discrepancy in the ordinance.

  front yard: >= 50 feet (residential uses 25 feet (numeral printed as 35)) · side yard: >= 25 feet · rear yard: >= 50 feet

  “(e) minimum front yard setback shall be fifty (50) feet, except for residential uses which shall be twenty-five (35) feet; (f) minimum side yard setback shall be twenty-five (25) feet; (g) minimum rear yard setback shall be fifty (50) feet.”

  One more reviewed finding on this topic

  • Specified — R-1 residential district inside Antlers city (single and two family dwellings)

    “(1) the minimum depth of the front yard shall be twenty-five (25) feet for residential buildings, and twenty (20) feet for all other buildings. (b) side yard: (1) for single and two family dwellings there shall be a side yard on each side of the main building of not less than ten (10) feet.”

• Lot coverageSpecified

  A-1 agricultural district inside Antlers city

  • Includes accessory buildings.

  maximum lot coverage by structure: <= 30 percent

  “(c) maximum lot coverage by structure shall not exceed thirty percent (30%) including accessory buildings;”

• Building heightSpecified

  A-1 agricultural district inside Antlers city

  maximum building height: <= 35 feet

  “(d) maximum building height shall be thirty-five (35) feet;”

• Manufactured homesProhibited

  Manufactured and mobile homes in the A-1 agricultural district inside Antlers city

  • The F-1 flood plain district also prohibits them (Section 24-64).
  • Chapter 25 sets rules for manufactured homes and mobile home subdivisions elsewhere; not fully reviewed.

  “section 24-69 manufactured and mobile homes 1. manufactured homes are prohibited. 2. mobile homes are prohibited.”

• Building in a floodplainRequired

  Structures in the F-1 flood plain district inside Antlers city

  • Only agricultural crops, nursery stock, gardening and public recreation are permitted uses in F-1.
  • Maximum 50% coverage, 35 ft height.

  “all structures which are constructed or commenced on a parcel of land in the flood plain district shall be in compliance with the provisions of the national insurance program as set forth under the flood disaster protection act of 1973.”

Still unanswered

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

• Building permit — Building permits inside Antlers city
• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-builder inside Antlers city
• Building code adopted — Building code inside Antlers city
• Inspections — Building inspection inside Antlers city
• Certificate of occupancy — Certificate of occupancy inside Antlers city

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.