Oklahoma

Right to Farm

§2-9-210.

 
§2-9-210.
   
   A. In addition to any other requirement of the Oklahoma Concentrated
   Animal Feeding Operations Act, animal feeding operations owners and
   operators who are granted an animal feeding operations license shall:
   
   1. Provide adequate veterinarian services for detection, control, and
   elimination of livestock diseases;
   
   2. Have available for use at all necessary times mechanical means of
   scraping, cleaning, and grading feed yards premises; and
   
   3. Provide weather resistant aprons adjacent to all permanently
   affixed feed bunks, water tanks, and feeding devices.
   
   B. 1. Any animal feeding operation licensed pursuant to the Oklahoma
   Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Act, operated in compliance
   with such standards, and in compliance with the rules promulgated by
   the Board, shall be deemed to be prima facie evidence that a nuisance
   does not exist; provided, no animal feeding operation shall be located
   or operated in violation of any zoning regulations.
   
   2. Any animal feeding operation licensed pursuant to the Oklahoma
   Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Act, operated in compliance
   with such standards, and in compliance with rules promulgated by the
   Board, that is located on land more than three (3) miles outside the
   incorporated limits of any municipality and which is not located
   within one (1) mile of ten or more occupied residences shall not be
   deemed a nuisance unless it is shown by a preponderance of the
   evidence that the operation endangers the health or safety of others.