PERMIT

Oklahoma City Municipal Code ch. 22, art. II

in effect

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 22-21 Requirements.

§ 22-21. - Requirements. (a) No person shall hold, conduct, engage in, or participate, in any manner, in a residential sale without a permit for same. A separate permit shall be required for each location at which a residential sale is to be held, and no location shall be eligible for more than two permits in any calendar year. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 26-6, the City may adopt a paperless permit process whereby the applicant shall provide the City with all necessary information over the telephone or in writing and the City may issue qualified applicants a permit number in lieu of a paper permit. As used in this chapter the term permit shall include both paper permits and paperless permit numbers. (c) Should a paper permit be issued, the permittee shall be responsible for having the permit at the residential sale site and readily available for inspection throughout the duration of the sale. Whether issued a paper or paperless permit, the permittee shall be responsible for knowing and posting the permit number in a conspicuous place at the site of the residential sale for the duration of the sale. The posted permit number must be on paper, cardboard or wood with a surface area of at least 8½ inches by 11 inches with the numbers being at least one inch in height and width. (d) Failure to obtain a permit or a permit number required by this chapter shall be deemed a violation of this Code. Failure to have a paper permit, if issued, at the sale site and readily available for inspection or failure to have the permit number, if paperless permit is issued, posted in accordance with this chapter shall be deemed a violation of this Code. (Code 1970, § 9-279(a), (c); Code 1980, § 22-21; Ord. No. 21271, § 1, 6-22-99; Ord. No. 22292, § 2, 8-26-03)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 22-22 Applications.

§ 22-22. - Applications. The applicant shall furnish the Supervisor of Licenses with the following information, either in writing or by telephone: (1) full name, address and telephone number of applicant. (2) the location at which the proposed residential sale is to be held. (3) the date or dates upon which the sale shall be held. (4) a statement from the applicant to the effect that all goods to be sold at the residential sale are owned by the applicant or that the applicant has written authority from the owner of said goods to sell same at the sale for the owner and have not been obtained for the purpose of reselling them at the sale as a business venture or on consignment; and (5) a statement from the applicant that no more than three families shall provide goods to be sold at said residential sale. Provided however should the applicant make application by telephone the applicant shall be deemed to have warranted and agreed to the statements in Subparagraphs (4) and (5) above. Failure to hold or operate a residential sale in compliance with the information and statements required by this section shall be deemed a violation of this Code whether or not provided in writing. (Code 1970, § 9-280; Code 1980, § 22-22; Ord. No. 19468, § 1, 9-11-90; Ord. No. 21125, § 1, 9-15-98; Ord. No. 21271, § 1, 6-22-99)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 22-23 Issuance.

§ 22-23. - Issuance. (a) Permit issued for three or less consecutive days. The Supervisor of Licenses is hereby authorized to grant a permit for a residential sale for a period not to exceed three consecutive days to any person applying who otherwise complies with the requirements of this Code. (b) Exception if sale not held because of inclement weather or other emergency causes. If a residential sale is not held on the dates for which the permit is issued or is terminated during the first day of the sale because of inclement weather conditions or other emergency causes (including, but not limited to fire, illness, natural disaster or other emergency beyond the control of the applicant) the permittee may submit a written statement which states the particular reasons why the sale was not held. The Supervisor of Licenses may issue another permit to the applicant for a residential sale to be conducted at the same location within 30 days from the date when the first sale was to be held. No additional permit fee is required. (c) Investigation. The Supervisor of Licenses may conduct an investigation as may reasonably be necessary to determine if there is compliance with this Code. (d) Hours of operation. An application having a valid permit may operate a residential sale between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. (Code 1970, § 9-281; Ord. No. 17900, § 1, 10-30-84; Code 1980, § 22-23; Ord. No. 19960, § 1, 5-25-93; Ord. No. 21125, § 1, 9-15-98)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 22-24 Revocation and refusal.

§ 22-24. - Revocation and refusal. (a) Revocation or refusal of permit; false information. Any permit issued under this article may be revoked or any application for issuance of a permit may be refused by the Supervisor of Licenses if the application submitted by the applicant or permit holder contains any false, fraudulent or misleading statement. (b) Revocation for conviction of violation. If any person is convicted of an offense under this article, the Supervisor of Licenses is instructed to cancel any existing residential sale permit held by the person convicted and not to issue such person another residential sale permit for a period of one year from the time of conviction. (Code 1970, § 9-286; Code 1980, § 22-24; Ord. No. 19960, § 1, 5-25-93)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 22-25 Fees.

§ 22-25. - Fees. (a) A person required by the provisions of this chapter to obtain a permit shall pay to the City the fee established in Chapter 60, the General Schedule of Fees. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 26-2, a person with a current Oklahoma City utility account in their name and for the address of the site of the residential sale, which account is in good standing as determined by the Utilities Superintendent, may be allowed to have the permit fee placed on their utility account to be paid with the next utility bill. The availability of the utility billing payment procedure for obtaining a residential sale permit shall be subject to satisfaction of the requirements and procedure established by the Utilities Department as approved by the City Manager. (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Code, the City Treasurer is hereby authorized to issue refunds of the residential sale permit fees upon the direction of the Supervisor of Licenses. Upon the showing of a permittee within thirty days of the scheduled date for the residential sale that a residential sale permit fee was errantly purchased for a site outside the City limits, the Supervisor of Licenses may direct the City Treasurer to issue a refund. (Code 1970, § 9-282; Code 1980, § 22-25; Ord. No. 21271, § 1, 6-22-99; Ord. No. 23451, § 4, 9-25-07)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 22-26 Compliance with other ordinances.

§ 22-26. - Compliance with other ordinances. The issuance of a permit under the provisions of this article shall not exempt such persons from the terms and provisions of other ordinances. (Code 1970, § 9-279(b); Code 1980, § 22-26)

Source: City of Oklahoma City, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ok/oklahoma_city/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=OKMUCO2020_CH22GASAYASAET_ARTIIPEFetched: 10/28/2026