Tulsa, Oklahoma, Nuisance Removal Charter Amendment, Proposition 1 (November 2017)
| Proposition 1: Tulsa Nuisance Removal Charter Amendment |
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| The basics |
| Election date: |
| November 14, 2017 |
| Status: |
 Approved
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| Topic: |
| Local charter amendments |
| Related articles |
| Local charter amendments on the ballot November 14, 2017 ballot measures in Oklahoma Tulsa County, Oklahoma ballot measures Home rule charter on the ballot |
| See also |
| Tulsa, Oklahoma |
A nuisance removal charter amendment was on the ballot for Tulsa voters in Tulsa County, Oklahoma, on November 14, 2017. It was approved.
| A yes vote was a vote in favor of amending the city charter to clarify that the city can remove (abate) a nuisance from a property within two years of a previous abatement from the same property. This amendment would distinguish the city's two-year rule from the state statute, which limits this term to six months. |
| A no vote was a vote against amending the city charter to clarify that the city can remove (abate) a nuisance from a property within two years of a previous abatement from the same property. |
Election results
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 8,291 | 79.61% | ||
| No | 2,123 | 20.39% | ||
- Election results from State Election Board
Text of measure
Ballot question
The ballot question was as follows:[1]
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Shall the City Charter of the City of Tulsa, Article I, Section 3, ‘General Grant of Power’, Paragraph ‘O’ be amended to clarify that the City of Tulsa may summarily abate a nuisance re-occurring on the same property under the same ownership within twenty-four (24) months of a previous nuisance abatement on that property?[2] |
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Path to the ballot
This measure was put on the ballot through a vote of the governing officials of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ City of Tulsa, "Special Proposition Election November 14, 2017," accessed December 8, 2017
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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