Broken Arrow, OK Rental Property Rules: Repairs & Habitability (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing code
- 2018 International Property Maintenance Code
- Enforcing agency
- Community Development Department code official
- Heat supply mandate
- October 1 through April 1
- Program type
- Complaint-driven, no proactive rental inspections
Summary
Broken Arrow adopted the 2018 International Property Maintenance Code as its citywide habitability standard, covering heat, plumbing, structural repair, and sanitation for every dwelling, rental or owner-occupied, inside city limits in Tulsa County, Oklahoma.
That certain document, one copy of which is on file with the office of the city clerk, being marked and designated as the 2018 International Property Maintenance Code, as published by the International Code Council, Inc., is hereby adopted as the property maintenance code of the city to the same extent as if set out herein at length, as amended by section 15-45.
(Code 1977, § 15-44; Ord. No. 3056, art. II, 9-15-2009; Ord. No. 3178, § I, 12-20-2011; Ord. No. 3284, § XII, 9-16-2014; Ord. No. 3503, § II, 11-21-2017; Ord. No. 3763, § IV, 12-20-2022)
State Law reference— Adoption by reference, 11 O.S. § 14-107.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 43).
Full Breakdown
The city's Department of Community Development enforces the 2018 IPMC, amended locally under Sec. 15-45, against any structure failing minimum habitability: heat supply must run October 1 to April 1, plumbing and sewer lines must stay leak-free and functional, insect screens are required March 1 to December 1, and parking-lot/sidewalk surfaces must stay hazard-free. A code official issues a notice to correct and repair under Sec. 15-4 before further action; there is no separate proactive rental-unit inspection program, enforcement is complaint- and code-official-driven under the amended IPMC, applying equally to rental and owner-occupied property in Broken Arrow, Tulsa County.
Violations & Fines
Notice to correct and repair under Sec. 15-4, then penalties under IPMC Sec. 106.4 and Sec. 15-8 of the Municipal Code; noncompliance can lead to condemnation of the structure.
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