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  2. Ada, Oklahoma - Wikipedia

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    Ada is a city in and the county seat of Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, United States. [ 4] The population was 16,481 at the 2020 United States Census. The city was named for Ada Reed, the daughter of an early settler, and was incorporated in 1901. [ 5] Ada is home to East Central University, and is the capital of the Chickasaw Nation.

  3. Rail speed limits in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Signal speeds. Federal regulators limit the speed of trains with respect to the signaling method used. [ 1] Passenger trains are limited to 59 mph (95 km/h) and freight trains to 49 mph (79 km/h) on track without block signal systems. (See dark territory .) Trains without "an automatic cab signal, automatic train stop or automatic train control ...

  4. Pontotoc County, Oklahoma - Wikipedia

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    Pontotoc County is a county in the south central part of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 38,065. [1] Its county seat is Ada. [2] The county was created at statehood from part of the Chickasaw Nation in Indian Territory. It was named for a historic Chickasaw tribal area in Mississippi.

  5. Zoning in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Zoning is a law that divides a jurisdiction's land into districts, or zones, and limits how land in each district can be used. [ 1][ 2] In the United States, zoning includes various land use laws enforced through the police power rights of state governments and local governments to exercise authority over privately owned real property.

  6. Legality of cannabis by U.S. jurisdiction - Wikipedia

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    e. In the United States, cannabis is legal in 38 of 50 states for medical use and 24 states for recreational use. At the federal level, cannabis is classified as a Schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act, determined to have a high potential for abuse and no accepted medical use, prohibiting its use for any purpose. [ 1]

  7. Metropolitan Area Projects Plan - Wikipedia

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    The original Metropolitan Area Projects Plan, or MAPS, was a $350 million public works and redevelopment project in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma during the middle to late 1990s, funded by a temporary, five year, voter-approved sales tax increase. [6] ". The various MAPS projects were believed to be capable of improving the economy and attractiveness ...

  8. Spot zoning - Wikipedia

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    Spot zoning. Spot zoning is the application of zoning to a specific parcel or parcels of land within a larger zoned area when the rezoning is usually at odds with a city's master plan and current zoning restrictions. Spot zoning may be ruled invalid as an "arbitrary, capricious and unreasonable treatment" of a limited parcel of land by a local ...

  9. Speed limits in the United States by jurisdiction - Wikipedia

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    The city of New York, being a city, retained the 50 mph speed limit. New York restored its 65 mph speed limit in late 1995, soon before the NMSL was repealed. Until September 2003, the state legislature needed to approve individual 65 mph zones, a lengthy process taking months or years of politically motivated debate.