Chapter 5557 | Municipal Road Improvement

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Section 5557.01 \| Road defined. Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF As used in sections 5557.02 to 5557.07, inclusive, of the Revised Code, "road" includes any state or county roads, or the streets of any municipal corporation, or any part of such roads or streets, which forms a continuous road improvement.
Section 5557.02 \| Road improvement into, within, or through municipal corporation. Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF The board of county commissioners may construct a proposed road improvement into, within, or through a municipal corporation, when the consent of the legislative authority of such municipal corporation has been first obtained. Such consent shall be evidenced by the proper action of the legislative authority, entered upon its records, and the legislative authority may assume and pay such proportion of the cost of that part of the proposed improvement within the municipal corporation as agreed upon between the board and legislative authority. If no part of the cost of the proposed improvement is assumed by the municipal corporation, no action on its part, other than the giving of the consent above referred to, shall be necessary, and all other proceedings in connection with such improvement shall be conducted in the same manner as though the improvement were situated wholly outside a municipal corporation.
Section 5557.03 \| Copy of surveys, profiles, and proposed proportion of cost filed with legislative authority. Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF If any part of the cost of the proposed road improvement is assumed by the municipal corporation, the board of county commissioners, after the approval by it of the surveys, plans, profiles, cross sections, estimates, and specifications, shall cause a copy of the surveys, profiles, and the proposed proportion of cost to be paid by the municipal corporation, to be filed with the legislative authority. The legislative authority shall examine the surveys, profiles, and the proposed proportion of cost to be paid by such municipal corporation. If after such examination the legislative authority is satisfied that the public convenience and welfare require that the improvement be made, it shall, by resolution, so determine, and shall approve the surveys, profiles, and the proposed proportion of cost to be paid by such municipal corporation. After the consent of such legislative authority has been obtained, an agreement shall be entered into by the legislative authority with the board determining what proportion of the cost of such improvement is to be paid by the municipal corporation, which may include the payment of any part of the compensation for land taken and damages to property caused by such improvement, as allowed by the board or fixed as provided by law. All claims for compensation and damages shall be presented to and heard and determined by the board, and all proceedings with reference thereto shall be had by such board in the same manner as though the improvement were located entirely outside a municipal corporation. For the purpose of providing, by taxation, a fund for the payment of the proportion of the cost of the improvement to be paid by the municipal corporation and also the compensation and damages incident thereto, such municipal corporation may levy taxes upon all the taxable property of the municipal corporation, under the same restrictions imposed in the case of taxes levied for the purpose of providing funds for the payment of the municipal corporation's share of the cost of street improvements under the exclusive jurisdiction and control of the legislative authority of a municipal corporation. The legislative authority of the municipal corporation may assess against abutting property owners any part of the proportion of the cost of such improvement, and the compensation and damages to be paid by it. Assessments shall be made in one of the methods provided for in the case of street improvements wholly within the municipal corporation, and under the exclusive control of the legislative authority.
Section 5557.04 \| Payment of estimated proportion of cost and expense of proposed road improvement. Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF A municipal corporation shall pay to the county treasurer its estimated proportion of the cost and expense of the proposed road improvement, as fixed in the agreement between the legislative authority of the municipal corporation and the board of county commissioners, out of any funds available therefor. In anticipation of the collection of assessments to be made against abutting property, as provided in section 5557.03 of the Revised Code, and in anticipation of the collection of taxes levied for the purpose of providing for the payment of the municipal corporation's share of the cost of such improvement, the municipal corporation may sell its bonds under the same conditions and restrictions imposed in the sale of bonds for street improvements under the exclusive jurisdiction and control of the legislative authority of a municipal corporation.
Section 5557.05 \| Levying assessment against property benefited by road improvement. Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF The board of county commissioners may provide for a road improvement within a municipal corporation by levying against the property benefited by such improvement in the same manner as provided in sections 5555.41, 5555.45, 5555.46, and 5555.47 of the Revised Code. The municipal corporation shall pay to the county treasurer its estimated portion of the cost of such an improvement, to be borne by the municipal corporation as a whole, as fixed in the agreement between the legislative authority and the board, out of any funds available, and may issue such bonds therefor and under such conditions as provided for in section 5557.04 of the Revised Code.
Section 5557.06 \| Bidding and contract for improvement. Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF The board of county commissioners shall receive bids and let the contract for improving such portion of a road as lies within the municipal corporation, in connection with the remainder of a proposed road improvement or separately, as the board determines. The total cost of such work shall be paid on the allowance of the board, by the warrant of the county auditor, and after completion of such work and the payment of the cost thereof, any balance of the funds contributed by the municipal corporation shall be refunded to it to be disposed of according to law.
Section 5557.07 \| Proceedings when greater width desired by municipal corporation. Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF Whenever any portion of a road to be improved by the board of county commissioners lies within the corporate limits of a municipal corporation, and the legislative authority of such municipal corporation desires to improve any part of the road within such municipal corporation to a greater width than is contemplated by the proceedings for the improvement by the board, such legislative authority shall, at any time before it approves the surveys and profiles for such improvement, determine by resolution the additional width to which it desires such road, or part thereof, to be improved and cause a copy of the resolution to be filed with the board. The board shall cause the county engineer to prepare the necessary surveys, plans, profiles, cross sections, estimates, and specifications for improving such road or part thereof to an additional width. The estimates for the improvement shall set forth the probable cost of so much of the improvement as is made necessary by the proposed increase in width. After such surveys, plans, profiles, cross sections, estimates, and specifications have been completed by the engineer he shall file a copy with the board and all subsequent proceedings shall be conducted in the manner provided in sections 5557.02 to 5557.06, inclusive, of the Revised Code. The legislative authority of the municipal corporation may assume all that part of the estimated cost of such improvement rendered necessary by the increased width, or such part of the additional expense as may be agreed upon between the legislative authority and the board.
Section 5557.08 \| Continuous road improvement through municipal corporation consent required. Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF The board of county commissioners may repair that portion of a county road extending into or through a municipal corporation, or a part of a county road and a municipal corporation's streets extending into or through a municipal corporation and forming a continuous road improvement, when the consent of the legislative authority of said municipal corporation has been first obtained, and such consent shall be evidenced by the proper legislation of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, entered upon its records.
Section 5557.09 \| Road improvements boundary line of municipal corporation within side lines and adjoining road to be improved. Effective: October 30, 1989 Latest Legislation: House Bill 230 - 118th General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF Whenever the boundary line of a municipal corporation is located within or along the side lines of a street, avenue, road, or other public highway and adjoins unincorporated territory, such municipal corporation may enter into an agreement with the board of county commissioners for the improvement of such street, avenue, road, or other public highway in such manner as the legislative authority of the municipal corporation and the board of county commissioners may determine. The agreement may provide for any of the improvements specified in section 727.01 of the Revised Code, and the cost and expense thereof may be assessed upon the property specially benefited. By the agreement, the cost of the entire improvement shall be apportioned between the municipal corporation and the board of county commissioners as the legislative authority and the board may agree and the legislative authority of the municipal corporation and the board of county commissioners shall each determine whether or not any portion of the cost to be paid by it shall be specially assessed or paid from other funds of the municipal corporation or county available for such purpose. Such agreement shall designate either the municipal corporation or the board of county commissioners to take exclusive charge of the details of the improvement, including advertising for bids and awarding the contract. Such contract may be entered into by such municipal corporation or board when the necessary funds have been provided therfor, and when the amount to be paid by the other has been paid to the municipal corporation or board authorized to supervise such construction. Assessments made by a municipal corporation under such agreement shall be made in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in sections 727.01 to 727.49 of the Revised Code. Assessments made by a board of county commissioners under such agreement shall be made in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in sections 5555.06 and 5555.07 of the Revised Code. Bonds may be issued and sold in anticipation of the collection of the assessments by either the municipal corporation or the board levying the assessments, and bonds may likewise be issued and sold by either the municipal corporation or the board for the purpose of paying its share of such improvement under the conditions and limitations, and in the manner provided by Chapter 133. of the Revised Code. "Improvement" as used in this section includes constructing, reconstructing, grading, draining, curbing, paving, repaving, straightening, widening, and repairing the street, avenue, road, or other public highway and also includes the constructing and reconstructing of sidewalks, drainage ditches, storm sewers, bridges, and culverts.