Ohio Revised Code Search

...A majority of all members of the legislative authority of a municipal corporation constitutes a quorum, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day and compel the attendance of absent members. The affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the legislative authority is necessary to adopt any motion, ordinance, or resolution, and on the passage of every ordinance or resolution the vote shall be taken by "yea...

...An annual tax ordinance to determine the amount of the tax levy shall be prepared by the mayor, the chairman of the commission, or the city manager, as the case may be, under the direction of the legislative authority. For the purpose of preparing such ordinances such officer shall require from the head of each office or department for which appropriations are made, a detailed statement, upon uniform blanks furnished...

...At the end of each year the legislative authority of a municipal corporation shall have an annual report printed, in pamphlet form, giving: (A) The classified statement of all receipts, expenditures, assets, and liabilities of the municipal corporation; (B) A detailed comparison of such receipts and expenditures with those of the preceding year; (C) A summary of the proceedings of the legislative authority and a s...

...The form of government provided in sections 705.41 to 705.48, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be known as the "commission plan." In municipal corporations organized under such sections the only elective officers shall be the members of the municipal commission. Three commissioners shall be chosen in municipal corporations having not more than ten thousand inhabitants according to the last preceding federal cens...

...The form of government provided in sections 705.51 to 705.60, inclusive, of the Revised Code, to be known as the "city manager plan," shall consist of a council of five or more citizens, according to the population of the municipal corporation as determined by the last preceding federal census, who shall be elected at large. The council shall constitute the governing body of such municipal corporation with power...

...The form of government provided in sections 705.71 to 705.86, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be known as the "federal plan." In municipal corporations adopting such plan the only elective officers shall be the mayor and members of council.

...All laws pertaining to the initiative and referendum in municipal corporations shall apply to and become a part of each plan of government provided in sections 705.41 to 705.86, inclusive, of the Revised Code. Section 705.92 of the Revised Code shall be submitted, with each such plan, to the electors of the municipal corporation as prescribed in section 705.03 of the Revised Code, and shall go into effect and form a...

...Notwithstanding Section 38 of Article II, Ohio Constitution, or any other provisions in the Revised Code to the contrary, any elective officer of a municipal corporation may be removed from office by the qualified voters of such municipal corporation. The procedure to effect such removal shall be: (A) A petition signed by qualified electors equal in number to at least fifteen per cent of the total votes cast at the ...

...the board makes its determination and informs the board of elections of its determination under division (D) of this section. (C) The petition required by section 707.29 of the Revised Code may be presented to the board of county commissioners at any session of the board, after which the board shall make it available for inspection by any interested person. Upon the filing of the petition with the board of county...

...(A) A petition filed under section 709.021 of the Revised Code that requests to follow this section is for the special procedure of annexing land into a municipal corporation when, subject to division (H) of this section, the land also is not to be excluded from the township under section 503.07 of the Revised Code. The owners who sign this petition by their signature expressly waive their right to appeal in law or e...

...(A) A petition filed under section 709.021 of the Revised Code that requests to follow this section is for the special procedure of annexing land into a municipal corporation for the purpose of undertaking a significant economic development project. As used in this section, "significant economic development project" means one or more economic development projects that can be classified as industrial, distribution, hi...

...Upon petition of a majority of the freehold electors owning lands in any portion of the territory of a municipal corporation, or, if no freehold electors own land therein, upon petition of a majority of the owners of lands therein, accurately described in such petition with an accurate map or plat thereof, praying to have such portion of territory detached therefrom, the board of county commissioners, with the ...

...(A) If merger conditions agreed upon by a merger commission of a township and one or more municipal corporations are disapproved by a majority of those voting on them in the township or a municipal corporation proposed to be merged or in the municipal corporation with which merger is proposed, no further petitions shall be filed under section 709.45 of the Revised Code proposing the merger of any of the territory w...

...On and after the date on which a petition is filed with the board of elections under section 709.45 of the Revised Code for the election of a merger commission for the merger of one or more municipal corporations and the unincorporated territory of a township, no petition for the annexation of any part of the unincorporated territory of the township shall be filed with a board of county commissioners under sec...

...Upon the institution of proceedings by the legislative authority of a municipal corporation, the board of county commissioners of a county, the department of transportation of the state, or an individual, partnership, or corporation in the court of common pleas, for the vacation of any public streets, alley, avenue, lane, road, boulevard, driveway, or other public way, or any portion thereof, in a village, or additio...

...Before any ordinance, measure, regulation, or amendments thereto, authorized by sections 713.07 to 713.11, inclusive, of the Revised Code, may be passed the legislative authority of the municipal corporation shall hold a public hearing thereon, and shall give at least thirty days' notice of the time and place thereof in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipal corporation. If the ordinance, measure, or reg...

...Any board of county commissioners and the legislative authority of a municipality may cooperate with other such boards or authorities of this state and of any adjoining state to create by agreement an interstate regional planning commission, whenever such subdivisions comprise a region which would benefit from cooperative governmental planning. An interstate regional planning commission may also be created by compac...

...(A) This section and section 715.71 of the Revised Code apply only to: (1) Municipal corporations and townships within a county that has adopted a charter under Sections 3 and 4 of Article X, Ohio Constitution; (2) Municipal corporations and townships that have created a joint economic development district comprised entirely of real property owned by a municipal corporation at the time the district was created ...

...eneration systems that produce steam or forms of energy such as heat, as well as electricity, for use primarily within a building or complex of buildings; (i) Acquiring, constructing, furnishing, equipping, improving the site of, or otherwise improving a central utility plant to provide heating and cooling services to a building or building infrastructure together with distribution piping and ancillary...

...e tax administrator shall prescribe the forms of the receipts and returns required under this section.

...(A) Notwithstanding division (A) of section 715.013 of the Revised Code, a municipal corporation may levy a tax on income and a withholding tax if such taxes are levied in accordance with the provisions and limitations specified in this chapter. On or after January 1, 2016, the ordinance or resolution levying such taxes, as adopted or amended by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, shall include al...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Estimated taxes" means the amount that the taxpayer reasonably estimates to be the taxpayer's tax liability for a municipal corporation's income tax for the current taxable year. (2) "Tax liability" means the total taxes due to a municipal corporation for the taxable year, after allowing any credit to which the taxpayer is entitled, and after applying any estimated tax payment, w...

...(A) This section applies to either of the following: (1) A municipal corporation that shares the same territory as a city, local, or exempted village school district, to the extent that not more than five per cent of the territory of the municipal corporation is located outside the school district and not more than five per cent of the territory of the school district is located outside the municipal corporation; ...

...(A) This section applies to a group of two or more municipal corporations that, taken together, share the same territory as a single city, local, or exempted village school district, to the extent that not more than five per cent of the territory of the municipal corporations as a group is located outside the school district and not more than five per cent of the territory of the school district is located outside th...

...(A) Any information gained as a result of returns, investigations, hearings, or verifications required or authorized by this chapter or by a charter or ordinance of a municipal corporation levying an income tax pursuant to this chapter is confidential, and no person shall access or disclose such information except in accordance with a proper judicial order or in connection with the performance of that person's offici...