Ohio Revised Code Search

...result in substantial damages to the residue by severance, controlled access, or isolation. The warranty deed shall contain a description of the property suitable for platting on tax maps. Any instrument by which real property is acquired pursuant to this section shall identify the agency of the state that has the use and benefit of the real property as specified in section 5301.012 of the Revised Code.

...At any time during the development of a highway project, subject to section 5501.331 of the Revised Code, the owner of an interest in real property may donate to the state, and the director of transportation may accept in the name of the state, all or part of the interest that is needed for purposes of the highway project.

...ighway project shall be studied and considered pursuant to the "National Environmental Policy Act of 1969," 83 Stat. 852, 42 U.S.C.A. 4321 et seq., as amended. (B) Acceptance of the donation shall not influence the environmental assessment of the highway project, including the decision relative to the need to construct the project or selection of its specific location. (C) The donated interest shall revert to the g...

...Upon the occurrence of the condition stated in a deed pursuant to division (C) of section 5501.331 of the Revised Code, the director of transportation shall prepare and issue a certification of the occurrence to the grantor or the grantor's successors or assigns, the governor, and the director of administrative services. Upon receipt of the certification, the director of administrative services, with the assistance...

...ppraiser. (B) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the director shall advertise the sale of real property that is no longer required for highway purposes in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the real property is situated for at least two consecutive weeks prior to the date set for the sale. The real property may be sold at public auction to the highest b...

...The director of transportation has determined that it is feasible to use in the construction of highways sands, gravel, and soils that contain varying amounts of petroleum products resulting from the upgrading of underground storage tanks. In order to maximize the beneficial reuse of these petroleum contaminated sands, gravel, and soils, the director shall establish a program to promote the reuse of these materials ...

...ch tests. The fees collected shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the state highway operating fund.

...expense incurred by the director in providing such sites and buildings, and storing, housing, caring for, and repairing such automobiles, trucks, machinery, and equipment, shall be paid from any available funds of the department.

...ay system. (B)(1) The director may provide road salt to a political subdivision if all of the following apply: (a) The director has excess road salt. (b) The political subdivision is otherwise unable to acquire road salt. (c) The political subdivision is in an emergency situation. (2) The director shall seek reimbursement from a political subdivision for road salt provided under this division. The reimbursement ...

...ing for or planting such trees may be paid out of any funds available to the director or for the development of forestry of the state. The director may cut, trim, or remove any grass, shrubs, trees, or weeds growing or being within the limits of a state highway. The powers conferred by this section upon the director shall be exercised only when made necessary by the construction or maintenance of the highway or for...

... department of transportation shall provide supplemental grass, weed, and other natural growth removal to a village when all of the following apply: (1) The grass, weeds, or other natural growth are within the right-of-way of a state highway. (2) The state highway is within the corporate limits of the village. (3) The location of the grass, weeds, or other natural growth makes removal, pruning, or trimming diff...

...Any contract made by the director of transportation under Chapters 4561., 5501., 5503., 5511., 5513., 5515., 5516., 5517., 5519., 5521., 5523., 5525., 5527., 5528., 5529., 5531., 5533., and 5535. of the Revised Code shall be made in the name of the state and executed on its behalf by the director. No appointee of the director, other than the assistant directors of transportation, may bind the director in a contract, ...

...r, maintenance, or construction of a bridge crossing a stream that forms a boundary line of this state, and may expend state highway funds for said purpose. Except as provided in division (A)(3) of this section, no such agreement shall be made that obligates this state to expend more than the cost of the construction of such portion of said bridge as is located within the state, and not more than fifty per ce...

...ecting or charging of tolls on a toll bridge that was previously owned by a municipal corporation. (B) The governor, or the governor's designee, may enter into agreements with other states that govern the reciprocal enforcement of highway, bridge, and tunnel toll violations. Such agreements shall pertain to any public toll transportation facility and may include any private toll transportation facility located in t...

...or in connection with highways or as incidental to the acquisition of land for highways, provided that the director determines, after consulting with the director of natural resources, that the property or interest conveyed or made subject to a permit to use is not needed by the state for highway or recreation purposes. Such conveyance, transfer, or permit to use may be to the grantee or permittee or to the grantee o...

...or in connection with highways or as incidental to the acquisition of land for highways by persons erecting advertising devices on the property. The program shall be operated in accordance with guidelines in effect on January 1, 1996. Nothing in this section shall prohibit or restrict the director from determining that property on which an advertising device is located has become necessary for state highway or recre...

...r public agencies, without competitive bidding, may grant, convey, or transfer real property to the department of transportation in fee simple or in any such lesser estate as it determines and for such consideration as is mutually agreed upon, provided that any such transactions under authority of this section with a valuation of forty thousand dollars or more shall first be approved by the state controlling board. A...

... is responsible for inspection of all bridges on the state highway system inside and outside of municipalities, all bridges connecting Ohio with another state for which the department of transportation has inspection authority, and all other bridges or portions of bridges for which responsibility for inspection is by law or agreement assigned to the department. Such inspection shall be made on a schedule establishe...

...The operator of a toll bridge located entirely or partly in the state shall inspect such bridge on a schedule established by the director of transportation, but at least once every twenty-four months. The operator shall file a copy of the inspection report with the director. Inspection shall be made or supervised by a professional engineer.

...ance and repair, and operation of all bridges located on the state highway system within a municipal corporation. The public entity responsible for maintaining the pavements and sidewalks on either end of the bridge is responsible for the routine maintenance of all bridges located on the state highway system within the municipal corporation. (B) The director may enter into an agreement with the legislative authority...

...ortation acquires real property as provided in section 5501.32 of the Revised Code or otherwise acquires real property in fee simple in the name of the state for highway purposes and subsequently finds the property is not needed for such purposes, or will not be needed for such purposes for a period of two years or more following the date of acquisition of the property, and the property is adjacent to or in th...

...ly in the event that the utility can evidence a vested interest in the nature of a fee interest, an easement interest, or a lesser estate in the real property it occupies in the event that the utility possesses a vested interest in such property. The utility shall present evidence satisfactory to the state substantiating the cost of relocation. The director may audit all financial records which the director de...

...rtation shall submit reports to the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives summarizing, by county and by project, the amounts of state and federal money spent on encumbered for highway projects during the preceding fiscal year. The summaries shall indicate whether a project is for new construction, reconstruction, repair, or maintenance; when it was commenced and when it was or is exp...

...ent shall submit each report to the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives at the earliest of the following periods: (1) The conclusion of the term of loan; (2) The conclusion of the project funded by the grant; (3) The end of the fiscal year for each fiscal year that the loan or the project is still pending. (B) The department shall require the recipient of the loan or grant ...

...(A) Any organization, individual, or group of individuals may give to the state or to any county or township by way of private contribution money to pay the expenses the state or county or township incurs in maintaining, repairing, or reconstructing highways and roads upon which animal-drawn vehicles travel. (1) All money the state receives under this division shall be credited to the highway operating fund created ...