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...in which such township is situated, providing for the construction, improvement, maintenance, or repair by the board of county commissioners of a road within such district. The board of township trustees may assume, on behalf of such district, the proportion of the compensation, damages, and expenses of such improvement as is proper. The remainder of the compensation, damages, and costs of such improvement shall be...

...e Revised Code. Except as otherwise provided in sections 505.08 and 505.101 of the Revised Code, when the board proceeds by contract, the contract shall, if the amount involved exceeds one hundred five thousand dollars, be let by the board to the lowest responsible bidder after advertisement for bids once, not later than two weeks, prior to the date fixed for the letting of the contract, using at least one of the fol...

...r the board of township trustees has decided to proceed with a road improvement, it shall advertise for bids once, not later than two weeks prior to the date fixed for the letting of contracts, using at least one of the following methods: (A) In the print or digital edition of a newspaper of general circulation within the township; (B) On the official public notice web site established under section 125.182 of th...

...t in excess of the estimated cost. The bids received shall be opened at the time stated in the notice. If no bids are made that equal one hundred ten per cent of the estimate or less, the board of township trustees shall either readvertise based upon the original estimate, or request an amended estimate from the county engineer, who shall proceed to make such an estimate as provided in section 5575.01 of the Revised ...

...75.03 of the Revised Code, until the affidavit of the contractor, or an officer or agent in the case of a corporation, that all indebtedness of the contractor on account of material incorporated into the work or delivered on the site of the improvement and labor performed has been paid, is filed with the fiscal officer. In lieu of the affidavit, the contractor may file the written consent of all persons who have ...

...tor shall agree as to the price to be paid. The contractor shall submit a bid in writing and, if the bid is accepted by the board, the board immediately shall enter into a written contract covering the extra work. The costs of the extra work shall be paid by the board out of any funds available therefor, and the amount paid shall be charged to the cost of construction of the improvement and apportioned as the origina...

...e and without a petition, take into consideration the amount of such donations. The board may require the persons donating labor or material to enter into a contract that such labor will be performed and material furnished at the time required by the board. Such contract shall set forth the value of the labor or material, and in case of failure to furnish such labor or material the value fixed in the contract shall b...

...lars, to be fixed by the engineer and paid out of any fund available for the construction of the improvement, upon the order of the board of township trustees with the approval of the engineer.

...he board of township trustees shall provide the township fiscal officer with a suitable book in which the fiscal officer shall keep a complete record of proceedings for the construction, reconstruction, resurfacing, or improvement of public roads. For making the record, the fiscal officer shall receive ten cents for each one hundred words, and, for all other services in connection with keeping the record, the fis...

...he taxable property of the township outside of any municipal corporation or part thereof, not exceeding, in the aggregate, three mills in any one year upon each dollar of the valuation of such property. Such levies shall be in addition to all other levies authorized for township purposes, and subject only to the limitation upon the combined maximum rate for taxes now in force. This section does not prevent the expend...

.... (10) "B-train assembly" means any rigid frame extension that is attached to the rear frame of one semitrailer and provides a fifth wheel connection point for a second semitrailer. (11) "Saddlemount vehicle transporter combination" means any combination of vehicles in which a straight truck or commercial tractor tows one or more straight trucks or commercial tractors, each connected by a saddle to the frame or fif...

...he improved public streets, highways, bridges, or culverts in this state, that weighs in excess of the weights prescribed in sections 5577.01 to 5577.14 of the Revised Code, unless the person has been issued a permit under section 4513.34 of the Revised Code. The prohibition in this section applies regardless of whether the weight is moved upon wheels, rollers, or otherwise. Any weight determination shall include the...

...intercounty highways, state highways, bridges, or culverts, in any vehicle propelled by muscular, motor, or other power, any burden, including weight of vehicle and load, greater than the following: (A)(1) In vehicles having metal tires three inches or less in width, a load of five hundred pounds for each inch of the total width of tire on all wheels; (2) When the tires on such vehicles exceed three inches in width...

...on improved public highways, streets, bridges, or culverts shall not exceed six hundred fifty pounds per inch width of pneumatic tire, measured as prescribed by section 5577.03 of the Revised Code. (B) The weight of vehicle and load imposed upon a road surface that is part of the interstate system by vehicles with pneumatic tires shall not exceed any of the following weight limitations: (1) On any one axle, twenty...

...s when such vehicle is equipped with solid rubber tires shall be operated or moved upon the improved public highways, streets, bridges, or culverts. The maximum wheel load of any one wheel of any such vehicle shall not exceed six hundred fifty pounds per inch width of tire, measured as prescribed by section 5577.03 of the Revised Code, nor shall any solid tire of rubber or other resilient material, on any wheel of an...

...accordance with this section. (6) "Solid waste" has the same meaning as in section 3734.01 of the Revised Code. (7) "Solid waste haul vehicle" means a vehicle hauling solid waste for which a bill of lading has not been issued. (B)(1) Notwithstanding sections 5577.02 and 5577.04 of the Revised Code, the following vehicles under the described conditions may exceed by no more than seven and one-half per cent th...

...ply without regard to the allowance provided by division (A) or (B) of this section: (1) The applicable penalty prescribed in section 5577.99 of the Revised Code; (2) The civil liability imposed by section 5577.12 of the Revised Code. (D) Divisions (A) and (B) of this section do not apply to the operation of a vehicle listed in division (A) of this section on either of the following: (1) A highway that is pa...

...solely by compressed natural gas or liquid natural gas or powered primarily by means of an electric battery may exceed by not more than two thousand pounds the gross vehicle weight provisions of sections 5577.01 to 5577.09 of the Revised Code or the axle load limits of those sections. (B) If a vehicle described in division (A) of this section exceeds the weight provisions of sections 5577.01 to 5577.09 of the Revis...

...(A) As used in this section, "fire engine" means a fire engine, fire truck, or other vehicle or apparatus belonging to or used by any municipal, township, or volunteer fire department, while in the discharge of its functions. (B) Notwithstanding sections 5577.02 and 5577.04 of the Revised Code, a person may do both of the following without a written permit issued under section 4513.34 of the Revised Code: (1) Ope...

...ed upon the public highways, streets, bridges, and culverts within the state, whose dimensions exceed those specified in this section. (B) No such vehicle shall have a width in excess of: (1) One hundred four inches for passenger bus type vehicles operated exclusively within municipal corporations; (2) One hundred two inches, excluding such safety devices as are required by law, for passenger bus type vehicles...

...No person shall violate any rule or regulation promulgated by the director of transportation in accordance with section 5577.05 of the Revised Code.

...the purchase and erection of signs, provided for in this section, shall be paid from funds for the maintenance and repair of roads.

...(A) When deterioration renders any bridge or section of a bridge in a county insufficient to bear the traffic thereon, or when the bridge or section of a bridge would be damaged or destroyed by heavy traffic, the board of county commissioners may reduce the maximum weight of vehicle and load, or the maximum speed, or both, for motor vehicles, as prescribed by law, and prescribe whatever reduction the condition of the...

...ify the county and township roads and bridges and all other roads and bridges within their respective counties, except state highways and bridges on state highways, with reference to the maximum weights and speeds permitted on such roads and bridges. The classifications made by the board under this section shall not apply to vehicles of a weight of five tons or less for vehicle and load. In making the classificatio...

...(A) Except when transferring unfinished aggregate material between facilities that are under the control of the same owner or operator that is subject to Chapter 1514. of the Revised Code or when unloading or loading finished aggregate product within a ten-mile radius of a surface mining operation that is permitted and regulated under that chapter, all vehicles entering or leaving such an operation that have a gross ...