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... purposes and any lessee thereof. (B) "Road" includes any state or county road, or the street of any municipal corporation, or any part of such road or street, which forms a continuous road improvement.

...or estate, are contiguous to any public road outside a municipal corporation, other than roads upon the state highway system, or are so located that, in the opinion of the board of county commissioners, they interfere or may interfere with any proposed location, establishment, alteration, widening, straightening, vacation, or change in direction of such road, or with the construction of a road as provided in section ...

...thin or contiguous to the bounds of the road to be improved or constructed. After passage of the resolution all subsequent proceedings of the board with respect to such matters may be had by a majority vote. When a petition, signed by at least fifty-one per cent of the land or lot owners who are to be specially assessed, praying for the acquisition of any part of such right of way or other lands and the removal, rel...

...improvement or construction of a public road. If and to the extent that lands proposed to be conveyed by the board of county commissioners to such company, in exchange for the right of way or lands to be acquired from it by the board, are located outside the bounds of the road to be improved or constructed, all proceedings for the appropriation thereof by the board may be had separately, either during or after procee...

...other lands of the street or interurban railway company which it is proposed to acquire and the location of lands proposed to be exchanged therefor, to the extent that the lands to be exchanged are located within or contiguous to the bounds of such road.

...agreement with any street or interurban railway company for the conveyance and transfer by such company to the board, in fee simple or such lesser estate or interest therein as the company may have, of such part or all of the right of way and other lands of the company as the board believes it for the public convenience and welfare to acquire, and for the removal, relocation, or both, of tracks, sidings, and other fa...

...ny lies within the bounds of any public road outside a municipal corporation, other than roads on the state highway system, the board may so appropriate the title, estate, interest, and right of abutting owners or others therein, to acquire and perfect their title thereto in fee simple. After such appropriation the board may, in pursuance and performance of the agreement between it and the company, execute and deliv...

...r other lands of a street or interurban railway company, including the appropriation of lands to be exchanged therefor, as provided in section 5551.07 of the Revised Code, and the cost and expense of removal, relocation, or both, of the tracks, sidings, and other facilities located thereon, may be apportioned and paid in any one of the methods provided in section 5555.41 of the Revised Code, as set forth in the petit...

...improvement or construction of a public road in other respects.

... or service of any street or interurban railway company.

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Metropolitan planning organization" means a metropolitan planning organization designated under section 9(a) of the "Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1962," 76 Stat. 1148, 23 U.S.C. 134, as amended. (B) "Urban township" means a township that has a population in the unincorporated area of the township of fifteen thousand or more and that has adopted a limited home rule government under sectio...

... the management of access onto township roads in the unincorporated area of the township in accordance with sections 5552.05 and 5552.06 of the Revised Code. As part of those regulations, the board may require permits, including interim and temporary permits, for the construction, reconstruction, use, and maintenance of any point of access from public or private property onto those township roads. If the board ...

...(A) Regulations adopted under this chapter do not apply to subdivisions subject to plat approval under section 711.05 or 711.10 of the Revised Code, and nothing in this chapter limits the authority granted in those sections for subdivision regulations to provide for the proper arrangement of streets or other highways in relation to existing or planned streets or highways or to the county or regional plan. (B) Regula...

...(A) The process of adopting county access management regulations provided for in division (B) of section 5552.02 of the Revised Code may be initiated in any of the following ways: (1) The board of county commissioners may adopt a resolution proposing the consideration of access management regulations on its own initiative. (2) The board of county commissioners shall adopt a resolution proposing the consideration of...

...(A) The process of adopting township access management regulations provided for in division (A) of section 5552.02 of the Revised Code may be initiated in any of the following ways: (1) The board of township trustees may adopt a resolution proposing the consideration of access management regulations on its own initiative. (2) The board of township trustees shall adopt a resolution proposing the consideration of acc...

...(A) A board of county commissioners or a board of township trustees may adopt access management regulations or any amendments to those regulations after holding at least two public hearings at regular or special sessions of the board. The board shall consider the county engineer's proposed regulations prepared under division (B) of section 5552.04 or 5552.05 of the Revised Code and all comments on those regulat...

...A board of county commissioners or board of township trustees that adopts access management regulations under section 5552.02 of the Revised Code shall include in those regulations the designation of a board to hear and decide appeals when it is alleged that there is error in any order, requirement, decision, or determination made by an administrative official in the enforcement of the regulations. This appellate boa...

...(A) A permit issued under access management regulations adopted under section 5552.02 of the Revised Code shall prescribe the limitations on, as well as the permitted uses of, the permit. No modifications or amendments to the permit shall be made once it is issued. To be subject to a different permit, a person shall apply for a new permit that specifically supersedes the existing permit. (B) A board of county commis...

...Any access management regulations adopted under section 5552.02 of the Revised Code become effective on the thirty-first day following the date of their adoption unless otherwise indicated in the regulations. The board adopting the regulations shall publish notice of their adoption, and of their availability at the board's office, in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the county or township, as applicab...

...The board of county commissioners shall designate the county engineer to administer county access management regulations, except that if the engineer declines to administer the regulations, the board may designate another person, or a planning commission, to administer them. If a board of township trustees adopts access management regulations, the board may administer the regulations or may appoint the township fisc...

...pply to any streets, highways, or other roadways located in a municipal corporation.

...Whoever violates an access management regulation adopted under section 5552.02 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars for each offense. Each day of violation is a separate offense.

... or change in the direction of a public road, or part thereof, as determined upon by a board of county commissioners or joint board of county commissioners by resolution.

...ten, vacate, or change the direction of roads as provided in sections 5553.03 to 5553.16 of the Revised Code. This power extends to all roads within the county, except that as to roads on the state highway system the approval of the director of transportation shall be had. However, no public road shall be located or established, by the board of county commissioners, unless the location or establishment begins on a pu...

...ivision (B) of this section, all public roads located and established by the board of county commissioners subsequent to September 6, 1915, shall be of such width, not less than thirty feet, as is determined by the board. If a public road is established upon a county or state line, the board may determine the width of the strip of land in the county to be used for such purposes, but such width shall not be less than ...