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...(A)(1) A board of township trustees shall not adopt an existing structures code pursuant to section 505.73 of the Revised Code in any county in which the board of county commissioners has adopted an existing structures code pursuant to section 303.37 of the Revised Code. (2) If a board of township trustees adopts an existing structures code and the board of county commissioners of the county in which the township is...

...(A) A board of township trustees may provide for the abatement, control, or removal of vegetation, garbage, refuse, and other debris from land in the township, if the board determines that the owner's maintenance of that vegetation, garbage, refuse, or other debris constitutes a nuisance. (B) At least seven days before providing for the abatement, control, or removal of any vegetation, garbage, refuse, or other deb...

...(A) A board of township trustees by resolution may establish a township preservation commission. The commission shall consist of seven members appointed by the board of township trustees. Initially, two members shall serve a term of one year, two members shall serve a term of two years, and three members shall serve a term of three years. All subsequent terms shall be for a period of three years. The board of townshi...

...unty commissioners or board of township trustees, shall construct sidewalks, curbs, or gutters of suitable materials, along or connecting the public highways, outside any municipal corporation, upon the petition of a majority of the abutting property owners. The expense of the construction of these improvements may be paid by the county or township, or by the county or township and abutting property owners in s...

...The board of township trustees of a township in which there is located a municipal corporation or a part of a municipal corporation, and in which that portion of the township not included within the limits of such municipal corporation has been erected into a road district, may enter into an agreement with the board of county commissioners of the county within which such township is situated, providing for the constr...

...ipal corporation or a board of township trustees adopts an ordinance or resolution approving a contract to create a joint economic development district under this section, it shall hold a public hearing concerning the joint economic development district contract and shall provide thirty days' public notice of the time and place of the public hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipal corporation a...

...ing authority, to the board of township trustees of each township, and to the board of trustees of each public library, and to each employer, except the state of Ohio, mentioned in division (D) of section 145.01 of the Revised Code, prior to the fifteenth day of July of each year, a certification of the rate necessary to pay the obligation of each county, municipal corporation, park district, conservancy district, he...

...olution enacted by a board of township trustees under the authority granted under division (A) of this section and a municipal ordinance or resolution, the ordinance or resolution enacted by the municipal corporation prevails. In case of conflict between any resolution enacted by a board of township trustees under the authority granted under division (A) of this section and a county resolution, the resolution ...

...(A) Unless the board of township trustees acts as authorized by division (B) of this section, in each township that adopts the limited self-government form of township government, the board of township trustees shall appoint a full-time or part-time township law director, who shall be an attorney licensed to practice law in this state. The board of township trustees shall set the salary of the township law director. ...

...(A) The board of township trustees of a township that has adopted a limited home rule government may, for the unincorporated territory in the township, adopt, amend, and rescind rules establishing technically feasible and economically reasonable standards to achieve a level of management and conservation practices that will abate wind or water erosion of the soil or abate the degradation of the waters of the state by...

...The board of township trustees of a township or of a township police district, or a joint police district board, may purchase, lease, lease with an option to purchase, or otherwise acquire any police apparatus, equipment, including a public communications system, or materials that the township, township police district, or joint police district requires and may build, purchase, lease, or lease with an option to...

...The boards of township trustees of one or more townships and the legislative authorities of any one or more municipal corporations within or adjoining those townships, or the boards of township trustees of two or more townships, or the legislative authorities of two or more municipal corporations, may, by adoption of a joint resolution by a majority of the members of each board of township trustees and by a majority ...

...s a petition with the board of township trustees for proceedings to organize a park district and to establish one or more public parks within the township, the board shall certify that fact to the court of common pleas of the county, which court, or a judge of the court, shall appoint a board of park commissioners for the township. However, if an entire park district is contained within the unincorporated area of the...

...ested in an association or its board of trustees, or is vested in a religious society, whether incorporated or not, or in its board of trustees, and such cemetery is used exclusively for cemetery purposes, such association, society, or board of trustees may convey such grounds to the board of township trustees and its successors in office. Except as provided in division (B) of this section, and subject to the rights ...

...(A) The board of township trustees of any township proceeding under sections 519.01 to 519.99 of the Revised Code, shall create and establish a township zoning commission. The commission shall be composed of five members who reside in the unincorporated area of the township, to be appointed by the board. The board of township trustees may appoint two alternate members to the township zoning commission, for terms to b...

... and traffic flow, a board of township trustees may adopt, by resolution, regulations for 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 an...

...lowing 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 access management regulations if the county engineer certifies to the board a written request for the board to do so. (B) Upon adoption of a resolution proposing the consi...

...the jurisdiction of a board of township trustees, desires to turn or change or relocate such road or any part thereof through any part of the person's land, the person may file a petition with such board of township trustees setting forth briefly the particular change desired. Upon receipt of such petition, the board of township trustees shall give notice by publication once, not later than two weeks before the date ...

...The board of township trustees shall have control of the township roads of its township and, except for those township roads the board places on nonmaintained status pursuant to section 5571.20 of the Revised Code, shall keep them in good repair. The board of township trustees, with the approval of the board of county commissioners or the director of transportation, may maintain or repair a county road, or intercount...

...nd a majority of the boards of township trustees and legislative authorities of municipal corporations located wholly or partially in the county. (2) "Participating political subdivision" means a municipal corporation or township that satisfies all of the following: (a) It is located wholly or partially in the county. (b) It is not the city, located wholly or partially in the county, with the greatest population. ...

...l corporation or of a board of township trustees, a board of county commissioners may, in the manner set forth in section 5709.62 of the Revised Code, designate one or more areas in one or more municipal corporations or in unincorporated areas of the county as proposed enterprise zones. A board of county commissioners may designate no more than one area within a township, or within adjacent townships, as a proposed e...

... a complaint with the board of township trustees of the township in which the land or fence is located or is to be built. (2) If the aggrieved owner intends to file a complaint with the applicable board of township trustees, the board shall present the aggrieved owner with a document containing both of the following: (a) Notification that in lieu of filing a complaint with the board of township trustees as ...

...missioners, or by the board of township trustees, or upon initiation by the auditor of state. The request may designate in general or specific terms, but without thereby limiting the determination thereto, the condition or conditions to be examined to determine whether they constitute fiscal emergency conditions. Promptly upon receipt of such written request, or upon initiation by the auditor of state, the auditor of...

...commissioners, or the board of township trustees, or such other public authority that is charged by law with the maintenance of a public road, and the approval of the chief of the division of mineral resources management has been obtained, no person, firm, or corporation, engaged in mining or quarrying any mineral, coal, stone, or clay, shall: (1) Extend any part of an open pit excavation closer than fifty feet of h...

...licant or an affected board of township trustees submits written notice of appeal within ten days after the board's action. If the board of county commissioners receives a timely written notice of appeal, the board shall conduct an appeal hearing concerning its decision not later than fourteen days after receipt of the notice. If the board of county commissioners receives more than one timely written notice of appeal...