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...The county recorder shall discharge a lien described in section 5715.70 of the Revised Code when the release described in that section is presented to the county recorder. In addition to the discharge on the records by the county recorder, the release shall be recorded in the official records kept by the county recorder. The county recorder is entitled to the fees for such recording as provided by section 317.3...

...(A) Whoever violates section 5715.45 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than five dollars for each day that elapses between the date specified by law for performance and the date when the duty is actually performed. (B) Whoever violates section 5715.46 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars. (C) Whoever violates section 5715.48 of the Revised Code sh...

...A municipal corporation may contract with any corporation, company, partnership, association, or person maintaining overhead cables, wires, and appurtenant equipment on a street of the municipal corporation for the relocation of such overhead cables, wires, and appurtenant equipment underground within the limits of the street. Such contract shall provide for the payment of the contract price by the municipal corporat...

...The jury summoned under section 727.19 or 727.20 of the Revised Code shall be sworn to inquire into and assess the actual damages in each case separately, under such rules and instructions as are given it by the court. When the jury cannot agree, it may be discharged, but the court may receive its verdict as to one or more of the claimants, and discharge it with respect to the parties concerning whose claims it cann...

...If the jury summoned under section 727.19 or 727.20 of the Revised Code finds no damages, the costs of the inquiry shall be taxed against the claimant or claimants and collected on execution. In other cases the costs shall be paid by the municipal corporation.

...The court of common pleas shall have the jurisdiction authorized by sections 727.01 to 727.49, inclusive, of the Revised Code, for the collection of any charge or debt or the enforcement of any lien, notwithstanding the amount involved is less than that to which the jurisdiction is limited in other cases. Such courts may make such special rules concerning the class of cases authorized to be brought under such section...

...No person who claims damages, arising without his fault from the acts of a municipal corporation or its agents in the construction of a public improvement, shall commence a suit therefor against a municipal corporation until he files a claim for such damages with the clerk of such municipal corporation, and sixty days elapse thereafter, to enable the municipal corporation to take such steps as it deems proper to sett...

...In addition to the power conferred by other sections of the Revised Code, the legislative authority of a municipal corporation may by ordinance establish in the municipal corporation such number of districts as may be deemed necessary by it for the purpose of providing efficient sanitary sewerage, storm sewerage, or water supply. Each of such districts shall be designated by a name or number and shall be so arranged ...

...The plan prepared under section 727.44 of the Revised Code shall show the location of all facilities included within the plan.

...When a general plan has been prepared under section 727.44 of the Revised Code and reported to the legislative authority, it shall be filed with the clerk of the legislative authority and the legislative authority shall cause its clerk to publish, once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipal corporation or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code, a notice ...

...The legislative authority shall consider any objections filed under section 727.46 of the Revised Code, and after such consideration may adopt the general plan with any amendments or corrections thereto which it believes proper. The general plan with any amendments or corrections and certified by the clerk of the legislative authority as the plan adopted, shall then be filed in the office of such clerk.

...The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may, from time to time rearrange existing districts, establish new districts or sub-districts, or amend the general plan for the district as provided under sections 727.44 to 727.49, inclusive, of the Revised Code.

...When it is deemed necessary by a municipal corporation to require the construction or repair of sidewalks, curbs, or gutters within the municipal corporation by the owners of the lots or lands abutting thereon, the legislative authority of the municipal corporation shall cause plans, specifications, and an estimate of the cost of such construction or repair to be prepared, showing the location and dimensions of such ...

...Notice of the passage of a resolution of necessity under section 729.02 of the Revised Code shall be served by the clerk of the legislative authority, or a person designated by such clerk, upon the owners of the lots or lands abutting upon the sidewalks, curbs, or gutters to be constructed or repaired in the same manner as service of summons in civil cases, or by certified mail addressed to such owner at his last kno...

...All new curbs that are authorized by any municipal corporation or township, and all existing curbs which are part of any reconstruction, shall have a ramp with nonslip surface built into the curb at each pedestrian crosswalk so that the sidewalk and street blend to a common level. Such ramps shall be not less than forty inches wide and shall insofar as feasible be constructed in accordance with the standard drawings ...

...The legislative authorities of two or more municipal corporations may provide for the construction of a main sewer and branches jointly by such municipal corporations for the sewering and draining of such municipal corporations or any part thereof, and agree upon the plan and location of such main sewer, the terms on which it shall be constructed and maintained for common use, and the portion of the cost thereof to b...

...The advertisement for bids for the construction of a sewer under section 729.42 of the Revised Code shall be joint, and shall be filed with the clerk of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, and reported to the legislative authority of each such municipal corporation. Any contract made for the construction of such sewer shall be in the names of the municipal corporations jointly, but each shall be l...

...Upon completion, the main sewer or drain, branches, and appurtenances constructed under section 729.42 of the Revised Code shall be the property of the municipal corporations jointly, and they may take all necessary steps to keep them in proper repair and condition and to protect them from damage and improper use. Such municipal corporations may, by ordinance jointly passed, prescribe the terms, including the price t...

...The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may provide for the repair or reconstruction of any sewer, ditch, or drain and the proceedings for that purpose shall be the same, so far as applicable, as are required for the original construction thereof.

...The legislative authority of a municipal corporation, in accordance with Title VII of the Revised Code, may provide for the construction and maintenance of sewer pumping stations, equip them with necessary machinery and apparatus and provide the necessary buildings therefor.

...A municipal corporation may purchase and hold land outside its limits, to be used as a sewerage farm, and may construct and maintain thereon all the necessary appliances for the proper disposal of the sewage of such municipal corporation, under such rules and regulations as are prescribed by the legislative authority thereof and approved by the department of health.

...The legislative authority of a municipal corporation which has installed or is installing sewerage, a system of sewerage, sewage pumping works, or sewage treatment or disposal works for public use, may, by ordinance, establish just and equitable rates or charges of rents to be paid to the municipal corporation for the use of such services, by every person, firm, or corporation whose premises are served by a connectio...

...In a city the director of public service shall manage, conduct, and control the sewerage system and sewage pumping, treatment, and disposal works mentioned in section 729.49 of the Revised Code, and, when the legislative authority thereof has established a schedule of rates or charges of rents therefor, the director shall collect sewer rentals, and shall appoint the necessary officers and agents for such purposes. W...

...The director of public service and the board of trustees of public affairs may make such bylaws and regulations as are necessary for the safe, economical, and efficient management and protection of the sewerage system and sewage pumping, treatment, and disposal works mentioned in section 729.49 of the Revised Code, and for the construction and use of house sewers and their connections to the sewerage system. Such byl...

...The funds received from the collection of sewer rentals under section 729.49 of the Revised Code shall be deposited weekly with the treasurer of the municipal corporation. Money so deposited shall be kept as a separate and distinct fund and shall be known as the sewer fund. When appropriated by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, the fund shall be subject to the order of the director of public ser...