Ohio Revised Code Search

...ollapse of strip mines, storm and sewer drains, or rapid transit tunnels. (B) "Structure" means any one- to four-family dwellings as defined and limited in dwelling fire, homeowners, and farm policies and other structures as described, defined, or limited in the mine subsidence insurance form. (C) "Basic property insurance" means insurance against direct loss to property as defined and limited in dwelling fire, hom...

...ved earth; (b) Unimproved graded and drained earth; (c) Gravel. (2) Except as otherwise provided in divisions (K)(4) and (5) of this section, whenever a board of township trustees determines upon the basis of criteria established by an engineering study, as defined by the director, that the speed permitted by division (B)(5) of this section on any part of an unimproved highway under its jurisdiction and in t...

...oad shall make and keep open ditches or drains along such roadbed of depth, width, and grade sufficient to conduct water accumulating at the sides of the roadbed from the building or operation of the railroad to some proper outlet.

...t water by aqueducts and to make proper drains.

... maintain therein all necessary sewers, drains, and ditches; (F) Protect and preserve to public uses for park purposes all of such property and improvements, and, to that end, adopt bylaws, rules, and regulations for the government and control of any such park, square, or grounds and the driveways and walks therein, and protect them and the trees, shrubbery, plants, and improvements from misuse, injury, or destructi...

...g the right to expend money in grading, draining, curbing, and improving county roads and state highways by the use of gravel, macadam, stone, brick, slag, or other material, or for improving, maintaining, and repairing such highways from the public funds under its charge and control, applicable for the construction, maintenance, or repair of public highways, may, without the necessity of petition being presented by ...

...ning, vacating, changing the direction, draining, dragging, graveling, macadamizing, resurfacing, applying dust preventives, or otherwise improving the same, and, where an established road has been relocated, the board may construct and maintain connecting roads between the old and new locations as will provide reasonable access thereto. The board also may place a county road on nonmaintained status pursuant to secti...

...public road or part thereof by grading, draining, paving, straightening, or widening such road and constructing or reconstructing any bridges and culverts necessary for such improvement. The resolution shall fix the route and termini of such improvement, and shall apportion the cost thereof, which apportionment may be made upon different bases for various portions of any road to be improved. Such cost shall be apport...

... constructing, reconstructing, grading, draining, curbing, paving, repaving, straightening, widening, and repairing the street, avenue, road, or other public highway and also includes the constructing and reconstructing of sidewalks, drainage ditches, storm sewers, bridges, and culverts.

... maintenance of, or the proper grading, draining, or dragging of the road, causes the drifting of snow on the road, or in any other manner obstructs or endangers the public travel of the road. The board or superintendent then may declare the object to be a public nuisance and order the owner, agent, or occupant of the land on or bordering upon which the object is maintained to remove it within thirty days. If...

...mprovement; parkland acquisition; storm drain; street or any levy name containing the word "street"; lighting, or any levy name containing the word "lighting"; and water. (20) "Operating fixed-rate levy loss" means, in the case of local taxing units other than municipal corporations, fixed-rate levy losses of levies imposed for purposes other than paying debt charges or, in the case of municipal corporations, fixed...

...mprovement; parkland acquisition; storm drain; street or any levy name containing the word "street"; lighting, or any levy name containing the word "lighting"; and water. (36) "Current expense TPP allocation" means, in the case of a school district or joint vocational school district, the sum of the payments received by the school district in fiscal year 2011 pursuant to divisions (C)(10) and (11) of section 5751....

..., and preserve the reservoirs, ditches, drains, dams, levies, canals, sewers, pumping stations, treatment and disposal works, or other properties or improvements acquired or made pursuant to this chapter, to strengthen, repair, and restore the same, when needed, and to defray the current expenses of the conservancy district, the board of directors of the district may, upon the substantial completion of the improvemen...

...not include plumbing fixtures, building drains and subdrains, building sewers, and building storm sewers. (F) "Treatment works" means any plant, disposal field, lagoon, dam, pumping station, building sewer connected directly to treatment works, incinerator, or other works used for the purpose of treating, stabilizing, blending, composting, or holding sewage, sludge, sludge materials, industrial waste, or other wast...

...or otherwise utilize any public sewers, drains, or other sewerage and water supply improvements either without modification or with such repairs, modifications, or changes as are deemed necessary; (G) Construct any of said works and improvements across or through any public or private property in or out of said district; (H) Hold, encumber, control, acquire by donation, purchase, or condemnation, construct, own, le...

...le a petition for the construction of a drainage improvement with the clerk of the board of county commissioners of the county in which is located a part of the land proposed to benefit from the improvement. Prior to filing a petition, the petitioner shall consult with the county engineer of the county in which the petition will be filed to discuss the proposed drainage improvement and to determine the proper forms a...

...n an improvement consisting of a ditch, drain, or watercourse has been established and constructed or used for seven years or more, it shall be considered to be a public watercourse notwithstanding any error, defect, or irregularity in the location, establishment, or construction thereof, and the public shall have and possess in and to any such watercourse that has thus been constructed or used for seven years the ri...

...ition for the improvement of a ditch or drain has been regularly filed with the clerk of the board of county commissioners thereof, then said board shall proceed as in single county ditches, if lands affected by said improvement lie wholly in one county, and shall proceed as in joint county ditches if two or more counties are affected, and shall order the county engineers, or disinterested engineers, of such counties...

...the widening or deepening of the ditch, drain, or watercourse in substantial conformity with the prayer of the petition. If the route described is not the best in its opinion, it shall locate the improvement on the route best adapted to secure the relief desired, with the best contingent results, and may locate all the necessary branch ditches. If it finds against the location, deepening, or widening of the improveme...

... partially in both states or which will drain lands of both states.

...improvement or construction of a ditch, drain, or watercourse, as provided by law, may cause to be performed any work which is assigned to them outside of the limits of this state in a like manner as under the laws for similar duties, if the necessary privilege to do so has been granted by the legislature of the state where said lands are located through which such work is to be constructed.

...he outlet for water flowing in a ditch, drain, or watercourse from such upper adjoining county into or through a lower county in this state enlarged or improved, the board of county commissioners of such lower county may enter into an agreement with the proper officials of such upper adjoining county for the improvement of such outlet by the lower county and for the payment to the lower county for the benefit of such...

...gineer, may combine improvements into a drainage maintenance district, in which the maintenance assessment shall be the same percentage of original cost for each improvement to be maintained. (2) In combining improvements into drainage maintenance districts, the county engineer and the board of county commissioners shall consider similarity of costs, topography, and soil types so that improvements within the same ...

... the cleaning out or repair of a ditch, drain, or watercourse, repair or replacement of tile, or repair of any abutment, catch basin, retaining wall or other improvement is made necessary in whole or in part by the negligent acts or omissions of an owner, the board of county commissioners shall conduct a hearing regarding the acts or omissions. The board shall give notice of the hearing thirty days prior to the heari...

...or which comprise part of any watershed draining into any of said lakes. Article IV (A) There is hereby created an agency of the party states to be known as the great lakes commission (hereinafter called the commission). In that name the commission may sue and be sued, acquire, hold and convey real and personal property, and any interest therein. The commission shall have a seal with the words "the great lakes co...