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...If, upon the hearing of the petition provided for in section 721.19 of the Revised Code, it appears to the court of common pleas that notice of the filing, pendency, and prayer thereof has been given as provided by section 721.20 of the Revised Code, and that an exchange of lots is necessary and will promote the interests of the schools, and that such an order would not be inconsistent with the terms of the original ...

...A municipal corporation may, by ordinance, transfer, lease, or permit the use of any property, real or personal, suitable for library purposes, to the board of trustees of any free public library or any library association rendering free library service to the inhabitants of the municipal corporation, upon such lawful terms as are agreed upon between the municipal corporation and the trustees of such library or libra...

...legislative authority of a municipal corporation may permit the use of public buildings under its control, upon such terms as it provides by ordinance.

...A municipal corporation may, by ordinance, sell or lease any real property, suitable for school farms, upon which it has acquired, established, erected, or maintained or may acquire, establish, erect, or maintain correctional institutions, houses of refuge, or like institutions, together with any personal property suitable for school farms, to any board of education upon such lawful terms as are agreed to between the...

... of the board of education, and all the powers, duties, and jurisdiction, relative to such institutions, vested in such municipal corporation or any officer thereof, shall be terminated and abolished. No advertisement of the ordinance or other legislative proceeding for the sale or lease of such property is required.

...Any municipal corporation may sell, lease, or dedicate any land owned or acquired by it, to the United States for use by the United States public health service, or it may trade or exchange such property for property owned by the United States. Any such sale, lease, dedication, or exchange shall be authorized by ordinance of the legislative authority of such municipal corporation, approved by a two-thirds vote of all...

...f the Revised Code. (B) A municipal corporation may, by ordinance, authorize the transfer, lease, or conveyance of any real property, upon which it has acquired, established, erected, or maintained a hospital, together with any personal property suitable for such hospital, to either of the following: (1) A board of county commissioners, upon such lawful terms as are agreed upon between the municipal corporation and...

...legislative authority of a municipal corporation may authorize the transfer, lease, or conveyance of any real property in accordance with and for the purposes of a plan adopted by the legislative authority for urban redevelopment or urban renewal upon such lawful terms and conditions and in such manner as are prescribed by the legislative authority, without competitive bidding as required by section 721.03 of the Rev...

...y that is no longer needed for city purposes upon such lawful terms as are agreed upon between the city and the board of county commissioners, without competitive bidding as required by section 721.03 of the Revised Code. No such sale shall be made unless the contract for the sale is authorized by ordinance, approved by a two-thirds vote of the members of the legislative authority of the city, and by the board...

...Municipal corporations shall have special power to regulate the use of the streets. Except as provided in section 5501.49 of the Revised Code, the legislative authority of a municipal corporation shall have the care, supervision, and control of the public highways, streets, avenues, alleys, sidewalks, public grounds, bridges, aqueducts, and viaducts within the municipal corporation. The liability or immunity from lia...

...legislative authority of a municipal corporation, in addition to the powers conferred by sections 729.01 to 729.10, inclusive, of the Revised Code, may require, by ordinance, by the imposition of suitable penalties or otherwise, that the owners and occupants of abutting lots and lands shall keep the sidewalks, curbs, and gutters in repair and free from snow or any nuisance.

...A property owner in a municipal corporation may install a wooden flagpole in a sidewalk or sodded area, for displaying the American flag only, between the sidewalk and curb along the right-of-way of any public street or highway adjacent to his property. A property owner may also install underground lighting for the display of the flag. Installation of the flagpole and holder shall meet the following specifications: ...

...legislative authority of a municipal corporation may open, straighten, alter, divert, narrow, or widen any street, alley, or public highway within the limits of the municipal corporation. The legislative authority shall provide for such improvement by ordinance, which shall briefly and in general terms describe the part of the street, alley, or public highway to be abandoned by reason of such change, and the property...

...roprietor of ground in any municipal corporation, shall not be a public street or alley, or under the care or control of the legislative authority of such municipal corporation, unless the dedication is accepted and confirmed by an ordinance specially passed for such purpose.

...egislative authority of a municipal corporation, on petition by a person owning a lot in the municipal corporation praying that a street or alley in the immediate vicinity of such lot be vacated or narrowed, or the name thereof changed, upon hearing, and upon being satisfied that there is good cause for such change of name, vacation, or narrowing, that it will not be detrimental to the general interest, and tha...

... street, alley, or public highway, or a portion thereof, is vacated or narrowed by a municipality pursuant to the provisions of any section of Chapter 723. of the Revised Code, and the relocation of any conduits, cables, wires, towers, poles, sewer lines, steam lines, pipelines, gas and water lines, tracks, or other equipment or appliances of any railroad or public utility, whether owned privately or by any governmen...

...egislative authority of a municipal corporation may, when there are two or more streets, avenues, or alleys of the same name in the municipal corporation, by ordinance and without petition therefor, change the name of any such street, avenue, or alley so as to leave only one to be designated by the original name. When, in the opinion of the legislative authority, there is good cause for vacating or narrowing ...

...legislative authority of a municipal corporation to vacate any street, alley, avenue, or part thereof shall be given as provided in section 723.07 of the Revised Code, except when written consent to such vacation is filed with the legislative authority by the owners of the property abutting the part of the street or alley proposed to be vacated, in which case such notice shall not be required.

...eneral circulation in such municipal corporation, for six consecutive weeks preceding action on such petition, or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code preceding action on the petition. Where no newspaper is of general circulation in the municipal corporation, notice shall be given by posting the notice in three public places therein six weeks preceding such action. Action thereon shall take place wit...

...legislative authority of a municipal corporation vacating or narrowing a street or alley which has been dedicated to public use by the proprietor thereof, shall, to the extent to which it is vacated or narrowed, operate as a revocation of the acceptance thereof by the legislative authority, but the right of way and easement therein of any lot owner shall not be impaired by such order.

...The court of common pleas may, upon petition filed in such court by any person owning a lot in a municipal corporation, for the establishment or vacation of a street or alley in the immediate vicinity of such lot, upon hearing, and upon being satisfied that it will conduce to the general interests of such municipal corporation, declare such street or alley established or vacated, but this method shall be in addition ...

...09 of the Revised Code shall be served upon the municipal corporation in the manner provided by law for the service of summons and shall be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which such street or alley is located, for four consecutive weeks, on the same day of the week. The cause may be heard and determined at any time after the expiration of ten days from the date of last pu...

...ses. The court shall, when necessary, appoint a guardian ad litem for all minors or persons of unsound mind who are interested in the premises.

...A street or alley declared vacated under section 723.09 of the Revised Code, shall not be closed or obstructed until the damages assessed under section 723.11 of the Revised Code have been fully paid to the persons entitled to them.

...gislative authority of any municipal corporation may convey the fee simple estate or any lesser estate or interest in, or permit the use of, for such period as it shall determine, any lands owned by such municipal corporation and acquired or used for public highways, streets, avenues, sidewalks, public grounds, bridges, aqueducts, and viaducts, or in connection with any such purposes or as incidental to the acquisiti...