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...All municipal corporations have the general powers mentioned in sections 715.01 to 715.67, inclusive, of the Revised Code, and the legislative authority of such municipal corporations may provide by ordinance or resolution for the exercise and enforcement of such powers.

... or in part, any debt, obligation, judgment, or claim, due the municipal corporation from a bank in process of liquidation or operating under a conservatorship. Where a member of the legislative authority is personally interested as a stockholder in such bank, the legislative authority of such municipal corporation shall enter upon its records a statement of the facts and the reasons for such compounding or release.

...ize and maintain police and fire departments, erect the necessary buildings, and purchase and hold all implements and apparatus required therefor.

...All municipal corporations may: (A) Establish, maintain, and operate municipal lighting, power, and heating plants; (B) Furnish the municipal corporation and the inhabitants thereof with light, power, and heat; (C) Procure everything necessary for such operations; (D) Acquire by purchase, lease, or otherwise, the necessary lands for such purposes, within and without the municipal corporation.

...o authorized, without advertisement or competitive bidding, irrespective of the amount of money to be expended. Any such municipal corporation may supply to its inhabitants any gas, natural or artificial, so purchased, on such terms and under such regulations as are determined by the proper officers and authorities of the municipal corporation.

...tection of such water supply and to prevent the unnecessary waste of water and the pollution thereof. Such municipal corporation may apply moneys received as charges for water to the maintenance, construction, enlargement, and extension of the water system and to the extinguishment of any indebtedness created therefor.

...e tax at a rate greater than eight per cent of the fee or consideration charged for the parking, housing, or storage of the motor vehicle.

...therwise, and provide for the rent and compensation for the use of any existing free public libraries established and managed by a private corporation or association organized for that purpose.

...rporation may provide for the rent and compensation for the use of any existing free public hospital established and managed by a private corporation or association organized for that purpose.

... municipal corporation may construct, open, enlarge, excavate, improve, deepen, straighten, or extend, any canal, ship canal, or watercourse located in whole or in part within such municipal corporation, or lying contiguous thereto.

...s; (B) Agree with the board of county commissioners of any county in which such municipal corporation is located for the lease of suitable quarters in county buildings, existing or to be erected, for police and municipal courts, police stations, police prosecutors' offices, probation officers' quarters, and other similar municipal purposes.

... municipal corporation may take and authenticate a census of the municipal corporation.

...tablish and furnish the necessary equipment for a department of purchase, construction, and repair. Such department shall be under the management of the director of public service, who shall purchase all material, supplies, tools, machinery, and equipment, and shall supervise all construction, alterations, and repairs in each of the municipal departments whether established by law or ordinance. No such purchase, c...

... may lay off, establish, plat, grade, open, widen, narrow, straighten, extend, improve, keep in order and repair, light, clean, and sprinkle, streets, alleys, public grounds, places and buildings, wharves, landings, docks, bridges, viaducts, and market places, within such municipal corporation.

...eservation of such trees and other ornamental shrubbery.

...nd preserve public grounds, parks, park entrances, free recreation centers, and boulevards. Such municipal corporation may acquire by purchase, lease, with privilege of purchase, gift, devise, condemnation, or otherwise, and hold, real estate or any interest therein and other property for the use of the municipal corporation and may sell, lease, or donate by deed, in fee simple to the state, such property as a site ...

...perty or services to any board of park commissioners established pursuant to Chapter 1545. of the Revised Code for the expenses of park planning, acquisition, management, and improvement. The board of park commissioners may accept such contributions without the approval of the terms by the probate judge.

...hire or livery stable purposes; (B) License and regulate the use of the streets by persons who use vehicles, or solicit or transact business thereon; (C) Prevent and punish fast driving or riding of animals, or fast driving or propelling of vehicles through the public highways; (D) Regulate the transportation of articles through such highways and prevent injury to such highways from overloaded vehicles; (E) Regul...

...orses, swine, sheep, goats, geese, chickens, or other fowl or animals, impound and hold the fowl or animals, and, on notice to the owners, authorize the sale of the fowl or animals for the penalty imposed by any ordinance, and the cost and expenses of the proceedings.

... municipal corporation may regulate, license, or prohibit the selling of goods, merchandise, or medicines on the streets.

...and use thereof; (C) Fix the rates and prices for the transportation of persons and property in such coaches or other vehicles from one part of the municipal corporation to another.

...he named insured or insureds and the company or companies is more than five thousand dollars and equals or exceeds sixty per cent of the aggregate limits of liability on all fire policies covering the building or structure on the property, accept security payments and follow the procedures of divisions (C) and (D) of section 3929.86 of the Revised Code.

...The costs are a lien upon such lands from and after the date the costs were incurred. The costs shall be collected as other taxes and returned to the municipal corporation or its agent pursuant to division (E) of this section, as directed by the clerk of the legislative authority in the certification of the total costs or in an affidavit from the agent delivered to the county auditor or county treasurer. The p...

...pal charter, the court shall give preference to all proceedings in connection with such appeal over all civil cases, irrespective of the position of the proceedings on the calendar of the court.

... of the list to the county auditor. Any time the municipal corporation adds a nuisance to the list, it shall certify an updated copy of the list to the county auditor. The list shall be open to public inspection both at the municipal offices and at the offices of the county auditor. (C) A person is eligible for a tax credit under this section if that person purchases at a foreclosure sale held pursuant to proceeding...