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...oute and Glenwood avenue, in the municipal corporation of Youngstown only, shall be known as the "Frank Watson Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.

...border of Perry township and the municipal corporation of Massillon, in Stark county, shall be known as the "Larry Morgan Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.

...ent" means any location, establishment, alteration, widening, straightening, vacation, or change in the direction of a public road, or part thereof, as determined upon by a board of county commissioners or joint board of county commissioners by resolution.

...ty commissioners may locate, establish, alter, widen, straighten, vacate, or change the direction of roads as provided in sections 5553.03 to 5553.16 of the Revised Code. This power extends to all roads within the county, except that as to roads on the state highway system the approval of the director of transportation shall be had. However, no public road shall be located or established, by the board of county commi...

...ovided in division (B) of this section, all public roads located and established by the board of county commissioners subsequent to September 6, 1915, shall be of such width, not less than thirty feet, as is determined by the board. If a public road is established upon a county or state line, the board may determine the width of the strip of land in the county to be used for such purposes, but such width shall not be...

...nience or welfare to locate, establish, alter, widen, straighten, vacate, or change the direction of a public road, it shall so declare by resolution, which resolution shall set forth the general route and termini of the road, or part of the road, to be located, established, or vacated, or the general manner in which the road is to be altered, widened, or straightened, or the direction of the road is to be changed. ...

...vised Code. The county commissioners shall act upon said petition within thirty days and in the event they refuse to vacate or close said highways as requested shall show such action by a proper resolution. The director or an owner of property abutting on the portion of the highway to be vacated or closed may within thirty days appeal to the court of common pleas of the county in which such highway is located upon t...

...electric cooperative. (B) A township shall lose all rights in and to any public road, highway, street, or alley which has been abandoned and not used for a period of twenty-one years, after formal proceedings for vacation as provided in sections 5553.04 to 5553.11 of the Revised Code have been taken. Upon petition for vacation of such a public road, highway, street, or alley filed with the board of county commission...

...her owned privately or by any governmental authority, located on, over, or under the portion of the street, highway, or road affected by the vacation, are not required for purposes of the vacating authority, any affected electric cooperative, railroad, or public utility company shall be deemed to have a permanent easement in the vacated portion of the street, highway, or road for the purpose of accessing, maintaining...

...public nonmotorized vehicular recreational use. Such uses include, but are not limited to, hiking, bicycling, horseback riding, and ski touring. They do not include use by motorcycles, snowmobiles, all purpose vehicles, or any other form of motorized vehicle. If the board finds that such uses will not unreasonably interfere with current land uses along the road, it may vacate the road subject to the preservation of a...

...ortion of a road, which is not used to calculate distributions of the auto registration distribution fund under division (E) of section 4501.04 of the Revised Code and, thus, is not a road or portion of a road certified by the board of township trustees to the director of transportation in accordance with that division as mileage in the township used by and maintained for the public. (B) A board of township trustees...

...e, the board of county commissioners shall fix a date when it will view the proposed improvement, and also a date for a final hearing thereon. The board shall give notice of the time and place for both such view and hearing by publication once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where such improvement is located or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Cod...

...s may establish a fee to cover the actual costs the county incurs in providing published notice and mailed notice as required by section 5553.05 of the Revised Code. The board may require an initial deposit to be paid at the time a petition for vacation of a road is filed under section 5553.04 of the Revised Code or promptly thereafter. The clerk of the board shall maintain an accurate and detailed accounting ...

...t of sufficient public importance, it shall instruct the county engineer to make an accurate survey and plat of such improvement and furnish an accurate and detailed description describing therein the center line and right of way lines. The engineer shall also furnish an accurate and detailed description of each tract of land which he believes it is necessary to take in the event such improvement is made, together wi...

...The board of county commissioners shall at the date of the final hearing on the proposed improvement read the report of the county engineer, and it shall hear any testimony bearing upon the necessity of the improvement for the public convenience or welfare and offered either for or against proceeding with the improvement by any interested persons. If the board finds such improvement will serve the public convenience...

...h modifications or changes, the board shall cause an accurate and detailed description thereof to be entered on its journal.

... benefited by the improvement, and the balance shall be paid out of the treasury. In such event the board shall include in its order a schedule setting forth the names of such landowners, a pertinent description of such lands, and a statement of the amount of compensation and damages to be paid by the owner of each parcel of such lands. When a portion of the compensation and damages is ordered to be paid by the lando...

...When, on the final hearing on the proposed improvement, the board of county commissioners finds in favor of such improvement, and determines to proceed therewith, it shall cause a record of the proceedings, including the survey, plat, and accurate and detailed description of such improvement, to be entered forthwith in the proper road records of the county by the county engineer. If the proceeding is for the locatio...

...ard of county commissioners, at its final hearing on the proposed improvement, orders the improvement established, it shall proceed in accordance with sections 163.01 to 163.22 of the Revised Code.

...When the proposed improvement is along or upon a county line or crosses such county line or extends as a continuous road from one county into or through one or more adjoining counties, the boards of county commissioners of the counties interested shall sit as a joint board.

... to make the proposed improvement, it shall declare the necessity therefor by resolution at the meeting provided for in section 5553.13 of the Revised Code. Such resolution shall set forth generally the route and termini of the road, or part thereof, to be located, established, or vacated, or the general manner in which such road is to be altered, widened, straightened, or the direction thereof changed. Such resolut...

...icipating in the proposed improvement shall keep a full and accurate record of the proceedings. At the conclusion of the proceedings, it shall certify a copy thereof to each county interested, to be placed upon the proper road record of such county.

..., together with the expenses thereof, shall be divided among the counties interested, as the joint board of county commissioners agrees and determines. In case of failure to agree on the proportion which each county is to pay, the joint board shall certify that fact to the director of transportation who shall thereupon make such apportionment.

...road is uncertain by reason of the removal of any monument or witness by which such road was originally designated, or the destruction of any record, or from any other cause, the board of county commissioners of the county in which such road is located, upon the filing of a petition signed by at least twelve freeholders of the county residing in the vicinity of such road, shall cause the county engineer to view and f...

...The county engineer shall view and survey the road as provided in section 5553.18 of the Revised Code, and shall make a return of the survey and plat of the road to the board of county commissioners. Upon the filing of the report of the engineer, the board shall give notice of the filing of such report by publication as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code or once each week for three consecutive weeks i...