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...sed Code have no retroactive effect to validate or add to the effect of any previous act of a municipal corporation concerning territory or public rights described in section 721.04 of the Revised Code. Those sections have no effect, except as expressly provided in sections 721.04 to 721.11 and 1506.10 of the Revised Code, to give any littoral or riparian owner any rights in any territory covered or formerly covered ...

...Any municipal corporation having jurisdiction over any part of the territory mentioned in section 721.04 of the Revised Code, whether in front of privately owned upland or otherwise, as provided in that section, may, in aid of navigation and water commerce, adopt plans for the development of that waterfront, construct bulkheads at such locations as it approves between the shoreline and the harbor line as fixed by the...

...When a municipal corporation owns real estate suitable for the location of a passenger railroad station, and the legislative authority of such municipal corporation, by ordinance, declares it necessary that such land be devoted to such use, the municipal corporation may sell, lease or exchange such land to a railroad for such purpose as provided in section 721.13 of the Revised Code.

...An ordinance shall be passed authorizing the mayor of a municipal corporation to deed or lease land as provided by section 721.12 of the Revised Code. In the ordinance the legislative authority of such municipal corporation shall fix by metes and bounds the amount of land to be sold, leased, or exchanged, the quantity of interest to be sold, leased, or exchanged, and the consideration to be paid or exchanged therefor...

...A majority of all the votes cast on the proposition for the sale, lease, or exchange of land under section 721.13 of the Revised Code shall be necessary to its ratification. When so ratified, the ordinance provided for in such section shall be effective, and the mayor shall proceed to execute a deed of conveyance or lease of the property as therein provided. In holding the special election, sections 133.01 to 133.65...

...(A) Personal property not needed for municipal purposes, the estimated value of which is less than one thousand dollars, may be sold by the board or officer having supervision or management of that property. If the estimated value of that property is one thousand dollars or more, it shall be sold only when authorized by an ordinance of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation and approved by the b...

...necessary for the improvement of municipal property, and other personal property, under the charge of the street cleaning department of a municipal corporation, and no longer necessary for the purposes of such department, shall be sold in the manner provided in section 721.15 of the Revised Code, by the board or officer having the supervision or management of such department.

...Money arising from a sale under section 721.16 of the Revised Code shall be deposited in the treasury of the municipal corporation, in the street cleaning fund, and shall be immediately available, in addition to the appropriations by the legislative authority of such municipal corporation, for the current expenses of the street cleaning department, and may be withdrawn from the treasury upon the warrant of the audito...

...and lying within the limits of a municipal corporation has been dedicated, given, or granted thereto, and set apart for the use and support of schools, the court of common pleas, on the application of the mayor or legislative authority thereof, may authorize an exchange of such lot for such other lot within the limits of the municipal corporation as the interest of the schools therein require. All lots so taken in ex...

...er section 721.18 of the Revised Code shall be by petition verified by the mayor. The board of education of the municipal corporation and such other persons as the court of common pleas orders shall be made party defendants. The petition shall set forth an accurate description of each lot proposed to be given or taken in exchange, the specific circumstances which render the exchange necessary, and a prayer for such o...

...y section 721.19 of the Revised Code shall be published for four consecutive weeks or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code, prior to the day of hearing, in a newspaper of general circulation in such municipal corporation.

...nconsistent with the terms of the original grant or device, the court shall authorize the exchange to be made, and order the mayor of the municipal corporation to execute and deliver such deed, in fee simple, as is necessary to effect the exchange.

...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...

...The 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...

...tion may acquire, lease, and maintain real property as provided by section 721.24 of the Revised Code, either within or without the school district of such board. When such property is conveyed it shall be under the control and supervision 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 termin...

...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...

...1.15 of 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 corporati...

...The 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...

...l to a board of county commissioners real estate belonging to the city 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 t...

...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...

...The 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: ...

...The 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 prop...

...A street or alley, dedicated to public use by the proprietor 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.