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...When it is deemed necessary by a municipal corporation to make a public improvement to be paid for in whole or in part by special assessments levied under this chapter, plans, specifications, profiles of the proposed improvement showing the proposed grade of the street and improvement after completion with reference to the property abutting thereon, and an estimate of the cost of the improvement shall be prepared and...

...r section 727.12 of the Revised Code, shall, after the estimated assessment has been made and filed as provided by section 727.12 of the Revised Code, be served by the clerk of the legislative authority, or a person designated by such clerk, upon the owners of the lots or parcels of land to be assessed for the proposed improvement, in the same manner as service of summons in civil cases, or by certified mail addresse...

...g, sweeping, or cleaning of any street, alley, public road, or place, or parts thereof or for treating the surface of the same with dust-laying or preservative substances, or for the planting, maintaining, and removing of shade trees, or for the constructing, maintaining, repairing, cleaning, and enclosing of ditches, and the filing of the estimated assessment under section 727.12 of the Revised Code, to be given by ...

...r section 727.12 of the Revised Code, shall file such objection, in writing, with the clerk of the legislative authority within two weeks from the date of completion of the notice required under section 727.13 of the Revised Code. Such objection shall include the address for mailing of the notice provided in section 727.16 of the Revised Code. An owner who fails to so file an objection shall be deemed to have waived ...

...the legislative authority of the municipal corporation shall appoint an assessment equalization board, consisting of three disinterested freeholders of the municipal corporation, and shall fix the time and place for the hearing by such board of such objections, and the clerk of the legislative authority shall notify, by certified mail, the persons so objecting of the time and place of such hearing. Such notice shall ...

...the legislative authority of the municipal corporation for that purpose, the assessment equalization board appointed under section 727.16 of the Revised Code, shall meet and take an oath before a proper officer to honestly and impartially discharge its duties. It shall at such meeting or at any adjournment thereof, hear and determine all objections to the estimated assessment which have been filed under section 727.1...

...all be given as provided in section 727.26 of the Revised Code. Such assessments shall be payable and shall be collected in the manner provided by sections 727.27 to 727.40, inclusive, of the Revised Code. Such assessments, when collected, shall be paid into a separate fund in accordance with section 5705.10 of the Revised Code. As the principal and interest requirements on the bonds which have been contemplated or ...

...be paid for in whole or in part by special assessments, shall, within two weeks from the date of completion of the notice required under section 727.13 of the Revised Code, file a claim in writing with the clerk of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, setting forth the amount of the damages claimed and a general description of the property with respect to which it is claimed such damages will accru...

...the legislative authority of the municipal corporation determines in the ordinance adopted under section 727.23 of the Revised Code that the damages shall be assessed before commencing such improvement, the municipal corporation shall, within ten days after the passage of the ordinance to proceed with the improvement under section 727.23 of the Revised Code, make a written application for a jury to the court of commo...

...the legislative authority of the municipal corporation determines, in the ordinance adopted under section 727.23 of the Revised Code, that the damages shall be assessed after the completion of the improvement, the municipal corporation shall, within ten days after the completion of such improvement, make written application to the court of common pleas, or a judge thereof in vacation, or to the probate court of the c...

... 727.19 or 727.20 of the Revised Code shall be sworn to inquire into and assess the actual damages in each case separately, under such rules and instructions as are given it by the court. When the jury cannot agree, it may be discharged, but the court may receive its verdict as to one or more of the claimants, and discharge it with respect to the parties concerning whose claims it cannot agree. In case of the discha...

... no damages, the costs of the inquiry shall be taxed against the claimant or claimants and collected on execution. In other cases the costs shall be paid by the municipal corporation.

...The legislative authority of a municipal corporation which has adopted a resolution under section 727.12 of the Revised Code declaring the necessity for a public improvement shall, after the expiration of the time for filing claims for damages under section 727.18 of the Revised Code, and, in the event objections to the estimated assessment have been filed under section 727.15 of the Revised Code, and the report of t...

...r the construction of the improvement shall be let in the manner provided by law, provided that in the event that the lowest and best bid for labor and materials for the public improvement exceeds the estimated cost for labor and materials as filed under section 727.12 of the Revised Code by fifteen per cent or more, then no contract shall be entered into until the legislative authority determines by a majority vote ...

...After the actual cost of a public improvement authorized under section 727.23 of the Revised Code has been ascertained, the legislative authority of the municipal corporation shall by ordinance assess, in the manner provided in the resolution of necessity adopted under section 727.12 of the Revised Code, upon the lots and lands enumerated in the estimated assessment adopted under section 727.23 of the Revised Code, t...

...the legislative authority of the municipal corporation for a deferment of payment of the assessment on grounds that timely payment will impose financial hardship upon him. The legislative authority shall examine the applicant's financial condition only to the extent necessary to determine whether or not timely payment of the assessment will cause such hardship. If the legislative authority determines that timely paym...

...7.25 of the Revised Code levying a special assessment, the legislative authority of the municipal corporation shall publish notice of the passage of such ordinance once in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipal corporation, stating that such assessment has been made and is on file in the office of the clerk of the legislative authority for the inspection and examination of persons interested therein.

...Special assessments are payable by the time and in the manner stipulated in the assessing ordinance passed under section 727.25 of the Revised Code, except that any such assessment in the amount of twenty-five dollars or less, or any unpaid balance of any such assessment which is twenty-five dollars or less, shall be paid in full, and not in installments, at the time the first or next installment would otherwise beco...

... anticipation of the collection of special assessments, the interest on the securities shall be treated as part of the cost of the improvement for which the special assessments are made. The unpaid special assessments anticipated by issuance of securities shall bear interest at the same rate or rates of interest and for the same period as the securities issued in anticipation of the special assessments. (B) When sec...

...When a special assessment is made on real estate subject to a life estate, the assessment shall be payable by the tenant for life, but upon application by the life tenant to a court of competent jurisdiction, by action against the owner of the estate in fee, such court may apportion the cost of the assessment between the life tenant and the owner in fee in proportion to the relative value of the improvement to their ...

...When any special assessment is levied under section 727.25 of the Revised Code, and securities of the municipal corporation are issued in anticipation of the collection thereof, the clerk of the legislative authority, on or before the second Monday in September of each year, shall certify the special assessment to the county auditor, stating the amounts and the time of payment. The auditor shall place the special ass...

...nticipation of the collection of a special assessment, the legislative authority of a municipal corporation, in the assessing ordinance, may provide that the treasurer of the municipal corporation shall collect the special assessments in place of the county treasurer and apply the amounts collected, together with any interest and penalty thereon, to payment of the securities and interest thereon, and for no other pur...

...If the payment of a special assessment, which has not been certified to the county auditor for collection, is not made by the time stipulated in the ordinance providing therefor, the amount assessed, with interest, and a forfeiture of ten per cent thereon, may be recovered by suit before a county court, municipal court, or other court of competent jurisdiction, in the name of the municipal corporation, to enforce the...

...n any action for the recovery of a special assessment, it appears that by reason of any technical irregularity or defect, whether in the proceedings of the legislative authority or of any officer of the municipal corporation, or in the plans or estimates, the assessment has not been properly made upon any lot or parcel of land sought to be charged, the court may nevertheless, on satisfactory proof that expense has be...

...When any special assessment, levied under section 727.25 of the Revised Code and in anticipation of which securities of the municipal corporation have not been issued, is unpaid, the legislative authority of the municipal corporation may order the clerk of the legislative authority or any other proper officer of the municipal corporation to certify the unpaid special assessment to the county auditor for collection. T...