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...ire by eminent domain any interest in real property, whether owned privately or publicly, including a fee simple title thereto, which it determines necessary for or in connection with a county renewal project within the county, and this power may be exercised in the manner provided in section 307.08 of the Revised Code, or it may be exercised in the manner now or which may be hereafter provided by any other statutory...

... carry out the purposes of sections 303.26 to 303.56, inclusive, of the Revised Code. Such sale, lease, or other transfer, or retention, and any agreement relating thereto, may be made only after the approval of the county renewal plan by the board. The purchasers or lessees and their successors and assigns shall be obligated to devote such real property only to the uses specified in the county renewal plan, and may ...

...aving, and repairing of public streets, alleys, curbs, and gutters within a county renewal area may be paid out of moneys distributed to counties under sections 5735.27 and 4501.04 of the Revised Code.

...oners may levy assessments against specially benefited lots or lands within a county renewal area or areas for any purpose within or without such area or areas for which special assessments may be levied by a county. In the exercise of such power to levy special assessments, the provisions of, including but not limited to Chapters 5555., 5559., 6103., and 6117. of the Revised Code, shall control. A board may include ...

...In making a special assessment by percentage of the tax value or by the front foot on lots or lands not subdivided into lots, on county-owned, or other, lots or lands within a county renewal area or areas, when such lots or lands are not assessed for taxation, the board of county commissioners shall fix, for the purpose of such assessment the value of such lots as they stand and of such land at what the board conside...

... proceedings arising under sections 303.26 to 303.56, inclusive, of the Revised Code, are pending or contemplated against such lots or lands, the board may, by proper entry in such eminent domain proceedings, or by release in the event eminent domain proceedings are never brought, waive its right to collection out of the compensation awarded for such taking of the amounts levied or to be levied in such assessment pro...

...In the event of the levy of special assessments against lots or lands within a county renewal area which lots or lands are or become county-owned, the board of county commissioners may authorize the amount of the assessments thereon, or the amounts of the respective unpaid installments of such assessments, to be certified by the clerk of the board of county commissioners to the county auditor, entered upon the tax li...

...l project functions, under sections 303.26 to 303.56 of the Revised Code, or for the exercise of any of the powers granted by those sections, may: (A) Use its general tax revenues; (B) Issue and sell its bonds, and its notes in anticipation of such bonds, pursuant to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code.

...In addition to all other powers of boards of county commissioners provided by any other laws, any board may issue bonds from time to time to finance its undertaking and carrying out of any county renewal project of such county, including, without limiting the generality thereof, the payment of principal and interest upon any advances for surveys and plans for or in connection with any such county renewal project, and...

...r any of the provisions of sections 303.26 to 303.56, inclusive, of the Revised Code, cease to be such officials before the delivery of such bonds, such signatures shall, nevertheless, be valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as if such officials had remained in office until such delivery. Any bonds issued under any of the provisions of sections 303.26 to 303.56, inclusive, of the Revised Code shall be full...

...r any of the provisions of sections 303.26 to 303.56, inclusive, of the Revised Code, or the security therefor, any such bond reciting in substance that it has been issued by the county in connection with county renewal project of such county shall be considered to have been issued for such purpose, and such project shall be considered to have been planned, located, and undertaken or carried out in accordance with th...

...are declared to be issued for an essential public and governmental purpose and, together with interest thereon and income therefrom, shall be exempted from all taxes.

...All banks, trust companies, bankers, savings banks, and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking or investment business; all insurance companies, insurance associations, and other persons carrying on an insurance business; and all executors, administrators, curators, trustees, and other fiduciaries, may legally invest an...

... by it for the purposes of sections 303.26 to 303.56, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution, and no execution or other judicial process shall issue against the same, nor shall judgment against a county be a charge or lien upon such property. The provisions of this section shall not apply to or limit the right of obligees to pursue any remedies for the enforcement...

...d to be public property used for essential public and governmental purposes and such property shall be exempt from all taxes of the county, any municipality, the state, or any political subdivision thereof. The tax exemption provided for in this section shall terminate when the county sells, leases, or otherwise disposes of such property in a county renewal area to a purchaser or lessee which is not a public body ent...

...y of the powers granted by sections 303.26 to 303.56 of the Revised Code, including the furnishing of funds or other assistance in connection with a county renewal project; and cause public buildings and public facilities, including parks, playgrounds, recreational, community, educational, water, sewer, or drainage facilities, or any other works, which it is otherwise empowered to undertake to be furnished, furnish, ...

...rest in any property under sections 303.26 to 303.56, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be conclusively presumed to have been executed in compliance with the applicable provisions of said sections insofar as title or other interest of any bona fide purchasers, lessees, or transferees of such property is concerned.

...d Code, with respect to any county renewal project or projects, may set up, establish, and maintain, for and on behalf of the county or any affected office, department, board, or commission thereof, such books, records, budgets, and accounts, and such general, separate, special, or specific funds, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such revolving funds, general expense funds, planning funds,...

...f any of the provisions of sections 303.26 to 303.56, inclusive, of the Revised Code, in order to fully effectuate the purposes and objectives of said sections in respect of any planning or project activities thereunder by such county, may, by its board of county commissioners, prescribe such reasonable rules and regulations not inconsistent with said sections, as such board of county commissioners determines to be n...

...62 of the Revised Code: (A) "Economically significant wind farm" has the same meaning as in section 4906.13 of the Revised Code. (B) "Large wind farm" and "large solar facility" have the same meanings as in section 4906.01 of the Revised Code. (C)(1) "Material amendment" means an amendment to an existing power siting board certificate for the construction, operation, or maintenance of a utility facility that d...

...ners may adopt a resolution designating all or part of the unincorporated area of a county as a restricted area, prohibiting the construction of any or all of the following: (1) An economically significant wind farm; (2) A large wind farm; (3) A large solar facility. (B) A resolution described in division (A) of this section may designate one or more restricted areas and shall fix restricted area boundaries w...

...ered electors residing in the county equal to not less than eight per cent of the total vote cast for all candidates for governor in that county at the most recent general election at which a governor was elected, requesting the board of county commissioners to submit the resolution to the electors of that county for approval or rejection at a special election to be held on the day of the next primary or general elec...

...303.59 of the Revised Code, no person shall file, and the power siting board shall not accept, an application for a certificate, or a material amendment to an existing certificate, to construct, operate, or maintain a utility facility in a restricted area where the construction of such a utility facility is prohibited by the resolution.

...from the power siting board, or a material amendment to an existing certificate, for a utility facility, to be located in whole or in part in the unincorporated area of a county, the person intending to apply shall hold a public meeting in each county where the utility facility is to be located. (B) The applicant shall provide written notice of the public meeting to the board of county commissioners of the county,...

...plication for a certificate, or a material amendment to an existing certificate, for a utility facility, the board of county commissioners may adopt a resolution that does either of the following: (1) Prohibits the construction of the utility facility that is the subject of the certificate; (2) Limits the boundaries of the proposed utility facility to a smaller geographic area of the county, completely within w...