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...de and 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 o...

...de and 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 o...

...The jury summoned under section 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 cann...

...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...

...newspaper of general circulation in the municipal corporation specifying the time and place, not sooner than forty-eight hours following such notice, when owners of property to be assessed for the improvement shall be heard on the question of whether such improvement should be made. In the event that such hearing is to be held at a special meeting, the clerk of the legislative authority shall serve notice on each mem...

...ained, 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, that portion of the total cost of the improvement to be paid for by special assessments and such assessments as to...

...sment, 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...

...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 ...

...ecovered by suit before a county court, municipal court, or other court of competent jurisdiction, in the name of the municipal corporation, to enforce the lien against the lots and lands charged with such assessment. Proceedings for the recovery of the assessment may be instituted by the municipal corporation to enforce the lien, against all the lots or lands, or any of them embraced in any one assessment, but the ...

...tive 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 been incurred which is a proper charge against such lot or parcel of land in question, render judgment for the amount properly charged against it. The court shall ma...

...If an action for the recovery of an assessment is commenced within due time, and a judgment therein for the plaintiff is reversed, or if the plaintiff fails in such action otherwise than upon the merits and the time limited for the action has expired, a new action may be commenced within one year after such reversal or failure.

...The court of common pleas shall have the jurisdiction authorized by sections 727.01 to 727.49, inclusive, of the Revised Code, for the collection of any charge or debt or the enforcement of any lien, notwithstanding the amount involved is less than that to which the jurisdiction is limited in other cases. Such courts may make such special rules concerning the class of cases authorized to be brought under such section...

...ovement, the legislative authority of a municipal corporation may levy an additional assessment to supply the deficiency. Such additional assessment shall be levied against the same properties as were assessed for the cost of the improvement and shall be assessed among such properties in the same proportion as the assessment for the cost of the improvement was levied. Such additional assessment shall be subject to t...

...pears to the legislative authority of a municipal corporation that a special assessment is invalid by reason of informality or irregularity in the proceedings, or when an assessment is adjudged to be illegal by a court of competent jurisdiction, the legislative authority may order a reassessment whether the improvement has been made or not. Proceedings upon a reassessment, and for the collection thereof, shall be co...

...trued by the legislative authorities of municipal corporations and by the courts in order to secure a speedy completion of the work at reasonable cost, and the speedy collection of the assessment after the time has elapsed for its payment. Merely formal objections shall be disregarded, but the proceedings shall be strictly construed in favor of the owner of the property assessed or injured as to the limitations on a...

...Whenever the boundary line between two municipal corporations is located within or along the side lines of a street, avenue, or other public highway, such municipal corporations may enter into an agreement for the improvement of such street, avenue, or other public highway in such manner as the respective legislative authorities thereof determine. The agreement may provide for any of the improvements specified in sec...

...henever a park boulevard extends from a municipal corporation to which it belongs into or adjacent to one or more other municipal corporations, and it is desired by the several municipal corporations so situated to improve the boulevard by grading, draining, curbing, paving, repaving, surfacing, resurfacing, or otherwise improving such boulevard, such municipal corporations may apportion the cost of the improvement a...

...ng without his fault from the acts of a municipal corporation or its agents in the construction of a public improvement, shall commence a suit therefor against a municipal corporation until he files a claim for such damages with the clerk of such municipal corporation, and sixty days elapse thereafter, to enable the municipal corporation to take such steps as it deems proper to settle or adjust the claim. This secti...

...ed Code, the legislative authority of a municipal corporation may by ordinance establish in the municipal corporation such number of districts as may be deemed necessary by it for the purpose of providing efficient sanitary sewerage, storm sewerage, or water supply. Each of such districts shall be designated by a name or number and shall be so arranged as to be independent of each other so far as practicable. The leg...

...The plan prepared under section 727.44 of the Revised Code shall show the location of all facilities included within the plan.

...ewspaper of general circulation in the municipal corporation or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code, a notice stating that such general plan has been prepared and is on file in the office of the clerk of the legislative authority for examination by interested persons and that written objections to such plan may be filed in the office of such clerk before the date specified in the notice, which shal...

...The legislative authority shall consider any objections filed under section 727.46 of the Revised Code, and after such consideration may adopt the general plan with any amendments or corrections thereto which it believes proper. The general plan with any amendments or corrections and certified by the clerk of the legislative authority as the plan adopted, shall then be filed in the office of such clerk.

...The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may, from time to time rearrange existing districts, establish new districts or sub-districts, or amend the general plan for the district as provided under sections 727.44 to 727.49, inclusive, of the Revised Code.

... Code, the legislative authority of the municipal corporation shall designate, from time to time, such portion of the general plan as is required for immediate use and may provide for the construction thereof. In the event the cost of the construction of such portion of the plan as is designated for immediate use is to be paid for in whole or in part by special assessments the legislative authority may treat such con...