Ohio Revised Code Search

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Cost" or "costs" includes compensation, damages, and expenses that are incident to an improvement covered by this chapter and all items of cost described in division (B) of section 133.15 of the Revised Code that are incident to an improvement covered by this chapter. (B) "Public obligations" has the same meaning as in section 133.01 of the Revised Code. (C) "Road" includes any state ...

...The board of county commissioners may construct a public road by laying out and building a new road, or by improving, reconstructing, or repairing any existing public road or part of an existing public road by grading, paving, widening, altering, straightening, vacating, changing the direction, draining, dragging, graveling, macadamizing, resurfacing, applying dust preventives, or otherwise improving the same, and, w...

...The board of county commissioners may construct, improve, maintain, or repair the berm of any road under its jurisdiction, in order to provide a hard surface or other improved approach to rural mail boxes located on public highways.

...(A) A board of county commissioners, by resolution adopted by a majority vote and acting without regard to or the necessity for a petition, may find that the public convenience and welfare require the improvement of any public road or roads, or parts of any public road or roads, identified in that resolution in a manner provided in section 5555.06 of the Revised Code and may fix the route and termini of the improveme...

...When a petition is presented to the board of county commissioners asking for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, or repair of any public road or part thereof and signed by at least fifty-one per cent of the land or lot owners, residents of such county, who are to be specially taxed or assessed for said improvement, the board shall, within thirty days after such petition is presented, go upon the line of th...

...Lot or land owners who are not otherwise taxed than to raise the proportion of the cost and expenses of the improvement, petitioned for pursuant to section 5555.03 of the Revised Code, to be paid by the township, or by the county as a whole, shall not be considered as specially taxed or assessed for said improvement, and such persons shall not be counted either for or against the improvement in determining whether th...

...In determining whether the required number of persons necessary to give the board of county commissioners jurisdiction of the improvement have signed the petition described in section 5555.03 of the Revised Code asking for such improvement, the following persons shall not be counted either for or against the improvement: (A) Resident landowners whose only real estate within the legal assessment distance of the impro...

...The board of county commissioners may by resolution adopted by a unanimous vote find that the public convenience and welfare require the improving of any public road or part thereof by grading, draining, paving, straightening, or widening such road and constructing or reconstructing any bridges and culverts necessary for such improvement. The resolution shall fix the route and termini of such improvement, and shall a...

...The county engineer shall prepare and file with the board of county commissioners, by the time fixed therefor by the board, copies of the surveys, plans, profiles, cross sections, estimates of costs, and specifications for the improvement and estimated assessments upon lands benefited thereby. Thereupon such board shall file such copies in its office for the inspection and examination of all persons interested....

...A board of county commissioners may defer its consideration, adjustment, approval, and confirmation of the estimated assessments until all questions of compensation and damages have been determined and until the contract for the improvement has been let and the exact cost of the improvement, including compensation and damages, has been ascertained. If a board approves and confirms the estimated assessments, as made b...

...If the surveys, plans, profiles, and cross sections prepared by the county engineer pursuant to section 5555.07 of the Revised Code show that lands will be required for the improvement, the board of county commissioners shall proceed in accordance with sections 163.01 to 163.22, inclusive, of the Revised Code.

...After the determination of claims for compensation for lands taken, if the board of county commissioners is still satisfied that the public convenience and welfare require that such improvement be made, and that the cost of such improvement will not be excessive in view of the public utility thereof, the board shall order by resolution that it proceed with such improvement. The board shall adopt the surveys, plans, p...

...When the proposed improvement is in two or more counties or along the county line between two or more counties in this state or extends from one county into or through one or more adjoining counties in this state, the petition described in section 5555.03 of the Revised Code may be filed with the board of county commissioners of any one of the interested counties. The board with which said petition is filed shall cau...

...The boards of county commissioners shall meet as a joint board at the time and place designated by the board of the county where the original petition is filed pursuant to section 5555.21 of the Revised Code. The time so designated for the joint meeting shall be within thirty days from the date of the filing of the petition. Such joint board shall determine whether the petition has been signed by the requisite number...

...The boards of county commissioners of two or more counties, acting as a joint board, may, by a resolution passed by unanimous vote, order the construction, reconstruction, improvement, or repair of any road located in said counties, or extending from one of said counties into or through adjoining counties, or along the line between said counties, and the joint board shall thereupon proceed with the improvement as if ...

...After the joint board of county commissioners has granted the improvement, it shall appoint a county engineer of one of the counties interested, who shall make such surveys, plans, profiles, cross sections, estimates, and specifications as are necessary and transmit copies of them to each board interested in said improvement. If a majority of the joint board is unable to agree as to the appointment of an engineer, th...

...When a joint board of county commissioners is proceeding upon a petition for a road improvement, the compensation, damages, and expenses of the improvement shall be apportioned and paid in the method specified in the petition, which may be any one of the methods provided by section 5555.41 of the Revised Code. When a joint board acts by unanimous vote and without the filing of a petition, it shall set forth in its re...

...When a petition asking for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, or repair of a road in two or more counties, or along the county line between two or more counties in this state, is filed with the board of county commissioners of any one of said counties, the petitioners are not limited to the statement of a single method of paying the compensation, damages, and expenses of the improvement, but may request i...

...As soon as the county engineer has transmitted to the several boards of county commissioners copies of the engineer's surveys, plans, profiles, cross sections, estimates, and specifications for the improvement, the joint board of county commissioners shall, except in cases of reconstruction or repair of roads where no lands or property are taken, fix a time and place for hearing objections to said improvement. ...

...After all questions relating to compensation and damages have been disposed of, the joint board shall decide whether it will proceed with the improvement, and if it decides to proceed therewith, it shall adopt the surveys, plans, profiles, cross sections, estimates, and specifications for the improvement as reported by the county engineer or with such modifications as the joint board and the engineer agree upon.

...When the proposed improvement is wholly within one county but within less than the legal assessment distance of the county line, and a petition is filed asking for such improvement, signed by fifty-one per cent of the persons to be specially assessed therefor, such improvement shall be regarded as joint county improvement, and shall be made in accordance with sections 5555.21 to 5555.30, inclusive, of the Revised Cod...

...A joint board of county commissioners has jurisdiction to provide for the construction of a portion a road improvement wholly within one county when it is necessary to avoid some place on the county line where the construction thereof would be unusually expensive or difficult.

...If bonds are issued in anticipation of the collection of taxes and assessments on account of the improvement, such bonds as are required shall be issued separately by each county to cover its proportion of the costs and expenses of such improvement.

...Sections 5555.01 to 5555.72, inclusive, of the Revised Code relating to improvements wholly within one county shall when applicable apply to improvements authorized by a joint board of county commissioners.

...The compensation, damages, and expenses of the improvement shall be apportioned and paid in any one of the following methods, as set forth in the petition described in section 5555.03 of the Revised Code: (A) Not less than thirty-five nor more than fifty per cent thereof shall be paid out of the proceeds of any levies for road purposes upon the grand duplicate of all taxable property in the county, or out of any fun...