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...(A) For the purposes of this section, either of the following constitutes a public exigency: (1) A finding by the director of environmental protection that a public health nuisance caused by an occasion of unavoidable urgency and suddenness due to unsanitary conditions compels the immediate construction of sewers for the protection of the public health and welfare; (2) The issuance of an order by the board of healt...

...) Prescribe the permissible uses of the water supply of the district and the manner of its distribution; (D) Prevent the pollution or unnecessary waste of the water supply; (E) Prohibit discharge into such sewers of any liquid or solid wastes deemed detrimental to the works and improvements of the district. Such regulations shall have no effect until they have been approved by the environmental protection agency. ...

... prevention and elimination of stagnant water or other breeding places for biting arthropods in the district. The regulations may, among other things, prohibit the owner, tenant, agent, or other person having charge of any land in the district from constructing or maintaining thereon any pond or pool, either natural or artificial, or any other receptacle of water, portable or otherwise, under conditions which may cau...

...All public corporations or persons having buildings, structures, works, conduits, mains, pipes, tracks, or other physical obstructions in, over, or upon the public streets, lanes, alleys, or highways, which interfere with or impede the progress of construction, maintenance, or repair of the works of a sanitary district shall upon reasonable notice from the board of directors of the sanitary district promptly shift, a...

...The board of directors of a sanitary district may establish and maintain stream gauges and rain gauges, and may make such surveys and examinations of rainfall, stream flow, and other scientific and engineering subjects as are necessary and proper for the purposes of the district. The board may issue reports of its findings.

...ancing the works of the district or the waters thereof, not in violation of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, or for making surveys and investigations or reports thereon. The board may purchase, lease, or acquire land or other property in adjoining states to secure outlets or for other purposes of this chapter, and may let contracts or spend money for securing such outlets or other works in adjoining states.

...Whenever it is necessary for the purposes of a sanitary district to take or damage any cemetery, the board of appraisers of the sanitary district shall appraise the cost of such taking or easement in the same manner as appraisals are made for other property. The board of directors of the sanitary district shall have the same powers in case of the removal of a cemetery to agree with the authorities owning or controll...

...At the time of making its order organizing a sanitary district or at any suitable time thereafter, the court shall appoint three appraisers to constitute the board of appraisers of the sanitary district, who shall in every case where appraisers are appointed under sections 6115.01 to 6115.79 of the Revised Code, be recommended by the board of directors of the sanitary district. The board of appraisers shall appraise ...

...ration and credit to any other works or systems already constructed, or under construction, which form a useful part of the work of the district according to the official plan. Where the board of appraisers returns no appraisal of damages to any property, it shall be deemed a finding by such board of appraisers that no damages will be sustained.

...If the board of appraisers of a sanitary district finds that lands or other property not embraced within the boundaries of the district will be affected by the proposed improvement, or should be included in the district, it shall appraise the benefits and damages to such land or other property, and shall file notice in the court of the appraisal which it has made upon the lands or other property beyond the boundaries...

...If the report of the board of appraisers of a sanitary district includes recommendations that other lands be included in the district, or that certain lands be excluded from the district, the clerk of the court before which the proceeding is pending shall give notice to the owners of such property by publication to be made as provided for a hearing on the petition for the creation of the district. Such notice to thos...

...(A) The legislative authority of a municipal corporation or the board of township trustees of a township all or part of whose territory is included within the territory of a sanitary district that is established solely for the reduction of biting arthropods pursuant to division (F) of section 6115.04 of the Revised Code may enact an ordinance or adopt a resolution, as applicable, approving the submission to the...

...e both improved sanitation and improved water supply, the board shall prepare a separate report for each purpose. Such record shall contain the name of the owner of property appraised as it appears on the tax duplicate or the deed records, a description of the property appraised, the amount of benefits appraised, the amount of damages appraised, and the appraised value of land or other property which may be taken for...

...Upon the filing of the report of the board of appraisers of a sanitary district under section 6115.33 of the Revised Code, the clerk of the court shall give notice by publication thereof, as provided in section 6115.01 of the Revised Code, in each county in the district. The notice shall be substantially as set forth in division (E) of section 6115.79 of the Revised Code. It is not necessary for the clerk to name the...

...Any property owner may accept the appraisals in his favor of benefits and of damages and of lands to be taken made by the board of appraisers of a sanitary district, or may acquiesce in the board's failure to appraise damages in his favor, and shall be construed to have done so unless within ten days after the last publication provided for in section 6115.34 of the Revised Code he files exceptions to said report or ...

...If it appears to the satisfaction of the court after having heard and determined all the exceptions filed pursuant to section 6115.35 of the Revised Code, that the estimated cost of constructing or acquiring the improvement contemplated in the official plan is less than the benefits appraised, then the court shall approve and confirm the report of the board of appraisers of a sanitary district as modified and amended...

...Any person or public or private corporation desiring to appeal from an award as to compensation or damages shall, within twenty days from the judgment of the court confirming the report of the board of appraisers of a sanitary district, file with the clerk of the court a written notice making demand for a jury trial, specifying the award or awards from which the appeal is taken. If the appellant does not recover more...

...No property shall be taken under sections 6115.01 to 6115.79, inclusive, of the Revised Code, until compensation has been paid according to law. But where a trial is had by jury, and a verdict has been rendered which has been confirmed by the court, the board of directors of the sanitary district may pay the amount allowed into court in money with the costs, and thereupon the court shall make an order admitting the d...

...Upon the entry of the order of the court approving the report of the board of appraisers of a sanitary district, the clerk of said court in which the same is entered shall transmit a certified copy of the decree, and of the appraisals as confirmed by the court, except those parts from which appeals have been perfected but not determined, to the secretary of the sanitary district. When any appeal has been finally det...

...The board of directors of a sanitary district may at any time, when necessary to fulfill the objects for which the district was created, alter or add to the official plan. When such alterations or additions are formally approved by the board, by the environmental protection agency, and by the court, and are filed with the secretary of the sanitary district, they shall become part of the official plan for all purposes...

...No appeal under sections 6115.01 to 6115.79, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be permitted to interrupt or delay any action or the prosecution of any work under such sections, except where the party appealing is entitled to a jury under the constitution of the state, and such jury trial has not been had, in which case only so much of the work shall be interrupted or delayed as would constitute a taking of or a d...

...If any lands in any sanitary district are not liable for taxation or assessment at the time of the execution of the work, but afterwards, during the period when such work is being paid for, become liable to taxation or assessment by reason of some change in condition, benefit, or ownership, such lands shall thereupon be appraised and assessed as other lands in said district receiving equal benefits.

...In case any real property within or without any sanitary district is benefited which for any reason was not appraised in the original proceedings, or was not appraised to the extent of benefits received, or in case any person, public corporation, or other district makes use of or profits by the works of any district to a degree not compensated for in the original appraisal, or in case the board of directors of the sa...

...No fault in any notice or other proceedings shall affect the validity of any proceeding under sections 6115.01 to 6115.79, inclusive, of the Revised Code, except to the extent to which it can be shown that such fault resulted in a material denial of justice to the property owner complaining of such fault. If it is found upon a hearing that by reason of some irregularity or defect in the proceedings the appraisal has...

...rganized for the purpose of providing a water supply, the proceeds of the sale of water pursuant to section 6115.19 of the Revised Code and the proceeds of bonds issued under this chapter; (C) The "maintenance fund" consisting of a special assessment to be levied annually for the purpose of upkeep, administration, and current expenses as provided in section 6115.53 of the Revised Code, except that the maintenance fu...