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...As used in this chapter: (A) "Plat" means a map of a tract or parcel of land. (B) "Subdivision" means either of the following: (1) The division of any parcel of land shown as a unit or as contiguous units on the last preceding general tax list and duplicate of real and public utility property, into two or more parcels, sites, or lots, any one of which is less than five acres for the purpose, whether immediate...

...en spaces for traffic, circulation, and utilities, and for the avoidance of future congestion of population detrimental to the public health or safety but shall not impose a greater minimum lot area than forty-eight hundred square feet. The rules may provide for their modification by the planning commission in specific cases where unusual topographical or other exceptional conditions require the modification. The rul...

...nd convenient open spaces for traffic, utilities, access of firefighting apparatus, recreation, light, and air, and for the avoidance of congestion of population. The rules may provide for their modification by the commission in specific cases where unusual topographical and other exceptional conditions require the modification. The rules may require the board of health to review and comment on a plat before th...

...As to land falling within its jurisdiction or the jurisdiction of its planning commission, the legislative authority of a municipal corporation, or the board of county commissioners, may adopt general rules setting standards and requiring and securing the construction of improvements shown on the plats and plans required by sections 711.05, 711.09, and 711.10 of the Revised Code. Such rules may establish standards a...

...(A) The regional or county planning commission may make studies, maps, plans, recommendations and reports concerning the physical, environmental, social, economic, and governmental characteristics, functions, services, and other aspects of the region or county, respectively. The commission may make such studies, maps, plans, recommendations, and other reports as to areas outside the region or county concerning the ph...

...The planning commission of any municipal corporation to which a regional or county plan is certified under section 713.24 of the Revised Code, may adopt such plan, and it shall thereupon have the same force within such municipal corporation as is provided by law or charter for plans prepared and adopted by the local planning commission. The board of county commissioners may adopt such plan so far as it relates to non...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Immediate family" means a spouse who resides in the same household, and children. (2) "Nuisance" means a building that is structurally unsafe, unsanitary, or not provided with adequate safe egress; that constitutes a fire hazard, is otherwise dangerous to human life, or is otherwise no longer fit and habitable; or that, in relation to its existing use, constitutes a hazard to the p...

...(A) This section and section 715.71 of the Revised Code apply only to: (1) Municipal corporations and townships within a county that has adopted a charter under Sections 3 and 4 of Article X, Ohio Constitution; (2) Municipal corporations and townships that have created a joint economic development district comprised entirely of real property owned by a municipal corporation at the time the district was created ...

...Municipal corporations may lay out, establish, construct, maintain, and operate within their respective corporate limits, off-street parking facilities for motor vehicles, and in connection therewith and for such purpose may acquire by purchase, gift, devise, exchange, lease, or sublease any existing off-street parking facilities or any real estate or interest therein required for the construction of such parking fac...

...The legislative authority of any municipal corporation may convey the fee simple estate or any lesser estate or interest in, or permit the use of, for such period as it shall determine, any lands owned by such municipal corporation and acquired or used for public highways, streets, avenues, sidewalks, public grounds, bridges, aqueducts, and viaducts, or in connection with any such purposes or as incidental to the acq...

...truction, or reconstruction of streets, utilities, parks, playgrounds, public buildings and facilities, and other improvements necessary for carrying out in the urban renewal area the urban renewal objectives in accordance with the urban renewal plan, disposition of any property acquired in the urban renewal area, including sale, leasing, or retention by the municipal corporation itself, at its fair value for uses in...

...ervice, including all municipally owned utilities, the department of public safety, or any other department, division, commission, bureau, or board of the municipality, the legislative authority of the municipality may by a two-thirds vote of all the members elected thereto, authorize the director of public service, director of public safety, city manager, board of public affairs, or other duly authorized contracting...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Occupy or use," with respect to a public way, means to create parking spaces and install, repair, maintain, replace, and operate parking meters or other similar devices for the purpose of providing on-street parking. (2) "Public agency" includes any county, municipal corporation, port authority, regional transit authority, airport authority, or transportation improvement dist...

...On the written request of any number of citizens living outside the limits of a municipal corporation, the municipal corporation may extend, construct, lay down, and maintain aqueduct and water pipes, and electric light and power lines outside the municipal corporation, and for such purpose may make use of such of the public streets, roads, alleys, and public grounds as are necessary therefor.

...The legislative authority of any municipal corporation owning and operating municipal water, gas, or electric light plants, may provide by ordinance that the products of such plants, when used for municipal or public purposes, shall be furnished free of charge.

...(A) Where the legislative authority of a municipal corporation fixes the price at which a company shall furnish electricity or either natural or artificial gas to the citizens or to public buildings, or for the purpose of lighting the streets, alleys, avenues, wharves, landing places, public grounds, or other places, or for other purposes, for a period not exceeding ten years, and the company or person to furnish suc...

...A municipal corporation may grant an indeterminate permit to any public utility upon such terms as are considered conducive to the public interests, and as provided in sections 745.01 to 745.14, inclusive, of the Revised Code.

...When a municipal corporation determines to acquire the property of a public utility by condemnation, the compensation therefor shall be determined in the manner provided by sections 719.01 to 719.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code.

...trol, operate, manage, and maintain the utilities so constructed and acquired. In all cases in which the construction of a rapid transit system is in, through, or under any land, including canal lands or parts thereof, such board may construct a boulevard or parkway on, upon, or adjacent to such lands or canal lands. Plans therefor shall be first approved by the board of park commissioners in cities having such a bo...

...(A) The following political subdivisions may enter into, by direct negotiation or through the solicitation of requests for proposals or requests for qualifications, a multi-year, asset management professional service contract for the engineering, repair, sustainability, water quality management, and maintenance of a water storage tank and appurtenant facilities owned, controlled, or operated by that political s...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Political subdivision" has the meaning defined in section 2744.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "State agency" means any organized body, office, agency, institution, or other entity established by the laws of the state for the exercise of any function of state government. The term includes a state institution of higher education as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code. ...

...There is hereby created in the state treasury the laboratory and administrative support fund. The department of agriculture shall deposit the following moneys received by the department to the credit of the fund: payment for the rental of the department's auditoriums by outside parties and reimbursement for related utility expenses, laboratory fees that are not designated for deposit into another fund, and other misc...

...(A) Land that is located in the unincorporated area of a township or county may be enrolled in an agricultural security area through the submittal of an application to the board of township trustees of each township and to the board of county commissioners of each county in which the land is located requesting the establishment of such an area. Land that is located in a municipal corporation and land that is located ...

...(A) Whoever violates section 4901.16 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars.

...Except when otherwise provided by law, all processes in actions and proceedings in a court arising under Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4906., 4907., 4909., 4921., 4923., and 4927. of the Revised Code shall be served, and the practice and rules of evidence in such actions and proceedings shall be the same, as in civil actions. A sheriff or other officer empowered to execute civil processes shall execute process ...