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...ilities is filed with the board as provided in section 5555.03 of the Revised Code, such matters may be determined and all orders with reference thereto made by a majority vote of the board, but otherwise the procedure shall be the same as where the commissioners proceed without a petition.

...s located thereon, shall be had as provided in sections 163.01 to 163.22, inclusive, of the Revised Code. The assessment of any part of the cost thereof shall be had as provided in section 5555.02 of the Revised Code. Such proceedings may be initiated and proceed concurrently with or as a part of the proceedings for the improvement or construction of a public road. If and to the extent that lands proposed to be conve...

...The surveys, plans, profiles, and cross sections required by the board of county commissioners to be prepared by the county engineer, in connection with a proposed road improvement or construction, shall show the right of way or other lands of the street or interurban railway company which it is proposed to acquire and the location of lands proposed to be exchanged therefor, to the extent that the lands to be exchang...

...ther lands of the company as the board believes it for the public convenience and welfare to acquire, and for the removal, relocation, or both, of tracks, sidings, and other facilities of the company located thereon. Such agreement shall be conditioned upon the final determination of the board to proceed with such acquisition and removal after the determination by the courts pursuant to sections 163.01 to 163.22, inc...

...etween it and the company, execute and deliver to such company a conveyance of the lands appropriated, in fee simple or such lesser estate or interest therein as has been appropriated by them, in exchange in whole or part for the right of way or other lands to be conveyed to the board by such company, and receive a conveyance from the company of its right of way and other lands so to be acquired, in fee simple or suc...

..., and the cost and expense of removal, relocation, or both, of the tracks, sidings, and other facilities located thereon, may be apportioned and paid in any one of the methods provided in section 5555.41 of the Revised Code, as set forth in the petition therefor or, if no petition is filed, in the resolution of the board of county commissioners declaring the necessity thereof.

... Code, which bonds may be issued separately from or included in any issue of bonds for improvement or construction of a public road in other respects.

...to 5551.09, inclusive, of the Revised Code, do not limit or impair the jurisdiction or control, which is or may be conferred upon the public utilities commission over the abandonment or change of route, termini, facilities, or service of any street or interurban railway company.

... state or intercounty highway above or below the tracks of railroads and parallel and adjacent interurban railways within the county, and require any railroad company operating a railroad in such county, and any interurban railway company operating an interurban railway parallel and adjacent to the railroad, to raise or lower the grade of its tracks, above or below any state or intercounty highway, and may construct ...

...val of the director of transportation, relocate such highway or any part thereof, vacate the whole or any portion of such highway abandoned by relocation, and cause the improvements contemplated to be placed in such relocated highway.

...easons which tend to make necessary its elimination, the names of the railroads or interurban railways owning the tracks crossing such state or intercounty highway, and the manner in which the improvement proposed should be accomplished. On receipt of such description the director shall conduct a hearing as to the necessity and the expediency of the proposed improvement, after thirty days' notice in writing of the t...

...ed cost of any viaduct or way above or below any railroad track, and the change of grade required to be made of such tracks including side tracks and switches. But in changing the grade of any railroad, no grade shall be required in excess of that adopted by the railroad company for its construction work on that division or part of the railroad on which the improvement is to be made, without the consent of the ...

...Upon the filing the petition as provided by section 5561.04 of the Revised Code, accompanied by plans, the railroad company or county opposed to the prayer thereof, or directly interested therein, may, within sixty days file an answer to such petition and present other plans for the abolition of such crossing. After the expiration of such period the court of common pleas shall proceed to a hearing upon the petition a...

...ways, crossings, or viaducts, above or below the railroad tracks, and the raising or lowering of the grades of the railroad tracks and sidetracks for such distance as required by the county and made necessary by such improvement, including the cost of moving or changing existing structures and other incidental expenses, together with the cost of land or property purchased or appropriated, and damages to owners of abu...

...required in the making of a proposed grade crossing improvement, the board of county commissioners shall, by resolution, require notice of its intention to make such improvement, in accordance with the plans and specifications agreed upon or ordered, to be given to the owner of each piece of property abutting on any road, the grade of which will be changed by the proposed improvement.

...ication shall be governed by the laws relating to similar applications provided for in cases of city improvements.

...oportion of the cost of the proposed grade crossing improvement which such company shall pay.

...er the tracks of any railroad company under sections 5561.01 to 5561.09, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be of such height as not to be of less than twenty-one feet in the clear, from the top surface of the rails in the railroad track to the lowest point of projection of such overhead way, crossing, or viaduct, unless such company consents to, or the court orders a less height. In no event shall the court of co...

... The county shall not appropriate land held or owned by a railroad company and necessary for the use of the company in maintaining and operating its road.

...the completion of construction work, grade crossings and approaches shall be kept in repair as follows: (A) When the public way crosses a railroad or interurban railway, by an overhead bridge, the cost of maintenance must be borne by the county or state, as may be provided by law. (B) When the public way passes under a railroad or interurban railway, the bridge and its abutments shall be kept and maintained by the ...

...tees, or legislative authority respectively determine, and shall bear interest not exceeding the rate provided in section 9.95 of the Revised Code, but shall not be sold for less than their par value. After completion of the improvement, a tax may be levied by the county to pay the costs of maintaining and keeping in repair that part of the work required to be maintained and kept in repair by the county. The bond i...

...ny railroad company at a point where, under the plans and specifications as provided for in section 5561.04 of the Revised Code, it has been determined to construct improvements, the board of county commissioners, by resolution, may require such street or interurban railway company to bear a reasonable portion of the cost assumed by the county in making the improvement, not exceeding twenty-five per cent of the porti...

...From the finding and order of the director of transportation that a grade crossing improvement is reasonably necessary and expedient, the board of county commissioners or any railroad or interurban railway company may, upon the question of such necessity and expediency, take an appeal to the public utilities commission. A party desiring to take such an appeal shall file with the director written notice of its intenti...

...rs, freight, or express, crossing at grade any street or road, shall construct, reconstruct, improve, maintain, and repair that portion of the highway at such crossing and lying between the outside ends of the ties, and also that portion lying between the tracks, in the case of two or more tracks, and the cost and expense of this construction, reconstruction, improvement, maintenance, or repair shall be borne by said...

...No person shall obstruct or encumber by fences, buildings, structures, or otherwise, a public ground, highway, street, or alley of a municipal corporation.