Ohio Revised Code Search

...wing applies: (1) The pollution of the waters of the state and damage to adjacent property are most severe and widespread. (2) Reclamation will make possible public uses for soil, water, forest, or wildlife conservation or public recreation purposes, will facilitate orderly commercial or industrial site development, or will facilitate the use or improve the enjoyment of nearby public conservation or recreation land...

...onal views of the channel bottom of the watercourse if the soundings depict a cross-sectional view of the channel bottom that is different from the most recent approved map, and water elevations for the watercourse if water elevations are different from those indicated on the most recent approved map. Each annual report shall be accompanied by a filing fee in the amount of five hundred dollars, except in the case of...

...orizontal distance outward from the highwater mark on each bank of a watercourse designated as a wild, scenic, or recreational river under sections 1517.14 to 1517.19 of the Revised Code or of a portion of a watercourse designated as a component of the national wild and scenic river system under the "Wild and Scenic Rivers Act," 82 Stat. 906 (1968), 16 U.S.C. 1274, as amended; (2) Seventy-five feet horizontal dista...

... division may enter on lands to conduct water supply surveys, measure ground water levels and collect data when necessary to define the cone of depression, or perform other duties for the purposes of that section.

..., the director shall classify each such watercourse as either a wild river, a scenic river, or a recreational river. The chief may prepare and maintain a plan for the establishment, development, use, and administration of those rivers as a part of the comprehensive state plans for water management and outdoor recreation. The chief, with the approval of the director, may cooperate with federal agencies administering a...

...undment that was constructed to provide water to any canal system in this state. (C) "Domestic use" means the withdrawal of water from a canal or canal reservoir by an individual for outdoor, nonpotable use on residential property by means of a pump or other device that generally has a discharge line with an outside diameter of not more than one and one-half inches.

... prepared and submit to the division of water resources complete plans for the dam provided for in such section. The plans shall have the approval of the chief of the division of water resources and the dam shall be constructed in accordance with such plans before compensation can be claimed.

...e great lakes-st. Lawrence river basin water resources compact. The governor shall appoint the director of natural resources as the governor's alternate for purposes of attending all meetings of the great lakes-st. Lawrence river basin water resources council and voting on matters before the council in the governor's absence. The governor shall do all of the following as administrator: (A) Receive copies of a...

...adopted by the chief of the division of water resources under this chapter. (B) The chief shall issue a proposed order indicating the chief's intent to issue a final order prior to issuing a final order that does one of the following: (1) Denies the issuance of a permit under this chapter; (2) Denies a transfer of a permit under section 1522.15 of the Revised Code; (3) Denies a petition to the chief under sec...

... property or kill, injure, or disturb a waterfowl, water animal, bird, or game or fur-bearing animal, kept as a semidomestic pet upon an island or within the boundary lines of Buckeye Lake, Indian Lake, The Portage Lakes, Lake St. Marys, Guilford Lake, and Lake Loramie, or any other territory over which the state has jurisdiction or an embankment or state land adjacent thereto. No person shall take or disturb fish in...

... throughout the state or in any part or waters thereof as provided by sections 1531.08 to 1531.12 and other sections of the Revised Code. The rules shall be filed in proposed form and available at the central wildlife office and at each of the wildlife district offices, including the Lake Erie unit located at Sandusky, at least thirty days prior to the date of the hearing required by division (D) of section 119...

...pose of exterminating rough fish in any waters. The division may set aside any waters for the propagation of fish or waterfowl.

...ns all privately owned lands, ways, and waters, and any buildings and structures thereon, and all privately owned and state-owned lands, ways, and waters leased to a private person, firm, or organization, including any buildings and structures thereon. (B) "Recreational user" means a person to whom permission has been granted, without the payment of a fee or consideration to the owner, lessee, or occupant of premis...

... detached from a net while it is in the water, the same buoy, or if the original one is lost another buoy with the required information placed upon it, immediately shall be attached to the net. Except as otherwise provided by division rule, every person using trap or fyke nets to take fish in the Lake Erie fishing district shall notify the division of wildlife in writing of the location, date, and numerical number o...

...ng no-fishing zones throughout the Ohio waters of the Lake Erie fishing district. No net shall be set in less than three feet of water in either of the fishing districts of the state except seines and minnow seines. The division may establish in Sandusky bay, with the consent of the coast guard, any buoys or markers that are necessary for information to the public or as aids to navigation, but nothing in this sectio...

... with Lake Erie, except in any of these waters that are in the Lake Erie fishing district where they may be taken with other nets as provided in this chapter and Chapter 1531. of the Revised Code. The meshes of one-third of each wing of such a seine, next to the brails, shall measure not less than five inches stretched mesh, and the meshes of the next one-third of each wing shall measure not less than four and...

... on state-administered and other public waters. A permit may be issued to any person making application to the chief in accordance with rules adopted under section 1533.93 of the Revised Code and upon payment of a separate fee established by the chief for each tag fishing tournament. Any fee established under this section shall not exceed two hundred dollars. The chief shall act upon an application within thirty day...

... the size and dimensions of the body of water where the tournament is proposed to be held, the number of participants in the tournament, possible effects that the operation of a tournament may have upon state-administered property, public waters, the environment, and wildlife, considerations of public safety, and such other matters as the chief considers appropriate for the operation of a tag fishing tournament.

...The division of parks and watercraft shall make and enforce such rules and regulations, including the appointment and government of park and patrol officers in all parks and bodies of water and lands adjacent thereto under the supervision and control of the division, as are necessary to the proper management of such parks and bodies of water, and in accordance with sections 119.01 to 119.13, inclusive, of the Revised...

...n any vessel in use or operation on the waters in this state, except in accordance with federal law. No person shall operate or permit to be operated any vessel on the waters in this state in violation of this section.

...No person, except an authorized watercraft representative of the federal government, the state, or any of its political subdivisions shall use or operate a siren on the waters in this state except for emergency purposes. No person shall operate or permit to be operated any vessel on the waters in this state in violation of this section.

...rloaded, insufficient freeboard for the water conditions in which the vessel is operating; (4) Improper display of navigation lights; (5) Fuel leaks, including fuel leaking from either the engine or the fuel system; (6) Accumulation of or an abnormal amount of fuel in the bilges; (7) Inadequate backfire flame control; (8) Improper ventilation. (D) This section does not apply to any of the following: (1) Foreig...

...ny vessel in a designated speed zone or water ski zone. No person, unless in distress and no other vessel is endangered thereby, shall moor to, anchor to, or tie up to any marker, aid, buoy, light, or other aid to navigation. No person shall operate or permit to be operated any vessel on the waters in this state in violation of this section.

...fety of all persons and property on the waters in this state. No person shall operate or permit to be operated any vessel on the waters in this state in violation of this section.

... to, escorting or patrolling special water events, traffic control, salvage, firefighting, medical assistance, assisting disabled vessels, and search and rescue. (B) No person shall operate a vessel at a speed that creates a wake within one hundred feet of a stationary law enforcement vessel displaying at least one flashing, oscillating, or rotating light conforming with 33 C.F.R. 88.11. (C) No...