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...The miners employed in a mine may appoint two of their number to act as a safety committee to inspect, not more often than once each month, the mine and the machinery connected therewith, and to measure the ventilating current. The operator may accompany such committee, or appoint two or more persons for that purpose. The operator shall afford every necessary facility for making such inspection and measurement, but t...

...When a loss of life is occasioned by accident in any mine, the operator thereof shall forthwith give notice thereof to the chief of the division of mineral resources management, and to the deputy mine inspector in charge of the district. Such notice shall be given by telephone or electronic format. The operator of such mine shall, within twenty-four hours after such accident causing loss of life, send a written repor...

... by statute for injury or death of any employee.

...Each person who performs labor in opening or developing any mine, mining, or labor connected therewith, has a lien upon all the property of the person, firm, or corporation owning, constructing, or operating such mine, for the full value of such labor, upon the same terms as mechanics' liens are secured and enforced.

...EMT-basic, an EMT-I, a paramedic, or an employee at a surface coal mine who has satisfied the training requirements established in division (D)(1) of this section. (3) "Mine medical responder" means a person who has satisfied the requirements established in rules adopted under division (E)(1) of this section or has been issued a certificate under division (E)(2) of this section. (B) The operator of an underground...

...Motormen and trip riders shall use care in handling the locomotive and cars, and shall see that the signal or marker is used for the purpose as provided. Motormen and trip riders shall be governed by the speed provided for in sections 1567.39, 1567.40, and 1567.41 of the Revised Code in handling cars. No person shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.

...No person shall work by himself as a miner in a coal mine without having produced satisfactory evidence to the mine foreman of such mine that he has worked at least one year with, or as, a practical coal miner. This section applies only to mines generating methane, other gas, or combustible matter. No mine foreman of a coal mine shall permit anyone to mine coal in such mine until such person is qualified, unless he...

...On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the chief of the division of mineral resources management shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a certificate issued pursuant to this chapter.

...Whoever knowingly violates any section of this chapter is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.

...As used in sections 303.02 to 303.25 of the Revised Code, "agriculture" includes farming; ranching; algaculture meaning the farming of algae; aquaculture; apiculture; horticulture; viticulture; animal husbandry, including, but not limited to, the care and raising of livestock, equine, and fur-bearing animals; poultry husbandry and the production of poultry and poultry products; dairy production; the production ...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, in the interest of the public health and safety, the board of county commissioners may regulate by resolution, in accordance with a comprehensive plan, the location, height, bulk, number of stories, and size of buildings and other structures, including tents, cabins, and trailer coaches, percentages of lot areas that may be occupied, set back building lines, sizes of ...

...The board of county commissioners may designate street names and assign numbers to buildings along streets in unincorporated areas. The owners of such buildings shall number or renumber such buildings in accordance with the numbers assigned by the county commissioners.

...A county zoning resolution or amendment adopted in accordance with this chapter may establish or modify planned-unit developments. Planned-unit development regulations shall apply to property only at the election of the property owner and shall include standards to be used by the board of county commissioners or, if the board so chooses, by the county zoning commission, in determining whether to approve or disapprov...

...Any planned-unit development regulations adopted in accordance with section 303.12 of the Revised Code, or any planned-unit developments constructed or approved in a preliminary or final form, under the provisions of a zoning resolution adopted prior to the effective date of this section, if otherwise lawful had they originated on that date, shall be deemed to have been lawful from their origin and the developments s...

...Before availing itself of the powers conferred in section 303.02 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners shall pass a resolution declaring its intention to proceed under sections 303.01 to 303.25 of the Revised Code. The board may act in the following manner: (A) It may adopt such a resolution upon its own initiative. (B) It shall adopt such a resolution if there is presented to it a petition, signed...

...The board of county commissioners of any county proceeding under sections 303.01 to 303.25 of the Revised Code, shall create and establish a county rural zoning commission. The commission shall be composed of five members who reside in the unincorporated area of the county to be zoned, to be appointed by the board. The board of county commissioners may appoint two alternate members to the county rural zoning commissi...

...The county rural zoning commission shall submit a plan, including both text and maps, representing the recommendations of the zoning commission for the carrying out by the board of county commissioners of the powers, purposes, and provisions set forth in sections 303.01 to 303.99, inclusive, of the Revised Code, including additions to territory in which a county zoning plan is in effect. The zoning commission may, w...

...Before certifying its recommendations of a zoning plan to the board of county commissioners, the county rural zoning commission shall hold at least one public hearing in each township affected by the proposed zoning plan, notice of which shall be given by one publication at least thirty days before the date of such hearing using at least one of the following methods: (A) In the print or digital edition of a newspap...

...Following the hearing provided for in section 303.06 of the Revised Code, the county rural zoning commission shall submit the proposed zoning resolution, including text and maps, to the county or regional planning commission of the county or district in which the county is located, if there is such a commission, for approval, disapproval, or suggestions. The approval of the planning commission shall be conclusively ...

...After receiving the certification of a zoning plan from the county rural zoning commission, and before adoption of any such zoning resolution, the board of county commissioners shall hold a public hearing on the resolution. The board shall provide at least thirty days' notice of the time and place of the hearing by one publication using at least one of the following methods: (A) In the print or digital edition of a...

...No change in or departure from the text or maps as certified by the county rural zoning commission, shall be made by the board of county commissioners unless it is first resubmitted to the county rural zoning commission for approval, disapproval, or suggestions. Upon receipt of the recommendations of the county rural zoning commission regarding the proposed changes, the board of county commissioners shall hold a seco...

...After receiving the recommended zoning plan from the county rural zoning commission and holding the public hearing provided for by section 303.08 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners shall consider such recommendations and vote upon the adoption of the zoning resolution.

...If the zoning resolution is adopted by the board of county commissioners, such board shall cause the question of whether or not the proposed plan of zoning shall be put into effect to be submitted to the electors residing in the unincorporated area of the county included in the proposed plan of zoning for their approval or rejection at the next primary or general election, or a special election may be called fo...

...(A)(1) Amendments to the zoning resolution may be initiated by motion of the county rural zoning commission, by the passage of a resolution by the board of county commissioners, or by the filing of an application by one or more of the owners or lessees of property within the area proposed to be changed or affected by the proposed amendment with the county rural zoning commission. The board of county commissioners may...

...All amendments or supplements to a county rural zoning plan adopted by a board of county commissioners prior to the effective date of this act, except those amendments or supplements which a court of competent jurisdiction has declared unlawful or unreasonable or which are the subject of an action now pending in such a court, are hereby ratified and shall be valid amendments or supplements to such rural zoning plan r...