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...Whenever a county or regional plan is adopted by a city planning commission or the board of county commissioners, the fact of such adoption shall be certified by the adopting authority to the regional or county planning commission, as the case may be. Thereupon such regional or county commission shall deposit a copy of so much of the regional or county plan as is affected by such adoption in the office of the county ...

...Any board of county commissioners and the legislative authority of a municipality may cooperate with other such boards or authorities of this state and of any adjoining state to create by agreement an interstate regional planning commission, whenever such subdivisions comprise a region which would benefit from cooperative governmental planning. An interstate regional planning commission may also be created by compac...

...The terms of members of an interstate regional planning commission, the method of their appointment, and the proportion of the costs to be borne respectively by the various counties and municipal corporations in the region in creating the commission shall be determined by such counties and municipal corporations.

...Any member of an interstate regional planning commission may hold any other public office, appointive or elective, and may serve as a member of a city, village, or county planning commission, except as otherwise provided in the charter of the city or village. Members of the commission shall serve without compensation, but may be reimbursed for expenses incurred in pursuit of their duties on the commission. The commis...

...(A) An interstate regional planning commission may make studies, maps, plans, and other reports relative to the region and shall recommend procedures and policies to the appropriate authorities, based on physical, social, economic, and governmental conditions and trends, to promote the coordinated development of the region and the general health, welfare, convenience, and prosperity of the people of the region. Such ...

...An interstate regional planning commission may accept and use funds, grants, and services from the federal government or its agencies, from departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of this state or any adjoining state, and from any county, municipal corporation, or other political subdivision of this or any adjoining state, including a county, regional, municipal, or other planning commission of this or any adjoi...

...Each municipal corporation is a body politic and corporate, which shall have perpetual succession, may use a common seal, sue and be sued, and acquire property by purchase, gift, devise, appropriation, lease, or lease with the privilege of purchase, for any authorized municipal purpose, and may hold, manage, and control such property and make any rules and regulations, by ordinance or resolution, required to fully ca...

...Each municipal corporation may lease for a period not to exceed forty years, pursuant to a contract providing for the construction thereof under a lease-purchase plan, buildings, structures, and other improvements for any authorized municipal purpose, and in conjunction therewith, may grant leases, easements, or licenses for lands under the control of the municipal corporation for a period not to exceed forty y...

...In addition to any other authority granted to a municipal corporation under the Revised Code or the Ohio Constitution, each municipal corporation may agree to indemnify and hold the state harmless from and against any and all claims, demands, damages, actions, or causes of action, together with any and all losses, costs, or related expenses asserted by any person or persons for injury, death, or loss to person or pro...

...(A) Except as otherwise expressly authorized by the Revised Code, no municipal corporation shall levy a tax that is the same as or similar to a tax levied under Chapter 322., 3734., 3769., 4123., 4141., 4301., 4303., 4305., 4307., 4309., 5707., 5725., 5726., 5727., 5728., 5729., 5731., 5735., 5736., 5737., 5739., 5741., 5743., 5747., 5749., or 5751. of the Revised Code. (B) No municipal corporation may impose any t...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Tourism development district" means a district designated by a municipal corporation under this section. (2) "Territory of a tourism development district" means all of the area included within the territorial boundaries of a tourism development district. (3) "Business" and "owner" have the same meanings as in section 503.56 of the Revised Code. (4) "Eligible municipal corpora...

...(A) The legislative authority of an eligible municipal corporation that has designated a tourism development district under section 715.014 of the Revised Code may enter into and enforce agreements with one or more owners of property located within the district by which the owner or owners agree to pay a development charge for the purpose of fostering and developing tourism within the district. The amount of the deve...

...(A) Two or more municipal corporations, one or more municipal corporations and one or more other political subdivisions, or two or more political subdivisions other than municipal corporations may enter into an agreement for the joint construction or management, or construction and management, of any public work, utility, or improvement, benefiting each municipal corporation or other political subdivision or for the...

...All municipal corporations have the general powers mentioned in sections 715.01 to 715.67, inclusive, of the Revised Code, and the legislative authority of such municipal corporations may provide by ordinance or resolution for the exercise and enforcement of such powers.

...All municipal corporations may compound or release, in whole or in part, any debt, obligation, judgment, or claim, due the municipal corporation from a bank in process of liquidation or operating under a conservatorship. Where a member of the legislative authority is personally interested as a stockholder in such bank, the legislative authority of such municipal corporation shall enter upon its records a statement of...

...All municipal corporations may organize and maintain police and fire departments, erect the necessary buildings, and purchase and hold all implements and apparatus required therefor.

...All municipal corporations may: (A) Establish, maintain, and operate municipal lighting, power, and heating plants; (B) Furnish the municipal corporation and the inhabitants thereof with light, power, and heat; (C) Procure everything necessary for such operations; (D) Acquire by purchase, lease, or otherwise, the necessary lands for such purposes, within and without the municipal corporation.

...Any municipal corporation owning a municipal gas plant or system of gas distribution may purchase gas and furnish it to such municipal corporation and the inhabitants thereof for the purpose of light, power, and heat. Any municipal corporation may contract to purchase such gas through its appropriate boards or officers for any period, not exceeding ten years, upon the legislative authority of such municipal corporati...

...Any municipal corporation may provide for a supply of water, by the construction of wells, pumps, cisterns, aqueducts, water pipes, reservoirs, and water works for the protection of such water supply and to prevent the unnecessary waste of water and the pollution thereof. Such municipal corporation may apply moneys received as charges for water to the maintenance, construction, enlargement, and extension of the water...

...A municipal corporation that imposes an excise or any other tax on the parking, housing, or storage of a motor vehicle in a lot, building, or other facility used for parking, housing, or otherwise storing motor vehicles shall not impose the tax at a rate greater than eight per cent of the fee or consideration charged for the parking, housing, or storage of the motor vehicle.

...Any municipal corporation may establish, maintain, and regulate free public band concerts and maintain and regulate free public libraries established by the municipal corporation prior to September 4, 1947. Such municipal corporation may purchase books, papers, maps, and manuscripts for such libraries, receive donations and bequests of money or property for such libraries, in trust or otherwise, and provide for the r...

...Any municipal corporation may provide for the rent and compensation for the use of any existing free public hospital established and managed by a private corporation or association organized for that purpose.

...Any municipal corporation may construct, open, enlarge, excavate, improve, deepen, straighten, or extend, any canal, ship canal, or watercourse located in whole or in part within such municipal corporation, or lying contiguous thereto.

...Any municipal corporation may: (A) Establish, erect, maintain, and regulate jails, morgues, workhouses, station houses, prisons, and farm schools; (B) Agree with the board of county commissioners of any county in which such municipal corporation is located for the lease of suitable quarters in county buildings, existing or to be erected, for police and municipal courts, police stations, police prosecutors' offices,...

...Any municipal corporation may take and authenticate a census of the municipal corporation.