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...Any municipal corporation may make the violation of any of its ordinances a misdemeanor, and provide for the punishment thereof by fine or imprisonment, or both. The fine, imposed under authority of this section, shall not exceed five hundred dollars and imprisonment shall not exceed six months.

...No municipal corporation shall adopt plans or specifications for a public improvement, required by law to be made by contract let after competitive bidding, which requires the exclusive use of a patented article or process, protected by a trademark or an article or process wholly controlled by any person, firm, corporation, or combination thereof.

... (A) As used in this section: (1) "Contracting party" means a municipal corporation that has entered into a joint economic development zone contract or any party succeeding to the municipal corporation, or a township that entered into a joint economic development zone contract with a municipal corporation. (2) "Zone" means a joint economic development zone designated under this section. (3) "Substantial amen...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Assessed value" means the assessed value of a parcel listed on the most recent tax list and duplicate or, if the parcel is exempted from taxation, the list of exempt property, compiled by the county auditor under section 319.28 or 5713.08 of the Revised Code. (2) "Business" means a sole proprietorship, a corporation for profit, a pass-through entity as defined in section 5733...

... (A) The requirement in division (C) of section 121.22 of the Revised Code that a member of a public body be present in person at a meeting open to the public in order to be part of a quorum or to vote does not apply to a board of directors of a joint economic development zone created under section 715.691 of the Revised Code, a joint economic development review council created under section 715.692 of the Revised Co...

... (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...

... (A) This section provides alternative procedures and requirements to those set forth in section 715.70 of the Revised Code for creating and operating a joint economic development district. Divisions (B), (C), (D)(1) to (3), and (F) of section 715.70 of the Revised Code do not apply to a joint economic development district established under this section. However, divisions (A), (D)(4), (E), (G), (H), (I), (J), (K), a...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Contracting parties" means one or more municipal corporations, one or more townships, and, under division (D) of this section, one or more counties that have entered into a contract under this section to create a joint economic development district. (2) "District" means a joint economic development district created under this section. (3) "Contract for utility services" means a...

...(A) No annexation proceeding pursuant to Chapter 709. of the Revised Code that proposes the annexation to, merger of, or consolidation with a municipal corporation of any unincorporated territory within a joint economic development zone that is subject to division (I)(2) of section 715.691 of the Revised Code, shall be commenced for a period of three years after the contract creating the zone is approved by the major...

... Contracting parties may enter into binding agreements pursuant to the contract creating a joint economic development zone that is subject to division (I)(2) of section 715.691 of the Revised Code with respect to the substance and administration of zoning and other land-use regulations, building codes, permanent public improvements, and other regulatory and proprietary matters determined to be for a public purpose. N...

...When exercising a power or performing a function or duty under a contract entered into under section 715.691 of the Revised Code, a township may exercise all of the powers of a township, and may perform all the functions and duties of a township, within the joint economic development zone that is subject to division (I)(2) of section 715.691 of the Revised Code pursuant to and to the extent consistent with the contra...

... A municipal corporation may issue bonds and exercise all other powers under Chapter 165. of the Revised Code for one or more projects or parts thereof located in a joint economic development district created pursuant to a contract entered into under section 715.70, 715.71, or 715.72 of the Revised Code to which the municipal corporation is a party, or in a township adjacent to that municipal corporation, if the legi...

... If any unincorporated area or township is a party to a joint economic development district created pursuant to a contract entered into under section 715.70, 715.71, or 715.72 of the Revised Code that also includes as a party a municipal corporation that is an eligible area as defined in division (A)(2) of section 122.16 or division (A)(9) of section 5733.33 of the Revised Code, then any project located anywhere with...

... (A) As used in this section: (1) "Contracting party" means a municipal corporation that has entered into a municipal utility district contract or any party succeeding to such a municipal corporation. (2) "Contract for utility services" means a contract under which a municipal corporation agrees to provide to another municipal corporation water, sewer, electric, or other utility services necessary to the public h...

...Unless provided for by contract between a county and a municipal corporation, a municipal corporation may not regulate rates and charges of users imposed by a board of county commissioners under Chapter 6103. or 6117. of the Revised Code or for any county utility established under any other chapter of the Revised Code.

...Each municipal corporation may do any of the following: (A) Acquire by purchase or condemnation real estate with or without buildings on it, and easements or interests in real estate; (B) Extend, enlarge, reconstruct, repair, equip, furnish, or improve a building or improvement that it is authorized to acquire or construct; (C) Erect a crematory or provide other means for disposing of garbage or refuse, and erect ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Energy conservation measure" means the construction of, installation or modification of an installation in, or remodeling of, a new or existing building or infrastructure, to reduce energy consumption. It includes: (a) Insulation of the building structure and of systems within the building; (b) Storm windows and doors, multiglazed windows and doors, heat-absorbing or heat-...

...The operating officers, board, or commission of a publicly owned public utility, which, when privately owned, had a contract with a labor union, may contract with such union on the same or similar terms.

...Municipal corporations may lay out, establish, acquire, open, construct, improve, maintain, regulate, vacate, or abandon "limited access highways" or "freeways" in the same manner in which such municipal corporations may lay out, establish, acquire, open, construct, improve, maintain, regulate, vacate or abandon a street or public highway. Municipal corporations also shall have all other additional authority relative...

...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...

...Any multi-level off-street parking structure that is not tax exempt under section 717.05 of the Revised Code and is acquired in fee or by lease or constructed by a municipal corporation that qualifies as an impacted city, as defined in division (C) of section 1728.01 of the Revised Code, at the time of the initial application for exemption provided for in this section or so acquired or constructed by a county within ...

...In every instance of exemption provided by section 717.051 of the Revised Code, the impacted city or the county shall make payment to the county treasurer, on or before the final date for payment of real estate taxes in the county for each half year, of a semiannual service charge in lieu of taxes on the multi-level off-street parking structure for which such exemption has been provided, which, together with the taxe...

...The tax exemption provided by section 717.051 of the Revised Code applies only so long as the period provided in section 717.051 of the Revised Code. Thereafter, the tax exemption and the payments in lieu of taxes shall terminate.

...Any municipal corporation may, for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, maintaining, equipping, and operating off-street parking facilities, structures, or lands required therefor: (A) Use any moneys in the general fund, not otherwise obligated or encumbered; (B) Issue and sell bonds, pursuant to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code, or issue and sell bonds under the authority of Section 3 of Article XVIII, Ohio Con...

...(A) A municipal corporation may enter into an agreement with the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund in accordance with section 742.30 of the Revised Code. The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may issue securities under Section 3 of Article XVIII, Ohio Constitution, or under Chapter 133. of the Revised Code, including Chapter 133. special obligation securities that pledge taxes,...