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...The legislative authority of a municipal corporation shall, whenever it is deemed necessary to appropriate property, pass a resolution declaring such intent, defining the purpose of the appropriation, and setting forth a pertinent description of the land and the estate or interest therein desired to be appropriated.

...The mayor of a municipal corporation shall, immediately upon the passage of a resolution under section 719.04 of the Revised Code, declaring an intent to appropriate property, for which but one reading is necessary, cause written notice to be given to the owner of, person in possession of, or person having an interest of record in, every piece of property sought to be appropriated, or to the authorized agent of...

...Before or after the passage of an ordinance for opening a street or other public highway, any person may execute his bond, payable to the municipal corporation to the acceptance of its legislative authority, conditioned for the payment of all damage which may be assessed by a jury. Such bond shall be good in law, and if such person pays or deposits according to the order of court, then such street or other highway s...

...When application is made to a common pleas court by a city to assess the amount of compensation to be paid by the city to the owner or owners of real property, the court shall give preference to all proceedings under such application over all other civil cases, except proceedings under sections 119.01 to 119.13, inclusive, of the Revised Code, irrespective of the position of the proceedings on the calendar of the cou...

...Municipal corporations have special power to sell or lease real estate or to sell personal property belonging to the municipal corporation, when such real estate or personal property is not needed for any municipal purpose. Such power shall be exercised in the manner provided by this chapter.

...A municipal corporation may, by ordinance, authorize the transfer and conveyance by deed of any real property, owned by it and not needed for municipal purposes, to the board of education of any such municipal corporation, to be used as an athletic field, a playground for children, or for school sites, upon such terms as are agreed to between the municipal corporation and the board. When the property is so conveyed i...

...No contract, except as provided in section 721.28 of the Revised Code, for the sale or lease of real estate belonging to a municipal corporation shall be made unless authorized by an ordinance, approved by a two-thirds vote of the members of the legislative authority of such municipal corporation, and by the board or officer having supervision or management of such real estate. When the contract is so authoriz...

...Any municipal corporations within the limits of which there is included a part of the shore of the waters of Lake Erie may, in aid of navigation and water commerce, construct, maintain, use, and operate, piers, docks, wharves, and connecting ways, places, tracks, and other water terminal improvements with buildings and appurtenances necessary or incidental to such use, on any land belonging to the municipal corporati...

...When any part of the territory mentioned in section 721.04 of the Revised Code is in front of privately owned upland and has been filled in or improved by the owner or his predecessor in title to such upland, a municipal corporation shall not take possession such part of the public domain so filled or improved, without the consent of such upland owner, until the municipal corporation has complied with sections 719.01...

...The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may, when not otherwise prescribed by the charter of such municipal corporation, provide by ordinance for the manner and by what executive officials the ordinances and laws governing the administration of the territory described in section 721.04 of the Revised Code shall be administered and for the management of such territory and improvements placed thereon.

...All rentals or charges made or collected by a municipal corporation for the use of any part of the territory described in section 721.04 of the Revised Code, or for improvements thereon, shall be used only to maintain, improve, or add to improvements in aid of navigation and water commerce.

...Sections 721.04 to 721.09 of the Revised Code have no retroactive effect to validate or add to the effect of any previous act of a municipal corporation concerning territory or public rights described in section 721.04 of the Revised Code. Those sections have no effect, except as expressly provided in sections 721.04 to 721.11 and 1506.10 of the Revised Code, to give any littoral or riparian owner any rights in any t...

...Any municipal corporation having jurisdiction over any part of the territory mentioned in section 721.04 of the Revised Code, whether in front of privately owned upland or otherwise, as provided in that section, may, in aid of navigation and water commerce, adopt plans for the development of that waterfront, construct bulkheads at such locations as it approves between the shoreline and the harbor line as fixed by the...

...When a municipal corporation owns real estate suitable for the location of a passenger railroad station, and the legislative authority of such municipal corporation, by ordinance, declares it necessary that such land be devoted to such use, the municipal corporation may sell, lease or exchange such land to a railroad for such purpose as provided in section 721.13 of the Revised Code.

...An ordinance shall be passed authorizing the mayor of a municipal corporation to deed or lease land as provided by section 721.12 of the Revised Code. In the ordinance the legislative authority of such municipal corporation shall fix by metes and bounds the amount of land to be sold, leased, or exchanged, the quantity of interest to be sold, leased, or exchanged, and the consideration to be paid or exchanged therefor...

...A majority of all the votes cast on the proposition for the sale, lease, or exchange of land under section 721.13 of the Revised Code shall be necessary to its ratification. When so ratified, the ordinance provided for in such section shall be effective, and the mayor shall proceed to execute a deed of conveyance or lease of the property as therein provided. In holding the special election, sections 133.01 to 133.65...

...(A) Personal property not needed for municipal purposes, the estimated value of which is less than one thousand dollars, may be sold by the board or officer having supervision or management of that property. If the estimated value of that property is one thousand dollars or more, it shall be sold only when authorized by an ordinance of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation and approved by the b...

...Refuse, street scrapings, or ashes not necessary for the improvement of municipal property, and other personal property, under the charge of the street cleaning department of a municipal corporation, and no longer necessary for the purposes of such department, shall be sold in the manner provided in section 721.15 of the Revised Code, by the board or officer having the supervision or management of such department.

...Money arising from a sale under section 721.16 of the Revised Code shall be deposited in the treasury of the municipal corporation, in the street cleaning fund, and shall be immediately available, in addition to the appropriations by the legislative authority of such municipal corporation, for the current expenses of the street cleaning department, and may be withdrawn from the treasury upon the warrant of the audito...

...When any lot of land lying within the limits of a municipal corporation has been dedicated, given, or granted thereto, and set apart for the use and support of schools, the court of common pleas, on the application of the mayor or legislative authority thereof, may authorize an exchange of such lot for such other lot within the limits of the municipal corporation as the interest of the schools therein require. All lo...

...Each application for the exchange of lots under section 721.18 of the Revised Code shall be by petition verified by the mayor. The board of education of the municipal corporation and such other persons as the court of common pleas orders shall be made party defendants. The petition shall set forth an accurate description of each lot proposed to be given or taken in exchange, the specific circumstances which render th...

...Notice of the filing, pendency, and prayer of the petition provided for by section 721.19 of the Revised Code shall be published for four consecutive weeks or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code, prior to the day of hearing, in a newspaper of general circulation in such municipal corporation.

...If, upon the hearing of the petition provided for in section 721.19 of the Revised Code, it appears to the court of common pleas that notice of the filing, pendency, and prayer thereof has been given as provided by section 721.20 of the Revised Code, and that an exchange of lots is necessary and will promote the interests of the schools, and that such an order would not be inconsistent with the terms of the original ...

...A municipal corporation may, by ordinance, transfer, lease, or permit the use of any property, real or personal, suitable for library purposes, to the board of trustees of any free public library or any library association rendering free library service to the inhabitants of the municipal corporation, upon such lawful terms as are agreed upon between the municipal corporation and the trustees of such library or libra...

...The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may permit the use of public buildings under its control, upon such terms as it provides by ordinance.