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...After the actual cost of a public improvement authorized under section 727.23 of the Revised Code has been ascertained, the legislative authority of the municipal corporation shall by ordinance assess, in the manner provided in the resolution of necessity adopted under section 727.12 of the Revised Code, upon the lots and lands enumerated in the estimated assessment adopted under section 727.23 of the Revised Code, t...

...Within fifteen days after adoption of an ordinance of assessment pursuant to section 727.25 of the Revised Code, an owner of property against which assessments are levied or are to be levied pursuant to this chapter may apply to the legislative authority of the municipal corporation for a deferment of payment of the assessment on grounds that timely payment will impose financial hardship upon him. The legislative aut...

...Upon the passage of an ordinance under section 727.25 of the Revised Code levying a special assessment, the legislative authority of the municipal corporation shall publish notice of the passage of such ordinance once in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipal corporation, stating that such assessment has been made and is on file in the office of the clerk of the legislative authority for the inspection a...

...Special assessments are payable by the time and in the manner stipulated in the assessing ordinance passed under section 727.25 of the Revised Code, except that any such assessment in the amount of twenty-five dollars or less, or any unpaid balance of any such assessment which is twenty-five dollars or less, shall be paid in full, and not in installments, at the time the first or next installment would otherwise beco...

...(A) When securities are issued in anticipation of the collection of special assessments, the interest on the securities shall be treated as part of the cost of the improvement for which the special assessments are made. The unpaid special assessments anticipated by issuance of securities shall bear interest at the same rate or rates of interest and for the same period as the securities issued in anticipation of the s...

...When a special assessment is made on real estate subject to a life estate, the assessment shall be payable by the tenant for life, but upon application by the life tenant to a court of competent jurisdiction, by action against the owner of the estate in fee, such court may apportion the cost of the assessment between the life tenant and the owner in fee in proportion to the relative value of the improvement to their ...

...When any special assessment is levied under section 727.25 of the Revised Code, and securities of the municipal corporation are issued in anticipation of the collection thereof, the clerk of the legislative authority, on or before the second Monday in September of each year, shall certify the special assessment to the county auditor, stating the amounts and the time of payment. The auditor shall place the special ass...

...When securities are issued in anticipation of the collection of a special assessment, the legislative authority of a municipal corporation, in the assessing ordinance, may provide that the treasurer of the municipal corporation shall collect the special assessments in place of the county treasurer and apply the amounts collected, together with any interest and penalty thereon, to payment of the securities and interes...

...If the payment of a special assessment, which has not been certified to the county auditor for collection, is not made by the time stipulated in the ordinance providing therefor, the amount assessed, with interest, and a forfeiture of ten per cent thereon, may be recovered by suit before a county court, municipal court, or other court of competent jurisdiction, in the name of the municipal corporation, to enforce the...

...If in any action for the recovery of a special assessment, it appears that by reason of any technical irregularity or defect, whether in the proceedings of the legislative authority or of any officer of the municipal corporation, or in the plans or estimates, the assessment has not been properly made upon any lot or parcel of land sought to be charged, the court may nevertheless, on satisfactory proof that expense ha...

...When any special assessment, levied under section 727.25 of the Revised Code and in anticipation of which securities of the municipal corporation have not been issued, is unpaid, the legislative authority of the municipal corporation may order the clerk of the legislative authority or any other proper officer of the municipal corporation to certify the unpaid special assessment to the county auditor for collection. T...

...The legislative authority of a municipal corporation, when securities are not issued in anticipation of the collection of a special assessment, may provide, in the assessing ordinance, that if a special assessment is unpaid, the treasurer of the municipal corporation shall collect the unpaid special assessment in place of the county treasurer. For purposes of enforcing the collection, the treasurer of the municipal c...

...The treasurer of a municipal corporation collecting special assessments pursuant to section 727.301 or 727.331 of the Revised Code, within five business days after the collection, shall prepare a written statement showing the amount collected and deliver the statement to the county auditor. The county auditor, after endorsing the statement with the time of filing, shall remove the amount of the special assessment co...

...The lien of an assessment or any installment thereof shall continue for two years from date of passage of the ordinance under section 727.25 of the Revised Code, and no longer, unless the municipal corporation, before the expiration of such time, causes it to be certified to the county auditor for entry upon the tax lists for collection under section 727.30 or 727.33 of the Revised Code, or causes the proper action t...

...If an action for the recovery of an assessment is commenced within due time, and a judgment therein for the plaintiff is reversed, or if the plaintiff fails in such action otherwise than upon the merits and the time limited for the action has expired, a new action may be commenced within one year after such reversal or failure.

...In placing any assessment on the tax list, the county auditor shall add to each assessment such per cent as he deems necessary to defray the expense of collecting it. If the legislative authority of a municipal corporation provides that the treasurer of the municipal corporation shall collect an assessment, the legislative authority, in the assessing ordinance, shall add to the assessment an amount to cover the cost...

...The court of common pleas shall have the jurisdiction authorized by sections 727.01 to 727.49, inclusive, of the Revised Code, for the collection of any charge or debt or the enforcement of any lien, notwithstanding the amount involved is less than that to which the jurisdiction is limited in other cases. Such courts may make such special rules concerning the class of cases authorized to be brought under such section...

...If an assessment proves insufficient to pay the cost of a public improvement, the legislative authority of a municipal corporation may levy an additional assessment to supply the deficiency. Such additional assessment shall be levied against the same properties as were assessed for the cost of the improvement and shall be assessed among such properties in the same proportion as the assessment for the cost of the impr...

...When it appears to the legislative authority of a municipal corporation that a special assessment is invalid by reason of informality or irregularity in the proceedings, or when an assessment is adjudged to be illegal by a court of competent jurisdiction, the legislative authority may order a reassessment whether the improvement has been made or not. Proceedings upon a reassessment, and for the collection thereof, s...

...Proceedings with respect to public improvements to be paid for in whole or in part by special assessments shall be liberally construed by the legislative authorities of municipal corporations and by the courts in order to secure a speedy completion of the work at reasonable cost, and the speedy collection of the assessment after the time has elapsed for its payment. Merely formal objections shall be disregarded, but...

...Whenever the boundary line between two municipal corporations is located within or along the side lines of a street, avenue, or other public highway, such municipal corporations may enter into an agreement for the improvement of such street, avenue, or other public highway in such manner as the respective legislative authorities thereof determine. The agreement may provide for any of the improvements specified in sec...

...Whenever a park boulevard extends from a municipal corporation to which it belongs into or adjacent to one or more other municipal corporations, and it is desired by the several municipal corporations so situated to improve the boulevard by grading, draining, curbing, paving, repaving, surfacing, resurfacing, or otherwise improving such boulevard, such municipal corporations may apportion the cost of the improvement ...

...No person who claims damages, arising without his fault from the acts of a municipal corporation or its agents in the construction of a public improvement, shall commence a suit therefor against a municipal corporation until he files a claim for such damages with the clerk of such municipal corporation, and sixty days elapse thereafter, to enable the municipal corporation to take such steps as it deems proper to sett...

...In addition to the power conferred by other sections of the Revised Code, the legislative authority of a municipal corporation may by ordinance establish in the municipal corporation such number of districts as may be deemed necessary by it for the purpose of providing efficient sanitary sewerage, storm sewerage, or water supply. Each of such districts shall be designated by a name or number and shall be so arranged ...

...The plan prepared under section 727.44 of the Revised Code shall show the location of all facilities included within the plan.