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Home » US Law » 2022 Ohio Revised Code » Title 49 | Public Utilities » Chapter 4957 | Elimination of Crossings

Section 4957.01 | Alteration or Elimination of Grade or Other Crossings.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly If the legislative authority of a municipal corporation in which a railroad and a street or other public highway cross each other at a grade or otherwise, or the board of county commissioners of a county in which a railroad and a […]

Section 4957.02 | Resolution to Alter or Abolish.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly When it is deemed necessary by a municipal corporation or a county to join with any railroad company in the alteration or abolition of a grade or other crossing, the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, by a two-thirds vote of all […]

Section 4957.03 | Ordinance or Resolution to Proceed With Improvement.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly In not less than thirty nor more than ninety days after the passage of the resolution referred to in section 4957.02 of the Revised Code, the legislative authority of a municipal corporation or the board of county commissioners shall determine whether it […]

Section 4957.04 | Acquiring Necessary Property – Sale to Railroad Company.

Effective: January 1, 1966 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 94 – 106th General Assembly The land or property required to make the alteration in the street or highway necessitated by a proposed crossing improvement, shall be purchased or appropriated by the municipal corporation or county in the manner provided for in sections 163.01 to 163.22, inclusive, […]

Section 4957.05 | Apportionment of Cost.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The cost of the construction of the improvement in a crossing, including the cost of land or property purchased or appropriated, and the payment of damages to abutting property shall be apportioned as follows: (A) The railroad company, or companies if several […]

Section 4957.06 | Cost of Maintenance of Bridge Borne by County or State.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly After the completion of the crossing alteration, the crossings and approaches shall be kept in repair as follows: (A) When the public way crosses a railroad, or railroad and interurban railroad, by an overhead bridge, the cost of maintenance must be borne […]

Section 4957.07 | Assessment and Determination of Damages.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly All claims for damages by reason of a crossing improvement, filed as provided in section 4957.02 of the Revised Code, shall be assessed and determined as in other cases of public improvements within cities, wherein like claims are made, either before the […]

Section 4957.08 | Company Failing to Comply With Agreement.

Effective: November 1, 1977 Latest Legislation: House Bill 219 – 112th General Assembly If a railroad company fails to comply with any provision of an agreement entered of record in a court of common pleas as provided in section 4957.03 of the Revised Code, on application of a city director of law or prosecuting attorney, […]

Section 4957.09 | Grade Crossing on County Line Road.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly When a grade crossing is on a county line road, the boards of county commissioners of the counties in which such crossing is situated may join in all the proceedings necessary for the abolition of such grade crossing. That part of the […]

Section 4957.10 | Powers as to Grades Above or Below Railroad Tracks.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly Any municipal corporation may raise or lower, or cause to be raised or lowered, the grade of any street or way owned by it, either within or without its municipal limits, above or below railroad tracks, and may require any railroad company […]

Section 4957.11 | Changes in Location of Public Ways.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly When the legislative authority of a municipal corporation deems it necessary in the abolishment of grade crossings to change the location of any street, alley, road, or way such legislative authority may relocate such street, alley, road, or way, or any part […]

Section 4957.12 | Preparation of Plans and Specifications.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The legislative authority of a municipal corporation, for the purpose of making or causing a crossing improvement to be made, by ordinance may require the railroad company, in co-operation with the engineer of the municipal corporation, or the engineer designated in such […]

Section 4957.13 | Court to Determine Manner of Improvement.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly If at the expiration of three months from the passage of the ordinance referred to in section 4957.12 of the Revised Code, the railroad company has refused or failed to co-operate in the preparation of plans and specifications, or if the engineer […]

Section 4957.14 | Petition to Court.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly Either the municipal corporation or the railroad company, after the expiration of three months from the passage of the ordinance referred to by section 4957.12 of the Revised Code, may apply to the court of common pleas by petition accompanied by the […]

Section 4957.15 | Procedure.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly Upon the filing of a petition under section 4957.14 of the Revised Code, accompanied by plans, the railroad company or municipal corporation opposed to the prayer of such petition, or directly interested in it, shall have the right, within sixty days thereafter, […]

Section 4957.16 | Order of the Court.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly If the court finds that the public security and convenience require the changes to be made, and that the plans presented by the petitioner or any of the parties answering thereto are reasonable and practicable, as provided in section 4957.15 of the […]

Section 4957.17 | Writ of Mandamus.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly If a municipal corporation or railroad company refuses or neglects to comply with the orders or findings made by the court as provided in section 4957.16 of the Revised Code, the court may enforce its orders or findings by either mandamus or […]

Section 4957.18 | Apportionment of Cost Between Municipal Corporation and Railroad.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The cost of constructing a crossing improvement authorized, including the making of ways, crossings, or viaducts, above or below the railroad tracks, and the raising or lowering of the grades of the railroad tracks and sidetracks for such distance as is required […]

Section 4957.19 | Payment of Railroad Company’s Proportion of Cost.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may, by ordinance, prescribe the manner and time of payment by a railroad company of the proportion of the cost of a crossing improvement which the company is required to pay.

Section 4957.20 | Notice of Intention to Make Improvement.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly Before any work is done which is required in the making of a proposed crossing improvement, the legislative authority of a municipal corporation shall by ordinance or resolution require notice of its intention to make such improvement in accordance with the plans […]