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Section 4957.35 | Height of Structures Over Railroads.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 361 – 100th General Assembly Except cases in which the public utilities commission finds that such construction is impracticable, bridges, viaducts, overhead roadways, footbridges, wire, or other structure built over the track of a railroad after April 16, 1900, by a county, municipal corporation, township, railroad company, […]

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 […]

Section 4957.21 | Claims for Damages and Judicial Inquiry.

Effective: November 1, 1977 Latest Legislation: House Bill 219 – 112th General Assembly The laws relating to the manner of service of the notices, the filing of claims for damages, and the effect of failure to file the claims, shall apply to the notice provided in section 4957.20 of the Revised Code and to all […]

Section 4957.22 | Height of Viaduct.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly Any way, crossing, or viaduct constructed over a railroad track in any municipal corporation shall be of such height as not to be of less than twenty-one feet in the clear from the top surface of the rails in the railroad track […]

Section 4957.23 | Acquiring Land for Erection of Piers and Supports.

Effective: January 1, 1966 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 94 – 106th General Assembly The land or property required to make alteration in the street, road, alley, or other way, or any right, title, or interest in a public street, alley, or other way, required for the erection of piers or supports in any municipal corporation, […]

Section 4957.24 | Cost of Maintenance.

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

Section 4957.25 | Street Railway Company to Share Expense.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly In case the track of any street railway company within the limits of a municipal corporation where the improvements authorized by sections 4957.10 to 4957.24, inclusive, of the Revised Code are made, crosses at grade or otherwise a public street or the […]

Section 4957.26 | Repairs.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly A street railway company shall keep in repair at its own expense all tracks affected by the improvement referred to by section 4957.25 of the Revised Code and all construction work of whatever character necessary to support such tracks.

Section 4957.27 | Crossings Above or Below Grade.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 361 – 100th General Assembly Except as provided in sections 4957.30 to 4957.32, inclusive, of the Revised Code, all crossings constructed after May 3, 1904, whether of highways by railroads, or of railroads by highways, shall be above or below the grade thereof.

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 […]