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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 4957.28 | Railroad Crossings.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 361 – 100th General Assembly Every railroad company building a new line of road under its charter powers across a highway shall construct it above or below the grade of the highway, unless it is allowed to build it at grade as provided in sections 4957.30 to […]

Section 4957.29 | Highway Crossings.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly Every municipal corporation or other authority building a highway across an existing railroad shall construct it above or below the grade of such railroad, unless allowed to build at grade as provided by sections 4957.30 to 4957.32, inclusive, of the Revised Code. […]

Section 4957.30 | Petition for Grade Crossings.

Effective: September 28, 1973 Latest Legislation: House Bill 200 – 110th General Assembly When it is desired by a railroad company constructing a new railroad or in changing or altering the location of one previously constructed, or by any municipal corporation or authority constructing a new highway, that the railroad or highway should be so […]

Section 4957.31 | Contents of Petition.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The petition referred to in section 4957.30 of the Revised Code shall set forth the reasons that are supposed to make such change or alteration necessary or desirable. The court of common pleas thereupon shall have the jurisdiction of the parties and […]

Section 4957.32 | Appeals.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly Appeals may be taken from the decision of the court of common pleas to the court of appeals in proceedings under section 4957.31 of the Revised Code, as in civil actions. The decision of that court shall be final and conclusive. In […]

Section 4957.33 | Additional Tracks and Switches.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly Sections 4957.27 to 4957.32, inclusive, of the Revised Code, do not prevent a railroad company from laying additional tracks at previously existing crossings, or from constructing switches, sidings, and branch lines from its railroad to a mill, factory, other manufacturing establishment or […]

Section 4957.34 | Plans and Specifications to Be Filed With Commission.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 361 – 100th General Assembly Every railroad company, public or private corporation, or person building, or permitting to be built, any bridge, viaduct, overhead roadway, footbridge, wire, and other structure mentioned in sections 4957.35 and 4957.36 of the Revised Code shall, before proceeding, file with the public […]

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 4957.36 | Exceptions.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The exception in section 4957.35 of the Revised Code does not apply to the structures named in such section when built over the main tracks of railroads. In cases in which it is allowed, the public utilities commission shall file in its […]

Section 4957.37 | Costs.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly In case of the rebuilding of bridges or the other structures provided for in section 4957.35 of the Revised Code, if the structure is at or in line with a public street or highway and a cross street, the cost of making […]

Section 4957.38 | Injunction.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly Sections 4957.34 to 4957.37, inclusive, of the Revised Code, may be enforced by an injunction on complaint of any interested person, corporation, or board.