Section 517.32 | Enclosure of Abandoned Cemetery.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly Where the board of county commissioners has enclosed with a substantial fence of stone, iron, or posts and boards, all abandoned public cemeteries in the county, from which the remains of the dead have not been removed, the board of township trustees […]
Section 519.01 | Township Zoning – Agriculture Defined.
Effective: June 4, 2012 Latest Legislation: House Bill 276 – 129th General Assembly As used in sections 519.02 to 519.25 of the Revised Code, “agriculture” includes farming; ranching; algaculture meaning the farming of algae; aquaculture; apiculture; horticulture; viticulture; animal husbandry, including, but not limited to, the care and raising of livestock, equine, and fur-bearing animals; […]
Section 519.02 | Board of Township Trustees May Regulate Location, Size and Use of Buildings and Lands in Unincorporated Territory.
Effective: August 17, 2006 Latest Legislation: House Bill 23 – 126th General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, in the interest of the public health and safety, the board of township trustees may regulate by resolution, in accordance with a comprehensive plan, the location, height, bulk, number of stories, and size of […]
Section 519.021 | Planned-Unit Development Regulations.
Effective: October 21, 1997 Latest Legislation: House Bill 280 – 122nd General Assembly A township zoning resolution or amendment adopted in accordance with this chapter may establish or modify planned-unit developments. Planned-unit development regulations shall apply to property only at the election of the property owner and shall include standards to be used by the […]
Section 519.022 | Prior Planned-Unit Development Regulations.
Effective: July 26, 1989 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 164 – 118th General Assembly Any planned-unit development regulations adopted in accordance with section 519.12 of the Revised Code, or any planned-unit developments constructed or approved in a preliminary or final form, under the provisions of a zoning resolution adopted prior to the effective date of this […]
Section 519.03 | Adoption of Resolution of Intention to Proceed With Township Zoning.
Effective: August 22, 1995 Latest Legislation: House Bill 99 – 121st General Assembly Before availing itself of the powers conferred by section 519.02 of the Revised Code, the board of township trustees shall pass a resolution declaring its intention to proceed under sections 519.02 to 519.25 of the Revised Code. The board may act in […]
Section 517.23 | Disinterment of Body Buried in Cemetery.
Effective: October 20, 1999 Latest Legislation: House Bill 18 – 123rd General Assembly (A) Subject to divisions (B), (D), and (E) of this section, the board of township trustees, the trustees or directors of a cemetery association, or the other officers having control and management of a cemetery or the officer of a municipal corporation […]
Section 517.24 | Form of Application for Disinterment.
Effective: October 20, 1999 Latest Legislation: House Bill 18 – 123rd General Assembly (A) An application by a surviving spouse for disinterment under section 517.23 of the Revised Code shall be in writing and shall state that the applicant is the surviving spouse of the decedent, that the applicant is eighteen years of age or […]
Section 517.25 | Writ of Mandamus.
Effective: November 24, 1995 Latest Legislation: House Bill 328 – 121st General Assembly If the board of township trustees, the trustees or board of a cemetery association, or the other officers in charge of a cemetery refuse to disinter or grant permission for disinterment after a surviving spouse makes application under sections 517.23 and 517.24 […]
Section 517.26 | Removal of Dead.
Effective: November 24, 1995 Latest Legislation: House Bill 328 – 121st General Assembly When remains laid in a vault or other receptacle become offensive, on the complaint of a householder of the township, the board of township trustees immediately shall issue an order to the sexton or other person in charge of the vault or […]