Effective: January 1, 1966 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 94 – 106th General Assembly As used in sections 5553.02 to 5553.16, inclusive, of the Revised Code, “improvement” means any location, establishment, alteration, widening, straightening, vacation, or change in the direction of a public road, or part thereof, as determined upon by a board of county commissioners […]
Effective: September 28, 1973 Latest Legislation: House Bill 200 – 110th General Assembly The board of county commissioners may locate, establish, alter, widen, straighten, vacate, or change the direction of roads as provided in sections 5553.03 to 5553.16 of the Revised Code. This power extends to all roads within the county, except that as to […]
Effective: February 24, 1986 Latest Legislation: House Bill 221 – 116th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, all public roads located and established by the board of county commissioners subsequent to September 6, 1915, shall be of such width, not less than thirty feet, as is determined by the […]
Effective: March 22, 2019 Latest Legislation: House Bill 500 – 132nd General Assembly (A) Subject to division (B) of this section, w hen the board of county commissioners is of the opinion that it will be for the public convenience or welfare to locate, establish, alter, widen, straighten, vacate, or change the direction of a […]
Effective: September 28, 1973 Latest Legislation: House Bill 200 – 110th General Assembly When in the construction or improvement of a state highway, in the opinion of the director of transportation, it is in the public interest to vacate or close a public highway or any portion thereof under the jurisdiction of the county commissioners, […]
Effective: June 10, 2004 Latest Legislation: House Bill 299 – 125th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) “Electric cooperative” has the same meaning as in section 4928.01 of the Revised Code. (2) “Service facilities” includes any conduit, cable, wire, tower, pole, or other equipment or appliance of a public utility or electric […]
Effective: June 10, 2004 Latest Legislation: House Bill 299 – 125th General Assembly When any street, highway, or road, or a portion of any street, highway, or road, is vacated pursuant to any section of this chapter or Chapter 5571. of the Revised Code, and the relocation of any conduits, cables, wires, towers, poles, sewer […]
Effective: October 20, 1972 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 247 – 109th General Assembly In any proceeding on a petition or resolution to vacate a road which begins on a public road and ends on a public road, the board of county commissioners may determine the suitability of the road for public nonmotorized vehicular recreational use. […]
Effective: June 10, 2004 Latest Legislation: House Bill 299 – 125th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, “road” means a road, or portion of a road, which is not used to calculate distributions of the auto registration distribution fund under division (E) of section 4501.04 of the Revised Code and, thus, is not […]
Effective: September 29, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 – 129th General Assembly (A) In the resolution required by section 5553.04 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners shall fix a date when it will view the proposed improvement, and also a date for a final hearing thereon. The board shall give notice […]
Effective: July 1, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 51 – 130th General Assembly The board of county commissioners may establish a fee to cover the actual costs the county incurs in providing published notice and mailed notice as required by section 5553.05 of the Revised Code. The board may require an initial deposit to be […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly If the board of county commissioners, after viewing the proposed improvement, considers such improvement of sufficient public importance, it shall instruct the county engineer to make an accurate survey and plat of such improvement and furnish an accurate and detailed description describing […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The board of county commissioners shall at the date of the final hearing on the proposed improvement read the report of the county engineer, and it shall hear any testimony bearing upon the necessity of the improvement for the public convenience or […]
Effective: January 9, 1961 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 104th General Assembly The board of county commissioners, acting in accordance with sections 5553.04 to 5553.07, inclusive, of the Revised Code, may determine to proceed with the proposed improvement with such modifications and changes in the route and termini as in its judgment the public […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly If the board of county commissioners is of the opinion that the proposed improvement is of sufficient importance to the public to cause the compensation and damages on account thereof to be paid to the persons entitled thereto out of the county […]
Effective: October 20, 1972 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 247 – 109th General Assembly When, on the final hearing on the proposed improvement, the board of county commissioners finds in favor of such improvement, and determines to proceed therewith, it shall cause a record of the proceedings, including the survey, plat, and accurate and detailed description […]
Effective: April 7, 2009 Latest Legislation: House Bill 318 – 127th General Assembly If the proceeding is for an improvement other than the vacation of a road and the board of county commissioners, at its final hearing on the proposed improvement, orders the improvement established, it shall proceed in accordance with sections 163.01 to 163.22 […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly When the proposed improvement is along or upon a county line or crosses such county line or extends as a continuous road from one county into or through one or more adjoining counties, the boards of county commissioners of the counties interested […]
Effective: January 1, 1966 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 94 – 106th General Assembly If the joint board of county commissioners is of the opinion that it is for the public convenience or welfare to make the proposed improvement, it shall declare the necessity therefor by resolution at the meeting provided for in section 5553.13 of […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The board of county commissioners of the county having the greatest population of any of the interested counties participating in the proposed improvement shall keep a full and accurate record of the proceedings. At the conclusion of the proceedings, it shall certify […]
