Section 5553.14 | View and Hearing by Joint Board – Resolution.
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 […]
Section 5553.15 | Record of Proceedings of Joint Board – Copies Sent to Other Counties.
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 […]
Section 5553.16 | Cost of Joint Improvement Divided Among Interested Counties.
Effective: September 28, 1973 Latest Legislation: House Bill 200 – 110th General Assembly The compensation and damages awarded in case of a joint improvement, together with the expenses thereof, shall be divided among the counties interested, as the joint board of county commissioners agrees and determines. In case of failure to agree on the proportion […]
Section 5553.18 | Determining True Line of Road – Petition.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly When the place of beginning the true course or boundaries of a road is uncertain by reason of the removal of any monument or witness by which such road was originally designated, or the destruction of any record, or from any other […]
Section 5553.19 | Notice of Hearing Upon Report of County Engineer – Objections.
Effective: September 29, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 – 129th General Assembly The county engineer shall view and survey the road as provided in section 5553.18 of the Revised Code, and shall make a return of the survey and plat of the road to the board of county commissioners. Upon the filing of the […]
Section 5553.20 | Civil Action to Establish True Line of Road.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly When the county engineer is unable to ascertain with certainty the true course and boundary line of a road, the board of county commissioners may prosecute a civil action against the owners of the land abutting upon such road to ascertain and […]
Section 5553.21 | Establishing True Line of Road by Agreement.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly Whenever the place of beginning, true course, or boundaries of a road are uncertain by reason of the removal of any monument or witness by which such road was originally designated, or the destruction of any record, or from any other cause, […]
Section 5553.22 | Determining Boundaries of Road Located in Two or More Counties – Joint Meeting.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly When any road, the true course of which it is sought to fix, establish, and determine, is located in two or more counties, the petition provided for in section 5553.18 of the Revised Code shall be filed with the board of county […]
Section 5553.23 | Petition by Landowner to Relocate Road or Trail – Vacation of Unimproved Public Roads.
Effective: September 29, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 – 129th General Assembly If a person through whose land a public road has been established, which is under the jurisdiction of the board of county commissioners, desires to turn or change or relocate such road or any part thereof through any part of the person’s […]
Section 5553.24 | Survey and Report of County Engineer on Desired Change in Road.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly Upon the receipt of the petition provided for in section 5553.23 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners shall order the county engineer to make a survey of the ground over which the road is proposed to be changed and […]