Section 5553.01 | Improvement Defined.
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 […]
Section 5553.02 | Authority of Board of County Commissioners to Locate, Alter, or Vacate Roads.
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 […]
Section 5553.03 | Width of County Roads.
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 […]
Section 5553.04 | Procedure for Establishing, Altering, or Vacating Road – Petition.
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 […]
Section 5553.041 | Procedure for Establishing, Altering, or Vacating Road – Petition by Director of Transportation.
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, […]
Section 5553.042 | Losing Right to Abandoned, Unused Township Road.
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 […]
Section 5553.043 | Railroad or Public Utility Company Deemed to Have Permanent Easement in Vacated Portion of Road.
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 […]
Section 5553.044 | Roads for Public Nonmotorized Vehicular Recreational Use.
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. […]