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Home » US Law » 2022 Ohio Revised Code » Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges » Chapter 5573 | Township Road Improvement

Section 5573.01 | Resolution for Road Improvement.

Effective: September 20, 1999 Latest Legislation: House Bill 187 – 123rd General Assembly When the board of township trustees has determined that any road shall be constructed, reconstructed, resurfaced, or improved, the board shall determine by resolution, by unanimous vote if acting without a petition, and by a majority vote if acting upon a petition, […]

Section 5573.02 | Transmission of Surveys, Plans, and Specifications to Board – Notice.

Effective: September 29, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 – 129th General Assembly Upon the completion of the surveys, plans, profiles, cross sections, estimates, and specifications for a road improvement by the county engineer, the engineer shall transmit to the board of township trustees copies of the same. Except in cases of reconstruction or repair […]

Section 5573.06 | Order to Proceed With Improvement.

Effective: January 1, 1966 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 94 – 106th General Assembly If, after determination of all claims for compensation and damages on account of land or property taken for any road improvement, the board of township trustees is satisfied that the public convenience and welfare require that such improvement be made, and that […]

Section 5573.07 | Apportionment of Compensation, Damages, and Costs – Payment.

Effective: March 12, 2001 Latest Legislation: House Bill 549 – 123rd General Assembly The compensation, damages, and costs of township road improvements shall be apportioned and paid in any of the following methods, as set forth in the petition: (A) Any part thereof shall be assessed against: (1) The real estate abutting upon said improvement; […]

Section 5573.08 | Assessment of Property Separated From Improvement.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly When property is separated from a road improvement by a canal, street or interurban railway, steam railroad, or in any similar manner, such property shall be regarded, for the purpose of assessment under the township road improvement laws as property abutting upon […]

Section 5573.09 | All Costs May Be Paid From Proceeds of Tax Levy.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The board of township trustees, upon a unanimous vote, may, without a petition therefor, order that all compensation, damages, and costs of constructing any road improvement be paid out of the proceeds of any levy for road purposes on the grand duplicate […]

Section 5573.10 | Estimated Assessment on Real Estate.

Effective: September 29, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 – 129th General Assembly As soon as all questions of compensation and damages have been determined for any road improvement, the county engineer shall make, upon actual view, an estimated assessment, upon the real estate to be charged, of such part of the compensation, damages, and […]

Section 5573.13 | Township’s Proportion of Costs – Payment.

Effective: December 20, 2005 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 107, House Bill 66 – 126th General Assembly The proportion of the compensation, damages, and costs of any road improvement to be paid by the township shall be paid out of any road improvement fund available for it. For the purpose of providing by taxation a fund […]

Section 5573.14 | Trustees May Issue Bonds in Anticipation of Tax.

Effective: November 8, 1961 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1122 – 104th General Assembly The board of township trustees, in anticipation of the collection, for road improvements, of taxes and assessments or any part thereof, may, whenever in its judgment it is necessary, sell the bonds of the township in any amount not greater than the […]

Section 5573.15 | Joint Improvement by Townships – Procedure.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The boards of township trustees of two or more townships may construct, reconstruct, resurface, or improve a township road or part thereof, along the line between such townships, extending into or through all such townships, or wholly within the township but within […]

Section 5573.21 | Erection of Road District Outside Municipal Corporation.

Effective: October 8, 2001 Latest Legislation: House Bill 174 – 124th General Assembly The board of township trustees of a township in which there is located a municipal corporation or a part thereof, may, by resolution, erect that portion of the township not included within the corporate limits of the municipal corporation into a road […]