Effective: March 24, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 340 – 133rd General Assembly As used in sections 6131.01 to 6131.64 of the Revised Code: (A) “Owner” means any owner of any right, title, estate, or interest in or to any real property and includes persons, partnerships, associations, private corporations, public corporations, boards of township trustees, […]
Effective: April 9, 1981 Latest Legislation: House Bill 268 – 113th General Assembly When the board of county commissioners, at a regular or called session, upon the filing of a petition as provided in sections 6131.01 to 6131.64 of the Revised Code, finds that the granting of the petition and the construction of an improvement […]
Effective: August 23, 1957 Latest Legislation: House Bill 220 – 102nd General Assembly Boards of county commissioners in their respective counties, or in co-operation with any conservancy district which includes all or part of the lands of the county, or in co-operation with the proper authorities of the state or the proper authorities of the […]
Effective: March 24, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 340 – 133rd General Assembly (A) Any owner may file a petition for the construction of a drainage improvement with the clerk of the board of county commissioners of the county in which is located a part of the land proposed to benefit from the improvement. Prior […]
Effective: March 24, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 340 – 133rd General Assembly (A) Any benefiting owner may file an amendment to a petition for a drainage improvement that expands the length of the proposed improvement, provided that such amendment does not expand the area to be benefited by the proposed improvement. An owner shall […]
Effective: March 24, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 340 – 133rd General Assembly (A) The petitioner shall file with the petition referred to in section 6131.04 of the Revised Code a bond in the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars, plus the sum of five dollars for each parcel of land in excess of […]
Effective: March 24, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 340 – 133rd General Assembly (A) The clerk of the board of county commissioners shall maintain a file for the proposed improvement containing a record of the petition, amendments, comments, notices, proceedings, resolutions, orders, and any other record regarding the proposed improvement that is filed with the […]
Effective: March 24, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 340 – 133rd General Assembly (A) When a petition is filed under section 6131.04 of the Revised Code with the clerk of the board of county commissioners, the clerk shall give notice of the petition to the board of county commissioners and the county engineer. (B) The […]
Effective: March 24, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 340 – 133rd General Assembly Any owner who has not joined in a petition filed in accordance with section 6131.04 of the Revised Code may comment on the proposed improvement at any time before a final order on the petition is made by the board of county […]
Effective: March 24, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 340 – 133rd General Assembly (A) Upon receiving the notice required under division (A) of section 6131.07 of the Revised Code, the county engineer shall prepare a preliminary report on the proposed improvement, which shall include all of the following: (1) A preliminary estimate of the cost […]
Effective: March 24, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 340 – 133rd General Assembly (A) On the date established for the view of a proposed improvement, the county engineer or its designated representative shall present an overview of the proposed improvement, using methods and means that the board of county commissioners determines will adequately inform those […]
Effective: March 24, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 340 – 133rd General Assembly (A) At the first hearing on a petition for a proposed improvement, the board of county commissioners shall do both of the following: (1) Hear the preliminary report of the county engineer required under section 6131.09 of the Revised Code; (2) Hear […]
Effective: March 24, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 340 – 133rd General Assembly (A) If the board of county commissioners finds at the conclusion of the first hearing for a proposed improvement that a proposed improvement is not necessary, will not be conducive to the public welfare, or that the estimated cost of the proposed […]
Effective: March 24, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 340 – 133rd General Assembly (A) At the conclusion of the first hearing on a petition for a proposed improvement, the board of county commissioners may decide to proceed with the project survey and design for a proposed improvement if the board finds all of the following: […]
Effective: March 24, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 340 – 133rd General Assembly The board of county commissioners, on application of owners interested or at its own discretion, may consolidate and treat as a petition for one improvement petitions pending at the same time for two or more separate improvements which connect with each other, […]
Effective: March 24, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 340 – 133rd General Assembly (A) Upon the board’s determination to proceed with the project survey and design on a proposed improvement under section 6131.12 of the Revised Code, the clerk of the board of county commissioners shall immediately forward a copy of the board’s findings and […]
Effective: March 24, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 340 – 133rd General Assembly (A) The county engineer shall prepare a schedule of assessments that includes all of the following: (1) The name and address of each private owner of land and a description of the land to be benefited by the proposed improvement. The engineer […]
Effective: March 24, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 340 – 133rd General Assembly (A) Upon the filing with the clerk of the board of county commissioners of the reports, plans, and schedules by the county engineer as provided in section 6131.14 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners shall fix a date not […]
Effective: March 24, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 340 – 133rd General Assembly (A) An owner may file an exception to the county engineer’s schedules of assessments or file a claim for damages or compensation with the clerk of the board of county commissioners not less than five days before the date of the final […]
Effective: March 24, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 340 – 133rd General Assembly (A) At the final hearing, or at such time the final hearing is adjourned to hear claims for compensation or damages, the board of county commissioners shall hear any competent evidence offered by any affected owner upon the county engineer’s estimate of […]
