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Ohio Rev Code § 4957.18 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4957 | Elimination of Crossings|Section 4957.18 | Apportionment of Cost Between Municipal Corporation and Railroad.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The cost of constructing a crossing improvement authorized, including the making of ways, crossings, or viaducts, above or below the railroad tracks, and the raising or lowering of the grades of the railroad tracks and sidetracks for such distance as is required by such municipal corporation and made necessary by such improvement, together with the cost of land or property purchased or appropriated, and damages to owners of abutting or other property, shall be borne, unless otherwise agreed upon, eighty-five per cent by the municipal corporation and fifteen per cent by such railroad company. The municipal corporation shall have a right of action against any such company for the recovery of fifteen per cent or other agreed proportion of such costs payable by it, with interest from the time they become due. Such municipal corporation and company may agree as to what part of the work shall be done by the company, and may fix the amount, or agree upon a method or basis for calculating and ascertaining the amount, to be allowed or credited to the company for doing the work. Such company shall be entitled to deduct from its fifteen per cent or other agreed proportion of the cost of the improvement, the expense incurred by it in the change of its grade required by the municipal corporation or made necessary by it under such specifications, but only if the amount of expense, or a method or basis for calculating it, has been agreed upon in writing between the municipal corporation and the company. If the amount of work done by the company, or made necessary be reason of such change of grade on lowering or raising its tracks, exceeds fifteen per cent or other agreed proportion of the cost of the improvement, then it shall have the right to recover the amount with interest in excess of fifteen per cent or other agreed proportion of the expenses, in an action at law against the municipal corporation.
Ohio Rev Code § 4957.19 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4957 | Elimination of Crossings|Section 4957.19 | Payment of Railroad Company's Proportion of Cost.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may, by ordinance, prescribe the manner and time of payment by a railroad company of the proportion of the cost of a crossing improvement which the company is required to pay.
Ohio Rev Code § 4957.20 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4957 | Elimination of Crossings|Section 4957.20 | Notice of Intention to Make Improvement.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Before any work is done which is required in the making of a proposed crossing improvement, the legislative authority of a municipal corporation shall by ordinance or resolution require notice of its intention to make such improvement in accordance with the plans and specification to be given to the owner of each piece of property abutting upon any street, highway, or public place, the grade of which will be changed by the proposed improvement.
Ohio Rev Code § 4957.21 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4957 | Elimination of Crossings|Section 4957.21 | Claims for Damages and Judicial Inquiry.

Effective: November 1, 1977|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 219 - 112th General Assembly|The laws relating to the manner of service of the notices, the filing of claims for damages, and the effect of failure to file the claims, shall apply to the notice provided in section 4957.20 of the Revised Code and to all claims for damages by reason of the proposed improvement. After the expiration of the time for the filing of the claims, the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, when claims have been filed within the time limited, shall determine by ordinance or resolution whether the claims are to be judicially inquired into before commencing or after the completion of the proposed improvement. Thereupon, the mayor, or village solicitor, or city director of law of the municipal corporation shall make application for a jury in the manner provided by law to the court of common pleas or probate court of the county in which the municipal corporation, or the larger part of it, is situated, either before commencing or after the completion of the improvement, as the legislative authority determines. All proceedings upon the application shall be governed by the laws relating to the application provided for in other cases of city improvements.
Ohio Rev Code § 4957.22 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4957 | Elimination of Crossings|Section 4957.22 | Height of Viaduct.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Any way, crossing, or viaduct constructed over a railroad track in any municipal corporation shall be of such height as not to be of less than twenty-one feet in the clear from the top surface of the rails in the railroad track to the lowest point or projection of such overhead way, crossing, or viaduct, unless the railroad company consents to, or the court of common pleas orders, a less height. In no event shall such court order a less height than sixteen feet and three inches.
Ohio Rev Code § 4957.23 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4957 | Elimination of Crossings|Section 4957.23 | Acquiring Land for Erection of Piers and Supports.

Effective: January 1, 1966|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 94 - 106th General Assembly|The land or property required to make alteration in the street, road, alley, or other way, or any right, title, or interest in a public street, alley, or other way, required for the erection of piers or supports in any municipal corporation, necessitated by a proposed improvement, shall be purchased or appropriated by the municipal corporation or railroad company in the manner provided for in sections 163.01 to 163.22, inclusive, of the Revised Code. The land or property required to make any alteration in a railroad or any right, title, or interest in a public street, road, alley, or way required to permit the erection of piers or supports in any municipal corporation, and structure necessitated by the proposed improvements, shall be purchased or appropriated by the company in the manner provided for in sections 163.01 to 163.22, inclusive, of the Revised Code. The municipal corporation may acquire land or property, or any part thereof, required for the purposes mentioned by this section and subsequently sell the same or a part thereof at private sale to the company, and execute and deliver deeds for it. The municipal corporation shall not appropriate land held or owned by a railroad company and necessary for the use of the company in maintaining and operating its railroad.
Ohio Rev Code § 4957.24 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4957 | Elimination of Crossings|Section 4957.24 | Cost of Maintenance.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|After the completion of the work, crossings and approaches shall be kept in repair as follows:(A) When the public way crosses a railroad by an overhead bridge, the cost of maintenance must be borne by the municipal corporation;(B) When the public way passes under the railroad, the bridge and its abutments shall be kept and maintained by the railroad company, and the public way and its approaches shall be maintained and kept in repair by the municipal corporation in which they are situated.
Ohio Rev Code § 4957.25 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4957 | Elimination of Crossings|Section 4957.25 | Street Railway Company to Share Expense.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|In case the track of any street railway company within the limits of a municipal corporation where the improvements authorized by sections 4957.10 to 4957.24, inclusive, of the Revised Code are made, crosses at grade or otherwise a public street or the right of way of any railroad company at a point where it has been determined to construct such improvements, the municipal corporation by ordinance may require such street railway company to bear a reasonable proportion of the cost assumed by it in making the improvement, not exceeding one half of the portion payable by the municipal corporation, which shall have a right of action against such street railway company for that part of the cost which the ordinance requires it to bear. Such part of the cost is also a lien upon all the property, real and personal, of such company situated in the same county with the municipal corporation after the date of the passage of such ordinance.The legislative authority of such municipal corporation may by ordinance provide the mode and time of payment for the proportion of the cost of such improvement to be borne by such street railway company.
Ohio Rev Code § 4957.26 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4957 | Elimination of Crossings|Section 4957.26 | Repairs.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|A street railway company shall keep in repair at its own expense all tracks affected by the improvement referred to by section 4957.25 of the Revised Code and all construction work of whatever character necessary to support such tracks.
Ohio Rev Code § 4957.27 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4957 | Elimination of Crossings|Section 4957.27 | Crossings Above or Below Grade.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 361 - 100th General Assembly|Except as provided in sections 4957.30 to 4957.32, inclusive, of the Revised Code, all crossings constructed after May 3, 1904, whether of highways by railroads, or of railroads by highways, shall be above or below the grade thereof.
Ohio Rev Code § 4957.28 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4957 | Elimination of Crossings|Section 4957.28 | Railroad Crossings.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 361 - 100th General Assembly|Every railroad company building a new line of road under its charter powers across a highway shall construct it above or below the grade of the highway, unless it is allowed to build it at grade as provided in sections 4957.30 to 4957.32, inclusive, of the Revised Code. Such company may exercise the power contained in its charter and the general laws for altering the grade and location of highways in order to avoid grade crossings.
Ohio Rev Code § 4957.29 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4957 | Elimination of Crossings|Section 4957.29 | Highway Crossings.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Every municipal corporation or other authority building a highway across an existing railroad shall construct it above or below the grade of such railroad, unless allowed to build at grade as provided by sections 4957.30 to 4957.32, inclusive, of the Revised Code. The cost of such work shall be paid, unless otherwise agreed upon, eighty-five per cent by such municipal corporation or other authority, and fifteen per cent by the company owning the railroad. "Railroad" includes interurban railroads, and "railroad company" includes interurban railroad companies engaged in the operation of cars by electricity or other motive power which said companies may adopt or use. The method or procedure for the construction of such highway and the manner of construction of it shall be governed by the laws regulating the abolition of grade crossings.
Ohio Rev Code § 4957.30 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4957 | Elimination of Crossings|Section 4957.30 | Petition for Grade Crossings.

Effective: September 28, 1973|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 200 - 110th General Assembly|When it is desired by a railroad company constructing a new railroad or in changing or altering the location of one previously constructed, or by any municipal corporation or authority constructing a new highway, that the railroad or highway should be so constructed that they will cross each other at the same grade, or if it is desired to divert, change, or alter an existing public highway, a petition shall be presented by the party desiring such construction or diversion, to the court of common pleas of the county within which the crossing or diversion is situated. If it is the authority constructing a highway asking for the right to cross a railroad, the railroad company shall be the defendant. If it is a railroad company asking for the right to cross a highway, or divert, change, or alter any existing public highway in a municipal corporation, such municipal corporation shall be the defendant. If outside the municipal corporation, and a road or highway other than on the state highway system, the board of township trustees of the township and the board of county commissioners of the county shall be the defendants. If it is a road or highway on the state highway system, the director of transportation shall be the defendant. Summons shall be served and the rule days and the rights of the defendants to plead shall be the same as in civil actions in such court.
Ohio Rev Code § 4957.31 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4957 | Elimination of Crossings|Section 4957.31 | Contents of Petition.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The petition referred to in section 4957.30 of the Revised Code shall set forth the reasons that are supposed to make such change or alteration necessary or desirable. The court of common pleas thereupon shall have the jurisdiction of the parties and the subject matter of the petition, and may proceed to examine the matter, either by evidence, by reference to a master commissioner, or otherwise. If satisfied that such construction is reasonable required to accommodate the public, or to avoid excessive expense, in view of the small amount of traffic on the highway or railroad, and considering the future uses to which the highway may be adapted, or in view of the difficulties of other methods of construction, or for other good and sufficient reasons, the court shall make an order permitting such crossing at a grade or diversion to be established. In such order, the court may prescribe that gates, signals, watchmen, or other safeguards shall be maintained by the railroad company, in addition to the signals and safeguards prescribed by law, and all such orders shall be binding upon the parties and be observed by them.All costs and expenses of the proceedings shall be ascertained and allowed by the court of common pleas and be paid by such party as it decides, or apportioned by the court between the parties, and may be collected by execution out of such court.
Ohio Rev Code § 4957.32 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4957 | Elimination of Crossings|Section 4957.32 | Appeals.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Appeals may be taken from the decision of the court of common pleas to the court of appeals in proceedings under section 4957.31 of the Revised Code, as in civil actions. The decision of that court shall be final and conclusive. In both the court of common pleas and court of appeals, proceedings brought under this section and section 4957.31 of the Revised Code shall be advanced over other civil causes.
Ohio Rev Code § 4957.33 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4957 | Elimination of Crossings|Section 4957.33 | Additional Tracks and Switches.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Sections 4957.27 to 4957.32, inclusive, of the Revised Code, do not prevent a railroad company from laying additional tracks at previously existing crossings, or from constructing switches, sidings, and branch lines from its railroad to a mill, factory, other manufacturing establishment or industrial plant, elevator, wharf, or pier, or gravel, marl, or clay bed, or any mine, or from laying additional track to increase its yard facilities at terminal or other points across public highways at the grade thereof. Such signposts and signals shall be employed for the protection of such crossings as are prescribed for railroad crossings of public highways.
Ohio Rev Code § 4957.34 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4957 | Elimination of Crossings|Section 4957.34 | Plans and Specifications to Be Filed With Commission.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 361 - 100th General Assembly|Every railroad company, public or private corporation, or person building, or permitting to be built, any bridge, viaduct, overhead roadway, footbridge, wire, and other structure mentioned in sections 4957.35 and 4957.36 of the Revised Code shall, before proceeding, file with the public utilities commission, plans and specifications for, and have its permit for, the erection of such structure or wire.
Ohio Rev Code § 4957.35 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4957 | Elimination of Crossings|Section 4957.35 | Height of Structures Over Railroads.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 361 - 100th General Assembly|Except cases in which the public utilities commission finds that such construction is impracticable, bridges, viaducts, overhead roadways, footbridges, wire, or other structure built over the track of a railroad after April 16, 1900, by a county, municipal corporation, township, railroad company, or other corporation or person, shall be not less than twenty-one feet in the clear from the top of the rails of such track to such wire or other structure, or to the bottom of the lowest sill, girder, or crossbeam, and the lowest downward projection on the bridge, viaduct, overhead roadway, or footbridge.
Ohio Rev Code § 4957.36 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4957 | Elimination of Crossings|Section 4957.36 | Exceptions.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The exception in section 4957.35 of the Revised Code does not apply to the structures named in such section when built over the main tracks of railroads. In cases in which it is allowed, the public utilities commission shall file in its office a written statement of the facts upon which it relied in finding the required construction impracticable. Such clearances over and adjacent to railroad tracks in terminals may be used as the commission approves. When a railroad, union depot, or terminal company, severally or jointly, determines to install an electrification system for the operation of cars, locomotives, or trains on their lines or parts thereof, such railroad, union depot, or terminal company, severally or jointly, may, with the approval of the commission, fix such clearances for the necessary wires, conductors, appurtenances, and their supports for such electrification system as are practicable for construction and operation and consistent with the clearances of structures over or adjacent to the lines or parts thereof to be electrified.
Ohio Rev Code § 4957.37 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4957 | Elimination of Crossings|Section 4957.37 | Costs.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|In case of the rebuilding of bridges or the other structures provided for in section 4957.35 of the Revised Code, if the structure is at or in line with a public street or highway and a cross street, the cost of making such streets or highways conform to a new grade, with all damages to owners of property abutting on them because of such change, the railroad company or its assigns shall pay all costs or damages resulting from the raising or building of its bridges or structures in the line of a street or highway at a greater height than was previously required. If such company is only part owner of such structure, it shall pay its proportionate share of the cost of such change in grade and damages. Should a railroad company or its assigns raise the grade of its track under any of such structures not owned by it, thereby causing a bridge or structure to be put at a higher grade when rebuilt, the company shall pay all costs and damages thereby made necessary.
Ohio Rev Code § 4957.38 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4957 | Elimination of Crossings|Section 4957.38 | Injunction.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Sections 4957.34 to 4957.37, inclusive, of the Revised Code, may be enforced by an injunction on complaint of any interested person, corporation, or board.
Ohio Rev Code § 4959.01 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4959 | Right of Way Drainage and Fences|Section 4959.01 | Waterways Must Be Provided.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Except where the roadbed of a railroad extends through or by swampland, the company or person operating the railroad shall make and keep open ditches or drains along such roadbed of depth, width, and grade sufficient to conduct water accumulating at the sides of the roadbed from the building or operation of the railroad to some proper outlet.