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Ohio Rev Code § 723.49 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 723 | Streets; Public Grounds|Section 723.49 | Damage From Excavation.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|If the owner or possessor of any lot or land in any municipal corporation digs, or causes to be dug, any cellar, pit, vault, or excavation, to a greater depth than nine feet below the curb of the street or streets on which such lot or land abuts, or, if there is no curb, below the established grade of the street or streets on which such lot or land abuts, or, if there is no curb or established grade, below the surface of the adjoining lots, and by such excavation he causes damage to any wall, house, or other building upon the lots adjoining thereto, such owner or possessor shall be liable, in a civil action, to the party injured, to the full amount of such damage. When there is a curb or established grade, the depth of such excavation, at any point thereof, shall be measured downward from the pitch line projected laterally over the lot or land, from and between the corresponding points in the nearest curb or established grade opposite the ends of such pitch line.
Ohio Rev Code § 723.50 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 723 | Streets; Public Grounds|Section 723.50 | Depth of Excavation Allowable.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The owner or possessor of any lot or land in any municipal corporation may dig, or cause to be dug, any cellar, pit, or excavation, to the full depth of the foundation wall of any building upon adjoining lots, or to the full depth of nine feet below the established grade of the street or streets on which such lot abuts, without reference to the depth of adjoining foundation walls, without incurring the liability prescribed in section 723.49 of the Revised Code, and may, on thirty days' notice to adjoining owners, grade and improve the surface of any lot to correspond with the established grade of the street, streets, or alleys upon which such lot or land abuts, without incurring liability.
Ohio Rev Code § 723.51 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 723 | Streets; Public Grounds|Section 723.51 | Municipal Corporations May Change Streams and Highways.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Any municipal corporation, when it is necessary in the construction and protection of wells, pumps, cisterns, aqueducts, water pipes, dams, reservoirs, reservoir sites, sewers, drains, sewage disposal or water purification plants, and water works, for supplying water to itself and its inhabitants or disposing of sewage, may relocate, straighten, change, or cross a road or stream, but shall, without unnecessary delay, place such road or stream in such condition as not to impair its usefulness.
Ohio Rev Code § 723.52 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 723 | Streets; Public Grounds|Section 723.52 | Estimate of Cost of Construction by Force Account - Competitive Bidding - Rejection of Bids.

Effective: June 30, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 74 - 134th General Assembly|Before letting or making any contract for the construction, reconstruction, widening, resurfacing, or repair of a street or other public way, the director of public service in a city, or the legislative authority in a village, shall make an estimate of the cost of such work using the force account project assessment form developed by the auditor of state under section 117.16 of the Revised Code. In municipal corporations having an engineer, or an officer having a different title but the duties and functions of an engineer, the estimate shall be made by the engineer or other officer. Where the total estimated cost of any such work is thirty thousand dollars or less, the proper officers may proceed by force account. Where the total estimated cost of any such work exceeds thirty thousand dollars, the proper officers of the municipal corporation shall be required to invite and receive competitive bids for furnishing all the labor, materials, and equipment and doing the work, after newspaper advertisement as provided by law. The officers shall consider and may reject such bids. If the bids are rejected, the officers may order the work done by force account or direct labor. When such bids are received, considered, and rejected, and the work done by force account or direct labor, such work shall be performed in compliance with the plans and specifications upon which the bids were based. It shall be unlawful to divide a street or connecting streets into separate sections for the purpose of defeating this section and section 723.53 of the Revised Code. On the first day of July of every odd-numbered year beginning in 2021, the threshold amount established in this section shall increase by an amount not to exceed the lesser of three per cent, or the percentage amount of any increase in the department of transportation's construction cost index as annualized and totaled for the prior two calendar years. The director of transportation shall notify each appropriate engineer or other officer of the increased amount. "Street," as used in such sections, includes portions of connecting streets on which the same or similar construction, reconstruction, widening, resurfacing, or repair is planned or projected. Last updated April 9, 2021 at 1:19 PM
Ohio Rev Code § 723.53 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 723 | Streets; Public Grounds|Section 723.53 | Account of Cost of Construction by Force Account or Direct Labor.

Effective: June 30, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 74 - 134th General Assembly|Where the proper officers of any municipal corporation construct, reconstruct, widen, resurface, or repair a street or other public way by force account or direct labor, and the estimated cost of the work as defined in section 723.52 of the Revised Code exceeds the amount specified in that section, such municipal authorities shall cause to be kept by the engineer of the municipal corporation, or other officer or employee of the municipal corporation in charge of such work, a complete and accurate account, in detail, of the cost of doing the work. The account shall include labor, materials, freight, fuel, hauling, overhead expense, workers' compensation premiums, and all other items of cost and expense, including a reasonable allowance for the use of all tools and equipment used on or in connection with such work and for the depreciation on the tools and equipment. The engineer or other officer or employee shall keep such account, and within ninety days after the completion of any such work shall prepare a detailed and itemized statement of such cost and file the statement with the officer or board vested with authority to direct the doing of the work in question. Such officer or board shall thereupon examine the statement, correct it if necessary, and file it in the office of the officer or board. Such statement shall be kept on file for not less than two years and shall be open to public inspection. This section and section 723.52 of the Revised Code do not apply to any municipal corporations having a charter form of government. Last updated April 9, 2021 at 1:19 PM
Ohio Rev Code § 723.54 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 723 | Streets; Public Grounds|Section 723.54 | Inspection of Bridges.

Effective: June 30, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 74 - 134th General Assembly|The legislative authority of a municipality shall designate a municipal official to have responsibility for inspection of all or portions of bridges within such municipality, except for bridges on the state highway system and the county highway system. This section does not prohibit the municipality from inspecting any bridge within its limits. Such inspection shall be made by a professional engineer or other qualified person under the supervision of a professional engineer on a schedule established by the director of transportation, but at least once every twenty-four months, or more frequently if required by the legislative authority, in accordance with the manual of bridge inspection described in section 5501.47 of the Revised Code. The legislative authority may contract for inspection services. The municipal official responsible for inspection shall maintain an updated inventory record of all bridges in the municipality and indicate on such inventory record who is responsible for inspection and maintenance, and the authority for such responsibilities. The official shall report the condition of all bridges to the municipal legislative authority not later than sixty days after the official's inspection, or shall report more frequently if required by the legislative authority. Any bridge for which the municipality has inspection or maintenance responsibility which, at any time, is found to be in a condition that is or may be a potential danger to life or property shall be identified in reports, and if such official determines that the condition of such a bridge represents an immediate danger the official shall immediately report the condition to the legislative authority. With respect to those bridges where there exists joint maintenance responsibility, the municipal official shall furnish a copy of the official's report to each party responsible for a share of maintenance. "Maintenance" as used in this section means actual performance of maintenance work. Last updated April 9, 2021 at 1:19 PM
Ohio Rev Code § 723.55 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 723 | Streets; Public Grounds|Section 723.55 | Restriction Upon Contract to Construct or Repair Bridges.

Effective: June 11, 1968|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 480 - 107th General Assembly|A municipality shall not contract for or undertake construction or repair of a bridge, for which the cost of such work exceeds fifty thousand dollars, unless the plans are prepared or approved by a professional engineer qualified in the designing of bridges.
Ohio Rev Code § 725.021 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 725 | Urban Renewal Debt Retirement Fund|Section 725.021 | Notice to Board of Education Prior to Grant of Exemption.

Effective: March 27, 1991|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 103 - 118th General Assembly|The municipal corporation shall not take any formal action to enter into a development agreement that exempts improvements to real property from taxation in the manner set forth in section 725.02 of the Revised Code until section 5709.83 of the Revised Code has been complied with.
Ohio Rev Code § 725.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 725 | Urban Renewal Debt Retirement Fund|Section 725.03 | Urban Renewal Debt Retirement Fund.

Effective: July 22, 1994|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 19 - 120th General Assembly|The legislative authority of a municipal corporation upon the authorization of urban renewal bonds, whether a single issue or a series, shall, at the same time, establish an urban renewal debt retirement fund for such single issue or series. The legislative authority shall also establish an urban renewal debt retirement fund upon its adoption of a resolution authorizing the repayment of any loans from the state for public infrastructure capital improvements issued pursuant to Chapter 164. of the Revised Code that were used by the municipal corporation for any urban renewal projects. That fund shall be used to repay such loans. The legislative authority may authorize any urban renewal debt retirement fund to be used for both purposes provided for in this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 725.04 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 725 | Urban Renewal Debt Retirement Fund|Section 725.04 | Semiannual Urban Renewal Service Payments in Lieu of Taxes.

Effective: September 29, 2017|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly|A development agreement shall contain an agreement binding on the owner or owners of the improvements, and all subsequent owners of the improvements, to make semiannual urban renewal service payments, in lieu of taxes upon the improvements during the exemption period, equal annually in the aggregate to the amount of real property taxes that would have been paid on the portion of the assessed valuation of the improvements declared to be a public purpose had an exemption period not been specified by the municipal corporation. A development agreement may contain an obligation binding on the owner or owners of the improvements, and all subsequent owners of the improvements, to make a semiannual urban renewal service payment in an amount that is higher than the amount of real property taxes that would have been paid on the assessed valuation of the improvements had an exemption period not been specified by the municipal corporation. All semiannual urban renewal service payments shall be collected at the same time that real property taxes are collected. The entire amount of these urban renewal service payments, when collected, shall be deposited in an urban renewal debt retirement fund established pursuant to section 725.03 of the Revised Code.If the municipal corporation owns the improvements, it may require the lessee of the improvements to make the semiannual urban renewal service payments required under this section.The legislative authority of the municipal corporation may secure the urban renewal service payments by a lien on the improvements. Such a lien shall attach, and may be perfected, collected, and enforced, in the same manner as a mortgage lien on real property, and shall otherwise have the same force and effect as a mortgage lien on real property.
Ohio Rev Code § 725.06 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 725 | Urban Renewal Debt Retirement Fund|Section 725.06 | Form and Selling of Bonds.

Effective: September 26, 1988|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 774 - 117th General Assembly|Urban renewal bonds issued under section 725.05 of the Revised Code shall be in such form and shall be sold in such manner and upon such terms and price as determined by ordinance of the municipal corporation issuing such bonds to be in the best interest of such municipal corporation.
Ohio Rev Code § 725.08 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 725 | Urban Renewal Debt Retirement Fund|Section 725.08 | Proceeds Used for Urban Renewal Project or Projects.

Effective: September 26, 1988|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 774 - 117th General Assembly|The proceeds of each issue of urban renewal bonds issued pursuant to sections 725.01 to 725.11 of the Revised Code shall be used for the urban renewal project or projects or any parts thereof designated in the ordinance authorizing such issue and the necessary expenses of preparing, printing, and selling said bonds, legal services, and transfer expense, or to advance the payment of interest on such bonds during the first seven years following the date of the bonds, but subject to such conditions, limitations, and covenants with the purchasers and holders of the bonds as shall be provided in the ordinance authorizing the bonds and in the trust agreement securing the same.
Ohio Rev Code § 725.09 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 725 | Urban Renewal Debt Retirement Fund|Section 725.09 | Bonds Not a Debt of State.

Effective: September 26, 1988|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 774 - 117th General Assembly|(A) Urban renewal bonds issued pursuant to divisions (A) and (C) of section 725.05 of the Revised Code do not constitute a debt, or a pledge of the faith and credit of the issuing municipal corporation.All such urban renewal bonds described in this division shall contain on the face thereof a statement to the effect that the bonds, as to both principal and interest, are not a general obligation of the issuing municipal corporation but are payable solely from receipts pledged for their payment.(B) Urban renewal bonds issued pursuant to division (B) of section 725.05 of the Revised Code shall constitute a debt and shall include a pledge of the full faith and credit of the issuing municipal corporation.All such urban renewal bonds described in this division shall contain on the face thereof a statement to the effect that the bonds, as to both principal and interest, are a general obligation of the issuing municipal corporation and include a pledge of the full faith and credit of the issuing municipal corporation.(C) Section 9.96 and sections 9.98 to 9.983 of the Revised Code are applicable to urban renewal bonds, but urban renewal bonds need not comply with and are not subject to the limitations or requirements of any other law applicable to the issuance of bonds and notes or net indebtedness including, but not limited to, Chapter 133. of the Revised Code.(D) Urban renewal bonds and coupons attached thereto shall be executed in the name of the municipal corporation by the manual or facsimile signatures of such official or officials as are then empowered by law to execute bonds payable from the general funds of such municipal corporation. In case any officer whose manual or facsimile signature appears on any such bond or coupon shall cease to be such officer before the delivery of such bonds, such signature shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes as if he had remained in office until such delivery. The ordinance or trust agreement may provide for the certification or authentication of the bonds by the trustee, bond registrar, or fiscal agent thereunder.
Ohio Rev Code § 725.10 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 725 | Urban Renewal Debt Retirement Fund|Section 725.10 | Bonds Are Lawful Investments.

Effective: September 26, 1988|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 774 - 117th General Assembly|Urban renewal bonds issued under sections 725.01 to 725.11 of the Revised Code are lawful investments of banks, savings banks, savings and loan associations, trust companies, trustees, fiduciaries, trustees or other officers having charge of sinking or bond retirement funds of municipal corporations and other subdivisions of this state, and of domestic insurance companies.
Ohio Rev Code § 725.11 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 725 | Urban Renewal Debt Retirement Fund|Section 725.11 | Urban Renewal Bonds Secured by Trust Agreement.

Effective: September 26, 1988|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 774 - 117th General Assembly|Urban renewal bonds issued under sections 725.01 to 725.11 of the Revised Code may be secured by a trust agreement between the municipal corporation and a corporate trustee, which trustee may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without the state.Any such trust agreement and the ordinance providing for the issuance of such bonds may pledge or assign all revenues as defined in division (D) of section 725.01 of the Revised Code, or any part thereof, and all moneys deposited into the urban renewal debt retirement fund established for such bonds pursuant to section 725.03 of the Revised Code and may provide for the holding in trust by the trustee to the extent provided for in the ordinance authorizing such bonds, of all such revenues and moneys.Any such trust agreement, or any ordinance providing for the issuance of such bonds, may contain such provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders as are reasonable and proper and not in violation of law, including covenants setting forth the duties of the municipal corporation.Any bank or trust company incorporated under the laws of this state which may act as trustee or as depository of the proceeds of bonds or revenues may furnish such indemnifying bonds or may pledge such securities as are required by the municipal corporation. Any such trust agreement may set forth the rights and remedies of the bondholders and of the trustee, and may restrict the individual right of action by bondholders as is customary in trust agreements or trust indentures securing bonds or debentures of corporations. Such trust agreements may contain such other provisions as the municipal corporation deems reasonable and proper for the security of the bondholders.
Ohio Rev Code § 727.011 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 727 | Assessments - Generally|Section 727.011 | Control, Planting, Care, and Maintenance of Shade Trees.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|For the purpose of controlling the blight and disease of shade trees within public rights-of-way, and for planting, maintaining, trimming, and removing shade trees in and along the streets of a municipality, the legislative authority of such municipal corporation may establish one or more districts in the municipality designating the boundaries thereof, and may each year thereafter, by ordinance, designate the district in which such control, planting, care, and maintenance shall be effected, setting forth an estimate of the cost and providing for the levy of a special assessment upon all the real property in the district, in the amount and in the manner provided in section 727.01 of the Revised Code, for planting, maintaining, trimming, and removing shade trees. The ordinance shall be adopted as other ordinances and a succinct summary of the ordinance shall be published in the manner provided in section 731.21 of the Revised Code. Bonds and anticipatory notes may be issued in anticipation of the collection of such special assessments, under section 133.17 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 727.012 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 727 | Assessments - Generally|Section 727.012 | Constructing, Maintaining, Repairing, Cleaning, and Enclosing of Ditches.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|For the purpose of constructing, maintaining, repairing, cleaning, and enclosing ditches, the legislative authority of such municipal corporation may establish one or more districts in the municipality designating the boundaries thereof, and may each year thereafter, by ordinance, designate the district in which such constructing, maintaining, repairing, cleaning, and enclosing of ditches shall be effected, setting forth an estimate of the cost and providing for the levying of a special assessment upon all the real property in the district, in the amount and in the manner provided in section 727.01 of the Revised Code, for constructing, maintaining, repairing, cleaning, and enclosing ditches. The ordinance shall be adopted as other ordinances and a succinct summary of the ordinance shall be published in the manner provided in section 731.21 of the Revised Code. Bonds and anticipatory notes may be issued in anticipation of the collection of such special assessments, under section 133.17 of the Revised Code.