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Ohio Rev Code § 517.27 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 517 | Cemeteries|Section 517.27 | Transfer of Cemeteries to Board of Township Trustees.

Effective: April 12, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 444 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) When a public cemetery in a township is not under the control of a municipal corporation, and the title or control is vested in an association or its board of trustees, or is vested in a religious society, whether incorporated or not, or in its board of trustees, and such cemetery is used exclusively for cemetery purposes, such association, society, or board of trustees may convey such grounds to the board of township trustees and its successors in office. Except as provided in division (B) of this section, and subject to the rights of the original grantor, the original grantor's heirs or assigns, the board of township trustees shall accept and take possession of the grounds, and take care of, keep in repair, hold, treat, and manage them in all respects as required by sections 517.01 to 517.32, inclusive, of the Revised Code. (B) A board of township trustees is not required to accept and take possession of the grounds of a public cemetery, or to take care of, keep in repair, hold, treat, or manage the grounds as described in division (A) of this section, if, as a result of the conveyance, any parcel abutting the cemetery grounds or from which the grounds were partitioned or subdivided satisfies any of the following conditions: (1) The parcel is owned by the association or its trustees or the religious society that conveyed the cemetery grounds or by an association, its trustees, or a religious society that is a successor to the association, trustees, or religious society that conveyed the cemetery grounds. (2) Any part of the parcel, including any building or structure situated on the parcel, is used for social, educational, recreational, or religious activities of the association or religious society or of an association or religious society that is a successor to the association, trustees, or religious society that conveyed the cemetery grounds. (3) Any part of the parcel, including any building or structure situated on the parcel, is exempted from property taxation under section 5709.07 or 5709.14 of the Revised Code, or under division (B) of section 5709.12 of the Revised Code on the basis of being used exclusively for charitable purposes by the association or religious society that conveyed the cemetery grounds. (C) When a cemetery association or religious society conveys a cemetery under this section, all cemetery records and funds shall be transferred to the township. Transferred funds shall be used exclusively for cemetery purposes as set forth in section 1721.06 of the Revised Code and any other similar provisions of the Revised Code that require funds to be held in trust for cemetery purposes.
Ohio Rev Code § 517.271 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 517 | Cemeteries|Section 517.271 | Transfer of Cemetery Ownership Rights to Most Recent Owner.

Effective: September 29, 2013|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly|Notwithstanding section 517.22 of the Revised Code, the company, association, or religious society that most recently owned and operated a cemetery currently owned by a board of township trustees may petition the probate court of the county in which the cemetery is located to transfer the ownership of the cemetery to the petitioner. If the court determines that the petitioner has met all of the following conditions, the court shall transfer the ownership of the cemetery to the petitioner and shall order the board to give the petitioner all necessary records and documents concerning the cemetery, including records of the board's sale of any lots pursuant to section 517.07 of the Revised Code:(A) The petitioner has the financial resources necessary to operate and maintain the cemetery;(B) The petitioner is in compliance with all applicable laws and administrative rules concerning the owners and operators of cemeteries, including registration under section 4767.02 of the Revised Code; and(C) The petitioner owes no delinquent taxes.
Ohio Rev Code § 517.28 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 517 | Cemeteries|Section 517.28 | Abandonment of Cemetery Owned by Municipal Corporation.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Where a cemetery is located outside a municipal corporation, and not further therefrom than one mile, and the title to and possession thereof is in such municipal corporation, or such cemetery is under the control of any of the authorities of a municipal corporation, and such municipal corporation has failed to protect or keep the cemetery enclosed with fences for two years, any five freeholders whose property is in the vicinity of such cemetery may apply, by petition, to the probate court of such county, stating in their petition that the municipal corporation has failed to protect such cemetery, and asking for its abandonment or removal. In such action the municipal corporation shall be made defendant and served with summons as in other actions. If it appears to the court upon final hearing, to be to the public interest to have such cemetery abandoned and removed, it shall so order.
Ohio Rev Code § 517.29 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 517 | Cemeteries|Section 517.29 | Neglect of Order by Municipal Corporation Shall Cause Execution Sale.

Effective: November 24, 1995|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 328 - 121st General Assembly|If a municipal corporation fails to remove a cemetery as provided by section 517.28 of the Revised Code for a period of six months after the removal has been ordered by the probate court, the court shall order the premises sold as upon execution. The sale or other transfer shall not operate to give a purchaser possession until the remains interred in that cemetery have been removed as provided by section 759.07 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 517.30 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 517 | Cemeteries|Section 517.30 | Trustees May Erect Monument Commemorating Members of Armed Forces.

Effective: March 22, 2019|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 500 - 132nd General Assembly|A board of township trustees may erect a suitable monument to commemorate the members of the armed forces who died in the service of the United States or of this state. The board, by a majority vote, may appropriate and expend not more than fifty thousand dollars from township funds for the purpose of erecting the monument, according to plans and specifications furnished or approved by the board.
Ohio Rev Code § 517.31 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 517 | Cemeteries|Section 517.31 | Care of Monument.

Effective: April 16, 1993|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 125 - 119th General Assembly|In any township in which the board of township trustees has erected a memorial monument as provided by section 517.30 of the Revised Code, or in which the citizens thereof have erected such a monument, either upon the public grounds of such township or upon grounds therein donated or procured by the citizens for such use, and have caused such grounds to be enclosed, the board may take charge of such monument, grounds, and enclosure, and keep them in repair. For such purpose the board may appropriate and expend such sum of money as required from the township funds.
Ohio Rev Code § 517.32 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 517 | Cemeteries|Section 517.32 | Enclosure of Abandoned Cemetery.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Where the board of county commissioners has enclosed with a substantial fence of stone, iron, or posts and boards, all abandoned public cemeteries in the county, from which the remains of the dead have not been removed, the board of township trustees shall keep the fence in good repair, remove the undergrowth and weeds from such cemetery at least once a year, and pay the expense thereof from township funds.
Ohio Rev Code § 519.01 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 519 | Township Zoning|Section 519.01 | Township Zoning - Agriculture Defined.

Effective: June 4, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 276 - 129th General Assembly|As used in sections 519.02 to 519.25 of the Revised Code, "agriculture" includes farming; ranching; algaculture meaning the farming of algae; aquaculture; apiculture; horticulture; viticulture; animal husbandry, including, but not limited to, the care and raising of livestock, equine, and fur-bearing animals; poultry husbandry and the production of poultry and poultry products; dairy production; the production of field crops, tobacco, fruits, vegetables, nursery stock, ornamental shrubs, ornamental trees, flowers, sod, or mushrooms; timber; pasturage; any combination of the foregoing; and the processing, drying, storage, and marketing of agricultural products when those activities are conducted in conjunction with, but are secondary to, such husbandry or production.
Ohio Rev Code § 519.022 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 519 | Township Zoning|Section 519.022 | Prior Planned-Unit Development Regulations.

Effective: July 26, 1989|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 164 - 118th General Assembly|Any planned-unit development regulations adopted in accordance with section 519.12 of the Revised Code, or any planned-unit developments constructed or approved in a preliminary or final form, under the provisions of a zoning resolution adopted prior to the effective date of this section, if otherwise lawful had they originated on that date, shall be deemed to have been lawful from their origin and the developments shall continue to be governed by regulations in effect at the time of approval, or as modified.
Ohio Rev Code § 519.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 519 | Township Zoning|Section 519.03 | Adoption of Resolution of Intention to Proceed With Township Zoning.

Effective: August 22, 1995|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 99 - 121st General Assembly|Before availing itself of the powers conferred by section 519.02 of the Revised Code, the board of township trustees shall pass a resolution declaring its intention to proceed under sections 519.02 to 519.25 of the Revised Code. The board may act in the following manner:(A) It may adopt such a resolution upon its own initiative.(B) It shall adopt such a resolution if there is presented to it a petition, signed by a number of qualified voters residing in the unincorporated area of the township or part thereof to be included in the zoning plan equal to not less than eight per cent of the total vote cast for all candidates for governor in such area at the most recent general election at which a governor was elected, requesting the board to proceed with township zoning under such sections.
Ohio Rev Code § 519.04 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 519 | Township Zoning|Section 519.04 | Township Zoning Commission.

Effective: March 22, 2019|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 500 - 132nd General Assembly|(A) The board of township trustees of any township proceeding under sections 519.01 to 519.99 of the Revised Code, shall create and establish a township zoning commission. The commission shall be composed of five members who reside in the unincorporated area of the township, to be appointed by the board. The board of township trustees may appoint two alternate members to the township zoning commission, for terms to be determined by the board of township trustees. An alternate member shall take the place of an absent regular member at any meeting of the township zoning commission, according to procedures prescribed by resolution by the board of township trustees. An alternate member shall meet the same appointment criteria as a regular member. When attending a meeting on behalf of an absent member, the alternate member may vote on any matter on which the absent member is authorized to vote. The terms of the regular members shall be of such length and so arranged that the term of one member will expire each year. Where there is a county or regional planning commission the board may appoint qualified members of such commission to serve on the township zoning commission. Each regular or alternate member shall serve until the member's successor is appointed and qualified. (B) Members of the zoning commission shall be removable for nonperformance of duty, misconduct in office, or other cause by the board, upon written charges being filed with the board, after a public hearing has been held regarding the charges, and after a copy of the charges has been served upon the member so charged at least ten days before the hearing, either personally, by registered mail, or by leaving the copy at the member's usual place of residence. The hearing shall occur within sixty days after the charges are filed. The member shall be given an opportunity to be heard and answer the charges. Upon the approval of a majority of the board of township trustees, the member may be suspended from participating as a member of the zoning commission during the period of up to sixty days before the pending hearing on the removal. Vacancies shall be filled by the board and shall be for the unexpired term. A suspension authorized by this section is not a vacancy for purposes of this section. (C) The decision of the board of township trustees regarding the suspension or removal may be appealed under Chapter 2506. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 519.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 519 | Township Zoning|Section 519.05 | Recommendations of Zoning Plan by Commission - Powers and Duties of Commission.

Effective: September 17, 1957|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 403 - 102nd General Assembly|The township rural zoning commission shall submit a plan, including both text and maps, representing the recommendations of the zoning commission for the carrying out by the board of township trustees of the powers, purposes, and provisions set forth in sections 519.01 to 519.99, inclusive, of the Revised Code, including additions to territory in which a township zoning plan is in effect.The zoning commission may, within the limits of the moneys appropriated by the board for the purpose, employ or contract with such planning consultants and executive and other assistants as it deems necessary. The zoning commission shall organize, adopt rules for the transaction of its business, and keep a record of its actions and determinations. Members of the zoning commission may be allowed their expenses, or such compensation, or both, as the board may approve and provide. No township trustee shall be employed by the zoning commission of his township.The zoning commission shall make use of such information and counsel as is available from appropriate public officials, departments, and agencies and such officials, departments, and agencies having information, maps, and data pertinent to township zoning shall make them available for the use of the zoning commission.In any county where there is a county or regional planning commission, the zoning commission may request such planning commission to prepare or make available to the zoning commission a zoning plan, including text and maps, for the unincorporated area of the township or any portion of the same.
Ohio Rev Code § 519.06 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 519 | Township Zoning|Section 519.06 | Public Hearings on Recommendations - Notice.

Effective: September 17, 1957|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 403 - 102nd General Assembly|Before certifying its recommendations of a zoning plan to the board of township trustees, the township zoning commission shall hold at least one public hearing, notice of which shall be given by one publication in one or more newspapers of general circulation in the township at least thirty days before the date of such hearing. The notice shall state the place and time at which the text and maps of the proposed zoning resolution may be examined.
Ohio Rev Code § 519.07 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 519 | Township Zoning|Section 519.07 | Proposed Zoning Resolution to County or Regional Planning Commission; Approval; Public Hearing if Resolution Disapproved; Certification to Township Trustees; Applicability.

Effective: March 22, 2019|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 500 - 132nd General Assembly|(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, following the hearing provided for in section 519.06 of the Revised Code the township zoning commission shall submit the proposed zoning resolution, including text and maps, to the county or regional planning commission of the county or district in which the township is located, if there is such a commission, for approval, disapproval, or suggestions.The approval of the planning commission shall be conclusively presumed unless, within twenty days after receiving the proposed zoning resolution, it notifies the zoning commission to the contrary.In the event the planning commission disapproves of the proposed zoning resolution or suggests any material change, the zoning commission shall hold a public hearing on the resolution, due notice of which shall be given as provided in section 519.06 of the Revised Code.When the zoning commission has completed its recommendations for a zoning plan it shall certify the plan to the board of township trustees.(B) The township zoning commission of a township that has adopted a limited home rule government under Chapter 504. of the Revised Code is not subject to division (A) of this section but may choose to comply with division (A) of this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 519.08 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 519 | Township Zoning|Section 519.08 | Public Hearing on Zoning Plan.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|After receiving the certification of a zoning plan from the township zoning commission, and before adoption of any zoning resolution, the board of township trustees shall hold a public hearing on the resolution, at least thirty days' notice of the time and place of which shall be given by one publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the township.
Ohio Rev Code § 519.09 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 519 | Township Zoning|Section 519.09 | Changes in Text or Maps - Second Public Hearing.

Effective: September 17, 1957|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 403 - 102nd General Assembly|No change in or departure from the text or maps, as certified by the township zoning commission, shall be made by the board of township trustees unless it is first resubmitted to the commission for approval, disapproval, or suggestions. Upon receipt of the recommendations of the township rural zoning commission regarding the proposed changes, the board of township trustees shall hold a second public hearing, at least ten days notice of the time and place of which shall be given by one publication in one or more newspapers of general circulation in the township affected. If such changes are disapproved by the zoning commission, the provision so disapproved must receive the favorable vote of the entire membership of the board of township trustees in order to be adopted.
Ohio Rev Code § 519.10 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 519 | Township Zoning|Section 519.10 | Trustees to Vote Upon Adoption of Resolution.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|After receiving the recommended zoning plan from the township zoning commission and holding the public hearing provided for by section 519.08 of the Revised Code the board of township trustees shall consider such recommendations and vote upon the adoption of the zoning resolution.
Ohio Rev Code § 519.11 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 519 | Township Zoning|Section 519.11 | Zoning Plan to Be Submitted to Electors - Majority Vote Required for Approval.

Effective: July 2, 2010|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 48 - 128th General Assembly|If the zoning resolution is adopted by the board of township trustees, such board shall cause the question of whether or not the proposed plan of zoning shall be put into effect to be submitted to the electors residing in the unincorporated area of the township included in the proposed plan of zoning for their approval or rejection at the next primary or general election, or a special election may be called for this purpose. Such resolution shall be filed with the board of elections not later than four p.m. of the ninetieth day before the day of the election. No zoning regulations shall be put into effect unless a majority of the vote cast on the issue is in favor of the proposed plan of zoning. Upon certification by the board of elections the resolution shall take immediate effect, if the plan was so approved. Within five working days after the resolution's effective date, the board of township trustees shall file it, including text and maps, in the office of the county recorder. The board shall also file duplicates of the same documents with the regional or county planning commission, if one exists, within the same period.The board shall file all resolutions, including text and maps, that are in effect on January 1, 1992, in the office of the county recorder within thirty working days after that date. The board shall also file duplicates of the same documents with the regional or county planning commission, if one exists, within the same period.The failure to file a resolution, or any text and maps, or duplicates of any of these documents, with the office of the county recorder or the county or regional planning commission as required by this section does not invalidate the resolution and is not grounds for an appeal of any decision of the board of zoning appeals.
Ohio Rev Code § 519.121 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 519 | Township Zoning|Section 519.121 | Ratification of Zoning Amendments.

Effective: July 6, 1956|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 948 - 101st General Assembly|All amendments or supplements to a township zoning plan adopted by a board of township trustees prior to the effective date of this act, except those amendments or supplements which a court of competent jurisdiction has declared unlawful or unreasonable or which are the subject of an action now pending in such a court, are hereby ratified and shall be valid amendments or supplements to such zoning plan regardless of the procedure followed with respect to such amendments or supplements prior to their adoption by a board of township trustees, except that no right of appeal on the issue of the unlawful or unreasonable character of an amendment or supplement shall be lost by the provisions of this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 519.122 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 5 | Townships|Chapter 519 | Township Zoning|Section 519.122 | Statute of Limitation on Procedural Challenges.

Effective: October 25, 1995|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 50 - 121st General Assembly|No action challenging the validity of a zoning resolution or of any amendment to such a resolution because of a procedural error in the adoption of the resolution or amendment shall be brought more than two years after the adoption of the resolution or amendment.No action alleging procedural error in the actions of a township board of zoning appeals in the granting of a zoning variance or conditional use certificate as provided for in sections 519.14 and 519.15 of the Revised Code shall be brought more than two years after the variance or certificate was granted.