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Ohio Rev Code § 4955.45 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4955 | Tracks; Crossings|Section 4955.45 | Railroad Quiet Zones - Report to Commission - Crossing Inspections - Additional Safety Measures.

Effective: November 18, 2004|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 247 - 125th General Assembly|(A) Each municipal corporation or township that has established a railroad quiet zone pursuant to sections 4955.41 to 4955.47 of the Revised Code shall submit a report to the commission every three years after the date of first operation of the zone. The report shall be in such form and contain such information as the commission shall prescribe by rule, including, but not limited to, information on the number of traffic citations issued at the crossing, roadway traffic counts at the crossing, and changes to the crossing and roadway due to construction or improvements.(B) Once every three years after the date of first operation of a railroad quiet zone established pursuant to section 4955.42 of the Revised Code, the public utilities commission shall inspect each public grade crossing in the zone and issue a report documenting the compliance of the zone with the commission order issued under that section. The commission also may inspect such a crossing at any other time.(C) The commission at any time and by order, after notice and opportunity for the filing of comments, may require at a public grade crossing in a railroad quiet zone established pursuant to section 4955.42 of the Revised Code the implementation and use of such safety measures as it considers necessary and appropriate to ensure that safety measures are appropriate and adequate for the crossing or to ensure compliance with an order issued under division (C) of that section or with the guidelines for the use and operation of those measures as set forth in Appendix (A) of 65 F.R. 2230 to 2270, including to the extent such guidelines are applicable upon any adoption of regulations pursuant to the "Swift Rail Development Act," Pub. L. No. 103-440, 108 Stat. 4615, 49 U.S.C. 20153.
Ohio Rev Code § 4955.47 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4955 | Tracks; Crossings|Section 4955.47 | Railroad Quiet Zones - Railroads and Employees Not Liable for Acts in Compliance.

Effective: September 29, 2013|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly|No railroad company and no employee or agent of the company shall be charged, or is liable in damages to person or property, for any failure to sound an audible warning by whistle, horn, bell, or other audible warning device at a railroad grade crossing to which any of the following apply: (A) The crossing is equipped in accordance with division (B)(2) of section 4955.32 of the Revised Code.(B) The crossing is located in a railroad quiet zone established pursuant to section 4955.42 of the Revised Code.(C) The crossing is located in a jurisdiction in which such sounding is restricted or prohibited by law.
Ohio Rev Code § 4957.01 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4957 | Elimination of Crossings|Section 4957.01 | Alteration or Elimination of Grade or Other Crossings.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|If the legislative authority of a municipal corporation in which a railroad and a street or other public highway cross each other at a grade or otherwise, or the board of county commissioners of a county in which a railroad and a public road or highway cross each other at grade, and the board of directors of the railroad company are of the opinion that the security and convenience of the public require alterations in such crossing, the approaches to such crossing, the location of the railroad or public way, or the grades thereof, so as to avoid a crossing at grade, or that such crossing should be discontinued with or without building a new way in substitution for it, and if they agree as to the alterations they may be made as provided in sections 4957.02 to 4957.09, inclusive, of the Revised Code. The board of county commissioners of a county has the same powers with respect to that part of a state, county, or township road which lies within the limits of a municipal corporation as are conferred upon municipal corporations to alter, or require to be altered, any railroad crossings, or to require any improvement in connection with them to be made, and to apportion the cost thereof between the county and such railroad as is provided in sections 4957.10 to 4957.26, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 4957.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4957 | Elimination of Crossings|Section 4957.02 | Resolution to Alter or Abolish.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|When it is deemed necessary by a municipal corporation or a county to join with any railroad company in the alteration or abolition of a grade or other crossing, the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, by a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to it, or the board of county commissioners of the county, by a unanimous vote, by resolution, shall declare such necessity and intent, and state in it the manner in which the alterations in the crossing are to be made, giving the method of constructing the new crossing with the grades for the railroad and public way, what land or other property it is necessary to appropriate and how the cost is to be apportioned between the municipal corporation or county and the railroad company, and by whom the work of construction is to be done and how its cost is to be apportioned between the municipal corporation or county and the railroad company.Such resolution shall be published and notice of its passage given to owners of property abutting on the proposed improvement, in the manner provided as to resolutions of a city legislative authority declaring the necessity of a contemplated public improvement. Claims for damages caused must be filed in the manner and within the time prescribed in such cases.
Ohio Rev Code § 4957.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4957 | Elimination of Crossings|Section 4957.03 | Ordinance or Resolution to Proceed With Improvement.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|In not less than thirty nor more than ninety days after the passage of the resolution referred to in section 4957.02 of the Revised Code, the legislative authority of a municipal corporation or the board of county commissioners shall determine whether it will proceed with the proposed improvement. If it is decided to proceed with the improvement, an ordinance by the legislative authority or resolution by the board shall be passed, which ordinance or resolution must contain, in addition to the conditions stated in such resolution, the plans and specifications of the proposed alteration and improvement, a statement of the damages claimed or likely to accrue by reason of it, how the payment of such damages is to be apportioned between the municipal corporation or county and the railroad company, and who shall supervise the work of construction. Upon the acceptance of this resolution or ordinance by resolution by the company through its board of directors, it shall constitute an agreement, valid and binding on the municipal corporation or county and the company respectively. Such agreement shall be filed in the court of common pleas of the county in which the crossing is located for entry upon its records, whereupon it shall have the same effect as a decree of the court.
Ohio Rev Code § 4957.04 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4957 | Elimination of Crossings|Section 4957.04 | Acquiring Necessary Property - Sale to Railroad Company.

Effective: January 1, 1966|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 94 - 106th General Assembly|The land or property required to make the alteration in the street or highway necessitated by a proposed crossing improvement, shall be purchased or appropriated by the municipal corporation or county in the manner provided for in sections 163.01 to 163.22, inclusive, of the Revised Code. The land or property required to make the alteration in the railroad necessitated by the proposed improvement shall be purchased or appropriated by the railroad company in the manner provided for in sections 163.01 to 163.22, inclusive, of the Revised Code. The municipal corporation or county may also acquire the land or property, or a part thereof, required to make the alteration in the railroad and subsequently sell the same or a part thereof at private sale to the railroad for such purposes, and execute and deliver a deed for it.
Ohio Rev Code § 4957.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4957 | Elimination of Crossings|Section 4957.05 | Apportionment of Cost.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The cost of the construction of the improvement in a crossing, including the cost of land or property purchased or appropriated, and the payment of damages to abutting property shall be apportioned as follows:(A) The railroad company, or companies if several railroads cross a public way at or near the same point, shall pay, unless otherwise agreed upon, fifteen per cent;(B) The municipal corporation or county shall pay eighty-five per cent.
Ohio Rev Code § 4957.06 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4957 | Elimination of Crossings|Section 4957.06 | Cost of Maintenance of Bridge Borne by County or State.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|After the completion of the crossing alteration, the crossings and approaches shall be kept in repair as follows:(A) When the public way crosses a railroad, or railroad and interurban railroad, by an overhead bridge, the cost of maintenance must be borne by the county or the state as may be provided by law.(B) When the public way passes under a railroad, or railroad and interurban railroad, the bridge and its abutments shall be kept and maintained by the railroad company, or the railroad company and interurban railroad company, as the case may be, in such proportions as are fixed by agreement between the parties or, in the absence of such agreement, in such proportions as may be fixed by the court of common pleas of the county in which the improvement is located, and the public way and its approaches shall be maintained and kept in repair by the county in which they are situated or by the state as may be provided by law.
Ohio Rev Code § 4957.07 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4957 | Elimination of Crossings|Section 4957.07 | Assessment and Determination of Damages.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|All claims for damages by reason of a crossing improvement, filed as provided in section 4957.02 of the Revised Code, shall be assessed and determined as in other cases of public improvements within cities, wherein like claims are made, either before the beginning or after the completion of the proposed crossing improvement, as the legislative authority of the municipal corporation or board of county commissioners decides, when it is determined to proceed with such improvement.
Ohio Rev Code § 4957.08 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4957 | Elimination of Crossings|Section 4957.08 | Company Failing to Comply With Agreement.

Effective: November 1, 1977|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 219 - 112th General Assembly|If a railroad company fails to comply with any provision of an agreement entered of record in a court of common pleas as provided in section 4957.03 of the Revised Code, on application of a city director of law or prosecuting attorney, stating the nature of its failure, the court shall make orders and decrees to enforce the terms of the agreement and the requirements of law relating to it, and to secure compliance with it by the railroad company, as it deems just and proper. If necessary, the court may enjoin the company from the use of its tracks and the operation of its railroad on and over the crossing in question until it complies with the order or decree as is made.
Ohio Rev Code § 4957.09 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4957 | Elimination of Crossings|Section 4957.09 | Grade Crossing on County Line Road.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|When a grade crossing is on a county line road, the boards of county commissioners of the counties in which such crossing is situated may join in all the proceedings necessary for the abolition of such grade crossing. That part of the cost of making such change in the crossing and of keeping it in repair which is not agreed to be paid by the railroad company shall be paid by the counties in equal proportions. The money for such purpose shall be raised as in cases of county road crossings.
Ohio Rev Code § 4957.10 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4957 | Elimination of Crossings|Section 4957.10 | Powers as to Grades Above or Below Railroad Tracks.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Any municipal corporation may raise or lower, or cause to be raised or lowered, the grade of any street or way owned by it, either within or without its municipal limits, above or below railroad tracks, and may require any railroad company operating a railroad across such streets or ways to raise or lower the grade of its tracks and may construct ways or crossings above the tracks of any railroad, or require the railroad company to construct ways or crossings that are to be passed under its tracks. "Railroad" includes interurban railroads and "railroad company" includes interurban railroad companies engaged in the operation of cars by electricity or other motive power. Any municipal corporation may require such railroad company to erect permanent piers, abutments, or any other appropriate supports in the ways, crossings, streets, roads, or alleys, whenever in the opinion of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, the raising or lowering of the grade of any such railroad tracks, or the raising or lowering of the construction of such ways, crossings, or other supports may be necessary, upon the conditions set forth in sections 4957.10 to 4957.26, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 4957.11 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4957 | Elimination of Crossings|Section 4957.11 | Changes in Location of Public Ways.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|When the legislative authority of a municipal corporation deems it necessary in the abolishment of grade crossings to change the location of any street, alley, road, or way such legislative authority may relocate such street, alley, road, or way, or any part thereof, may vacate the whole or any portion of such street, alley, road, or way abandoned by such relocation, and cause the improvements contemplated to be placed in such relocated street, alley, road, or way.
Ohio Rev Code § 4957.12 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4957 | Elimination of Crossings|Section 4957.12 | Preparation of Plans and Specifications.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The legislative authority of a municipal corporation, for the purpose of making or causing a crossing improvement to be made, by ordinance may require the railroad company, in co-operation with the engineer of the municipal corporation, or the engineer designated in such ordinance, to prepare and submit to such legislative authority, within three months unless longer time is mutually agreed upon in writing, plans and specifications for such improvement, specifying the number, character, and location of all piers and supports which are to be permanently placed in any street or way in such municipal corporation, specifying the grades to be established for the streets and the height, character, and estimated cost of any viaduct or way above or below any railroad track, and the change of grade required to be made of such tracks, including the sidetracks and switches. In changing the grade of any railroad, no grade shall be required to exceed the established maximum or ruling grade governing the operations of engines of that division or part of the railroad on which the improvement is to be made, without the consent of the company, nor shall the company's tracks or such highway, street, or way, be required to be placed below high-water mark.
Ohio Rev Code § 4957.13 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4957 | Elimination of Crossings|Section 4957.13 | Court to Determine Manner of Improvement.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|If at the expiration of three months from the passage of the ordinance referred to in section 4957.12 of the Revised Code, the railroad company has refused or failed to co-operate in the preparation of plans and specifications, or if the engineer of the municipal corporation, or engineer designated in such ordinance by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, and the company fail to agree upon the plans and specifications for such improvement, then either the company or municipal corporation may submit the matter of determining the method by which the improvement shall be made to the court of common pleas having jurisdiction in the county in which the municipal corporation is situated.
Ohio Rev Code § 4957.14 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4957 | Elimination of Crossings|Section 4957.14 | Petition to Court.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Either the municipal corporation or the railroad company, after the expiration of three months from the passage of the ordinance referred to by section 4957.12 of the Revised Code, may apply to the court of common pleas by petition accompanied by the necessary plans prepared by the municipal corporation or company, asking that any grade crossing be abolished. Such plans must show the grades to be established for such streets, the changes to be made in the location of streets, alleys, roads, or ways, the height, character, and estimated cost of any viaduct or way above or below railroad tracks, the number, character, and location of piers, abutments, and supports to be permanently located in the streets, alleys, roads, or ways in the municipal corporation, and the change of grade to be made in any railroad tracks, including sidetracks and switches.
Ohio Rev Code § 4957.15 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4957 | Elimination of Crossings|Section 4957.15 | Procedure.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Upon the filing of a petition under section 4957.14 of the Revised Code, accompanied by plans, the railroad company or municipal corporation opposed to the prayer of such petition, or directly interested in it, shall have the right, within sixty days thereafter, to file an answer to such petition and to present other plans for the abolition of such crossing. After the expiration of such period of sixty days, the court shall proceed to a hearing upon the petition and any answers that have been filed, which hearing must be advanced upon the docket upon motion of either party. After examination of all plans presented to it and after hearing the evidence, the court shall make a finding as to whether the security and convenience of the public require that alterations be made in the crossing or the approaches to it, or in the location of the railroad or public way, or any grades thereof, so as to avoid a crossing at common grade, or that such crossings, or any of them, be discontinued with or without building a new way in substitution therefor, and whether such plans or any of them are reasonable and practicable.
Ohio Rev Code § 4957.16 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4957 | Elimination of Crossings|Section 4957.16 | Order of the Court.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|If the court finds that the public security and convenience require the changes to be made, and that the plans presented by the petitioner or any of the parties answering thereto are reasonable and practicable, as provided in section 4957.15 of the Revised Code, it shall order the changes to be made in accordance with the most reasonable and practicable plan presented to the court. The municipal corporation shall be required to make such changes in the streets, roads, or highways as are necessary, and the railroad company to make the changes necessary in the tracks and roadbed, in order to comply with the rulings of the court. If more than one company owns tracks on the crossing in question, the court shall apportion the part of the expenses payable by the companies among such companies. If the court finds that the security and convenience of the public do not require that alterations be made in such crossing, or that none of the plans are reasonable or practicable, the improvement shall not be made upon such plans.Either party feeling aggrieved by the decision and order of the court may appeal as in other civil cases, the hearing of which shall be advanced upon the docket upon motion of either party.
Ohio Rev Code § 4957.17 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4957 | Elimination of Crossings|Section 4957.17 | Writ of Mandamus.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|If a municipal corporation or railroad company refuses or neglects to comply with the orders or findings made by the court as provided in section 4957.16 of the Revised Code, the court may enforce its orders or findings by either mandamus or mandatory injunction, or as for contempt of court, as the necessity of the case requires, upon the application of either party to such proceedings.