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Ohio Rev Code § 5563.09 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5563 | Appeals in County Road Cases|Section 5563.09 | Right to View Premises Before Testimony Is Submitted.

Effective: January 1, 1966|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 94 - 106th General Assembly|On motion of either party, the jury, under the care of an officer of the court and with such persons as the court may designate to show them the premises, and before any testimony shall be submitted, except the plat and a survey of the improvement and the title papers of the claimant, if produced, which the jury may take with them, shall examine the route or location of the road improvement as petitioned for or ordered, and after making such examination the jury shall return to the court at the time appointed. After the jury has returned the parties shall offer their evidence to it, under the direction of the court, upon the matters appealed from. The rules of law and procedure governing civil cases in the court of common pleas apply to the trial of the cause in the probate court.
Ohio Rev Code § 5563.10 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5563 | Appeals in County Road Cases|Section 5563.10 | Verdict of Jury - Court to Make Finding.

Effective: March 17, 1987|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 412 - 116th General Assembly|At the conclusion of a trial under section 5563.05 of the Revised Code, the judge shall charge the jury and the jury shall determine in its verdict whether the improvement petitioned for or granted will be conducive to the public convenience and welfare, if an order establishing the proposed improvement or dismissing or refusing to grant the prayer of the petition is appealed. The court shall make a finding for or against the improvement, based on the verdict of the jury.
Ohio Rev Code § 5563.11 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5563 | Appeals in County Road Cases|Section 5563.11 | Taxing Costs.

Effective: September 24, 1963|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 91 - 105th General Assembly|The probate judge or the common pleas judge shall make a record of all proceedings before him, and tax the costs, which shall include jury fees, in favor of the prevailing party and against the losing party. If more than one matter is appealed from, and a party prevails as to one matter and loses as to another, the court shall determine how much of the costs each party shall pay. The costs on motions or continuance and the like shall be taxed and paid as the court directs. If there are several persons upon the side taxed with costs, the court shall apportion the costs equitably among them. In case several persons are interested on one side of the case and part of them fail, the court shall make such order as to costs as is just and equitable. In cases not specifically provided for, the court shall render such judgment in respect to costs as is equitable. The board of county commissioners shall pay any costs adjudged against them out of the county treasury.
Ohio Rev Code § 5563.12 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5563 | Appeals in County Road Cases|Section 5563.12 | Enforcement of Judgment.

Effective: September 24, 1963|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 91 - 105th General Assembly|Any judgment rendered by the probate court or the common pleas court in favor of any party in a road improvement cause may be enforced by execution issued out of the court, on its own motion or at the instance of the persons entitled to said judgment or a part thereof, and the money, when collected, shall be paid to the persons respectively entitled thereto.
Ohio Rev Code § 5563.13 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5563 | Appeals in County Road Cases|Section 5563.13 | Transcript and Papers Certified to County Auditor.

Effective: September 24, 1963|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 91 - 105th General Assembly|The probate judge or the common pleas judge shall make a record of all proceedings had in the court on appeal in a road improvement case, and after the termination of such proceedings, or at the conclusion of an appeal, if an appeal is prosecuted, shall certify the record to the county auditor, together with all of the original papers filed with the court on appeal.
Ohio Rev Code § 5563.16 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5563 | Appeals in County Road Cases|Section 5563.16 | Fees and Compensation Taxed as Costs.

Effective: January 1, 1966|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 94 - 106th General Assembly|For their services required on appeal the officers and other persons mentioned in sections 5563.01 to 5563.17, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be entitled to the fees and compensation to which they are entitled for like services in other cases. The persons appointed by the court to show the premises to the jury shall receive such compensation as the court directs, and such compensation shall be taxed with the other costs in the case.
Ohio Rev Code § 5563.17 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5563 | Appeals in County Road Cases|Section 5563.17 | Procedure After Judgment Establishing Improvement.

Effective: January 1, 1966|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 94 - 106th General Assembly|If an appeal is taken from the order of the board of county commissioners dismissing or refusing to grant the prayer of a petition for a road improvement, and the jury finds in favor of such improvement, the court shall render judgment establishing such improvement, unless a new trial is granted by the court, and the said improvement shall be established unless the judgment of such court is reversed. The board shall thereupon take the necessary steps to have the improvement platted and surveyed, and shall proceed to have the compensation and damages, on account of such improvement, determined.
Ohio Rev Code § 5571.011 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5571 | Board of Township Trustees|Section 5571.011 | Relocating Roads.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|If a person through whose land a public road has been established which is under the jurisdiction of a board of township trustees, desires to turn or change or relocate such road or any part thereof through any part of the person's land, the person may file a petition with such board of township trustees setting forth briefly the particular change desired. Upon receipt of such petition, the board of township trustees shall give notice by publication once, not later than two weeks prior to the date which such board shall fix for a hearing on such petition, in a newspaper of general circulation in said township, stating that such petition has been filed and setting forth the change desired in such road and the date and place of such hearing. Upon receipt of such a petition the board of township trustees shall cause a competent engineer to make a survey of the ground over which the road is proposed to be changed, and to make a report in writing, together with a plat and survey of the proposed change and the engineer's opinion as to its advantage or disadvantage. The report of such engineer shall be filed with the board prior to the hearing of such petition.At the hearing had on the petition the board of township trustees may hear evidence for or against changing the road, and if the board is satisfied that the proposed change will not cause serious injury or disadvantage to the public, it may make a finding of such fact in its journal and authorize the petitioner to change such road in conformity with the prayer of the petition. The board may grant the change as prayed for in the petition, or it may order such change of the route of such road as will, in its judgment, be for the best interest of the public.Upon receiving satisfactory evidence that the road has been changed as authorized by it, and opened to the legal width and improved as required by it, the board of township trustees shall declare such new road a public highway and cause a record thereof to be made and at the same time vacate so much of the old road as is rendered unnecessary by the new road. The person petitioning for such change shall in all cases pay all costs and expenses in connection with the proceeding, as found and determined by the board, and the expense of making such change, including the cost of relocation of any conduits, cables, wires, towers, poles or other equipment or appliances of any public utility, located on, over or under such road. The petitioner shall, on the filing of the petition for such change, give bond to the satisfaction of the board in such amount as it determines to secure payment of the costs of the proceeding and to cover the expense of making the change asked for by the petition.
Ohio Rev Code § 5571.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5571 | Board of Township Trustees|Section 5571.02 | Control and Maintenance of Township Roads.

Effective: June 10, 2004|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 299 - 125th General Assembly|The board of township trustees shall have control of the township roads of its township and, except for those township roads the board places on nonmaintained status pursuant to section 5571.20 of the Revised Code, shall keep them in good repair. The board of township trustees, with the approval of the board of county commissioners or the director of transportation, may maintain or repair a county road, or intercounty highway, or state highway within the limits of its township.In the maintenance and repair of roads, the board of township trustees may proceed in any of the following methods:(A) It may designate one of its number to have charge of the maintenance and repair of roads within the township.(B) It may divide the township into three road districts, in which event each trustee shall have charge of the maintenance and repair of roads within one of those districts.(C) It may appoint some competent person, not a member of the board of township trustees, to have charge of maintenance and repair of roads within the township, who shall be known as "township highway superintendent" and shall serve at the pleasure of the board.The method to be followed in each township shall be determined by the board of township trustees by resolution entered on its records.
Ohio Rev Code § 5571.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5571 | Board of Township Trustees|Section 5571.03 | Compensation of Trustees.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|When the board of township trustees determines to proceed in the method provided by division (A) or (B) of section 5571.02 of the Revised Code, the trustee designated to have charge of the maintenance and repair of roads and culverts within the township, or within a road district thereof, shall receive the compensation provided by section 505.24 of the Revised Code for each day of service in the discharge of such duties, but the total compensation of any trustee to be paid from the treasury under this section and all other sections of the Revised Code shall not exceed the maximum provided by such section in any year.
Ohio Rev Code § 5571.04 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5571 | Board of Township Trustees|Section 5571.04 | Compensation of Superintendent.

Effective: March 20, 2019|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 291 - 132nd General Assembly|When the board of township trustees determines to proceed as provided in division (C) of section 5571.02 of the Revised Code and appoints a highway superintendent, except as otherwise provided in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, the superintendent shall, before entering upon the discharge of the official duties of superintendent, give bond to the state, for the use of the township, in the sum of two thousand dollars, conditioned upon the faithful performance of the official duties of superintendent. The bond shall be approved by the board of township trustees and filed with the township fiscal officer. The board of township trustees shall fix the compensation of the superintendent, which compensation shall be paid from the township road fund. The compensation and all proper and necessary expenses, when approved by the board of township trustees, shall be paid by the township fiscal officer upon the fiscal officer's warrant.
Ohio Rev Code § 5571.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5571 | Board of Township Trustees|Section 5571.05 | Supervision of Maintenance and Repair of Township Roads.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|In the maintenance and repair of roads, the board of township trustees and any township highway superintendent appointed by it, shall be subject to the general supervision and direction of the county engineer. Such board of township trustees shall follow the direction of the engineer as to methods to be followed in making repairs.
Ohio Rev Code § 5571.06 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5571 | Board of Township Trustees|Section 5571.06 | Persons Not to Be Counted Either for or Against the Improvement.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|In determining whether the required number of persons, necessary to give the board of township trustees jurisdiction, have signed the petition asking for a road improvement, the following persons shall not be counted either for or against the improvement:(A) Resident landowners whose only real estate within the legal assessment distance of such road is located in a municipal corporation;(B) Owners of life and leasehold estates;(C) Minors and other persons under legal disability, unless represented by legal guardians, in which case the action of the guardian shall be binding upon such persons;(D) Lot or landowners who are not otherwise taxed than to raise the proportion of the cost of such improvement, to be paid by the township as a whole.All tenants in common of any undivided estate, resident within the county, shall be counted as a unit, and if all are not united, either for or against the improvement, none shall be counted in determining whether the requisite number of persons have signed such petition.No person signing a petition shall be permitted to withdraw therefrom unless the board finds that there was fraud or misrepresentation in obtaining his signature.
Ohio Rev Code § 5571.07 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5571 | Board of Township Trustees|Section 5571.07 | Petition by Landowners - Duties of Board of Township Trustees.

Effective: January 10, 1961|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 104th General Assembly|When a petition, signed by at least fifty-one per cent of the land owners or lot owners, residents of the county, who are to be specifically taxed or assessed for such improvement as provided in this section, or signed by the owner of the right to mine coal lying under or adjacent to the proposed improvement, is presented to the board of township trustees asking for the construction, reconstruction, resurfacing, or improvement of any public road or part thereof, the board shall, within thirty days after such petition is presented, go upon the line of the proposed improvement and, after viewing it, determine whether the public convenience and welfare require that such improvement be made. If the board determines to proceed with the improvement, it shall so declare by appropriate resolution, which resolution shall set forth the general route and termini of the improvement and the general manner in which such road is to be improved and such other information as the board deems necessary. Such resolution may also provide for the establishment of an appropriate detour route or for the temporary closing of the road to be improved. The petition shall state the method of paying the compensation, damages, and costs of the improvement desired by the petitioners, who may request that the same be apportioned and paid in any one of the methods provided by section 5573.07 of the Revised Code, provided, that if a petition signed by the owner of the right to mine coal lying under or adjacent to the proposed improvement, is filed with a board of township trustees as provided in this section, such petitioner shall pay the costs and expenses incurred by such board in connection with the proceedings initiated by such petition, and the costs and expenses of making such improvement including compensation and damages, and including the cost of relocation of any conduits, cables, wires, towers, poles, or other equipment or appliances of any public utility, located on, over, or under the portion of the road affected by such improvement, and, on demand by the board, shall give bond to the satisfaction of the board in such amount as the board determines, to secure the payment of all such costs and expenses.
Ohio Rev Code § 5571.08 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5571 | Board of Township Trustees|Section 5571.08 | Removal of Obstructions.

Effective: June 10, 2004|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 299 - 125th General Assembly|Except as provided in section 5571.20 of the Revised Code, the board of township trustees shall cause all the township roads within the township to be kept free from obstruction by snow. The cost and expense thereof shall be paid from the road funds of the township or from the funds allocated to the township by section 5735.27 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 5571.09 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5571 | Board of Township Trustees|Section 5571.09 | Suits by Board of Township Trustees.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The board of township trustees may bring and maintain all suits involving an injury to any townhsip road, ditch, drain, or watercourse under the jurisdiction of such board and for the prevention of injury thereto. In case such road, ditch, drain, or watercourse is under the jurisdiction of two or more boards of township trustees, such joint board may bring and maintain such action. Such board or joint board may recover, by suit or otherwise, any real estate or interest therein, legal or equitable, belonging to the township, or any money or other property due the township.
Ohio Rev Code § 5571.10 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5571 | Board of Township Trustees|Section 5571.10 | Landscape and Beautification Projects.

Effective: October 8, 2001|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 174 - 124th General Assembly|As part of improving or maintaining any road, upon petition or otherwise, the board of township trustees may provide for landscape and beautification projects along the road. Such projects may include planting trees or other plants and installing and maintaining decorative pathways, walls, signage, fencing, banners, fountains, and other similar features.In providing for the projects, the board shall proceed in accordance with Chapter 5575. of the Revised Code.The cost of the projects may be paid by any of the methods provided in section 5573.07 of the Revised Code, as determined by the board by resolution. If the board finds that the projects will result in general as well as special benefits, the portion of the cost that is found to represent the value of the general benefit may be paid from the general fund of the township treasury.
Ohio Rev Code § 5571.12 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5571 | Board of Township Trustees|Section 5571.12 | Dragging Graveled and Unimproved Roads Semiannually.

Effective: June 10, 2004|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 299 - 125th General Assembly|Except as provided in section 5571.20 of the Revised Code, the board of township trustees shall cause the graveled and unimproved public roads of the township to be dragged. At the beginning of each fiscal half year, the board, before making any other appropriations from the township road fund, shall appropriate and set aside a sum sufficient to meet the expense of dragging the graveled and unimproved public roads of the township during the ensuing six months. That sum shall not be used for any purpose other than that for which it was appropriated.The board from time to time shall designate the roads to be dragged and furnish suitable road drags, hones, scrapers, or other tools, which shall be paid for out of the road fund. The work of dragging the graveled and unimproved public roads of the township, or of any road district of the township, shall be done under the supervision of one of the township trustees or the township highway superintendent designated to have charge of the maintenance and repair of roads as provided in section 5571.02 of the Revised Code. That trustee or superintendent shall employ the necessary labor and teams at a price to be fixed by the board. Bills for dragging shall be paid from the dragging fund upon the order of the board.
Ohio Rev Code § 5571.14 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5571 | Board of Township Trustees|Section 5571.14 | Object Bounding Township Road May Be Declared Public Nuisance.

Effective: March 31, 2003|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 513 - 124th General Assembly|(A) A board of township trustees or township highway superintendent may determine that an object bounding any township road and located wholly or in part on the land belonging to the road interferes with snow or ice removal from, the maintenance of, or the proper grading, draining, or dragging of the road, causes the drifting of snow on the road, or in any other manner obstructs or endangers the public travel of the road. The board or superintendent then may declare the object to be a public nuisance and order the owner, agent, or occupant of the land on or bordering upon which the object is maintained to remove it within thirty days. If that person refuses or neglects to comply with the order, the board or superintendent shall have the object removed. The expense incurred in that removal shall be certified to the county auditor and entered on the tax duplicate against that land, to be collected in the same manner as other taxes.(B)(1) The authority granted in this section is in addition to the authority granted in section 5543.14 of the Revised Code to remove vegetation and the authority granted in section 5547.03 of the Revised Code to remove objects or structures constituting obstructions.(2) The authority granted in this section applies to land belonging to a township road whether owned in fee simple or by easement.(3) Objects that may be declared to be a public nuisance under this section include a fence, post, pole, athletic or recreational apparatus, rock, or berm, any vegetation, or any other object identified by the board or superintendent as interfering with or obstructing the township road under division (A) of this section.(C) The authority granted in this section does not apply to an object that is lawfully entitled to be maintained on land belonging to a township road pursuant to a franchise or other grant of public authority.