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Ohio Rev Code § 727.34 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 727 | Assessments - Generally|Section 727.34 | Lien of Assessment or Installment.

Effective: November 1, 1991|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 104 - 119th General Assembly|The lien of an assessment or any installment thereof shall continue for two years from date of passage of the ordinance under section 727.25 of the Revised Code, and no longer, unless the municipal corporation, before the expiration of such time, causes it to be certified to the county auditor for entry upon the tax lists for collection under section 727.30 or 727.33 of the Revised Code, or causes the proper action to be commenced, in a court having jurisdiction thereof, to enforce the lien against such lots or lands, in which case the lien shall continue in force so long as the assessment or any installment thereof remains on the tax list uncollected, or so long as the action is pending, and any judgment obtained under and by virtue thereof remains in force and unsatisfied.
Ohio Rev Code § 727.35 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 727 | Assessments - Generally|Section 727.35 | Statute of Limitations for Action for Recovery.

Effective: January 1, 1962|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 262 - 104th General Assembly|If an action for the recovery of an assessment is commenced within due time, and a judgment therein for the plaintiff is reversed, or if the plaintiff fails in such action otherwise than upon the merits and the time limited for the action has expired, a new action may be commenced within one year after such reversal or failure.
Ohio Rev Code § 727.36 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 727 | Assessments - Generally|Section 727.36 | Adding Collection Costs to Assessment.

Effective: November 1, 1991|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 104 - 119th General Assembly|In placing any assessment on the tax list, the county auditor shall add to each assessment such per cent as he deems necessary to defray the expense of collecting it.If the legislative authority of a municipal corporation provides that the treasurer of the municipal corporation shall collect an assessment, the legislative authority, in the assessing ordinance, shall add to the assessment an amount to cover the cost of its collection.
Ohio Rev Code § 727.37 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 727 | Assessments - Generally|Section 727.37 | Court of Common Pleas Jurisdiction.

Effective: January 1, 1962|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 262 - 104th General Assembly|The court of common pleas shall have the jurisdiction authorized by sections 727.01 to 727.49, inclusive, of the Revised Code, for the collection of any charge or debt or the enforcement of any lien, notwithstanding the amount involved is less than that to which the jurisdiction is limited in other cases. Such courts may make such special rules concerning the class of cases authorized to be brought under such sections as will tend to expedite the disposition and prevent unnecessary costs.
Ohio Rev Code § 727.38 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 727 | Assessments - Generally|Section 727.38 | Additional Assessment to Supply Deficiency.

Effective: January 1, 1962|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 262 - 104th General Assembly|If an assessment proves insufficient to pay the cost of a public improvement, the legislative authority of a municipal corporation may levy an additional assessment to supply the deficiency. Such additional assessment shall be levied against the same properties as were assessed for the cost of the improvement and shall be assessed among such properties in the same proportion as the assessment for the cost of the improvement was levied. Such additional assessment shall be subject to the same limitations as the assessment for the cost of the improvement. In case a larger amount is collected from an assessment than is necessary to pay the cost of the improvement or to retire the bonds or notes issued in anticipation thereof, the amount of such assessments collected in excess of that necessary to pay such costs or retire such bonds or notes shall be returned to the persons from whom it was collected in proportion to the amounts collected from each such person respectively.
Ohio Rev Code § 727.39 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 727 | Assessments - Generally|Section 727.39 | Reassessment Order.

Effective: January 1, 1962|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 262 - 104th General Assembly|When it appears to the legislative authority of a municipal corporation that a special assessment is invalid by reason of informality or irregularity in the proceedings, or when an assessment is adjudged to be illegal by a court of competent jurisdiction, the legislative authority may order a reassessment whether the improvement has been made or not.Proceedings upon a reassessment, and for the collection thereof, shall be conducted in the same manner as is provided for the original assessment.
Ohio Rev Code § 727.40 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 727 | Assessments - Generally|Section 727.40 | Rules of Construction.

Effective: January 1, 1962|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 262 - 104th General Assembly|Proceedings with respect to public improvements to be paid for in whole or in part by special assessments shall be liberally construed by the legislative authorities of municipal corporations and by the courts in order to secure a speedy completion of the work at reasonable cost, and the speedy collection of the assessment after the time has elapsed for its payment. Merely formal objections shall be disregarded, but the proceedings shall be strictly construed in favor of the owner of the property assessed or injured as to the limitations on assessment of private property and compensation for damages sustained.With respect to any assessment upon the abutting, adjacent, and contiguous, or other especially benefited lots or lands in a municipal corporation for any part of the cost connected with an improvement authorized by law, the passage by the legislative authority of an ordinance levying such assessment shall be construed a declaration by such legislative authority that the improvement for which it is levied is conducive to the public health, convenience, and welfare. No assessment shall be held invalid by any court because of the omission of the legislative authority to expressly declare in the proceedings and legislation for such improvement and assessment that the improvement is conducive to the public health, convenience, or welfare.
Ohio Rev Code § 727.41 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 727 | Assessments - Generally|Section 727.41 | Cooperative Agreements for Street Improvements.

Effective: October 30, 1989|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 230 - 118th General Assembly|Whenever the boundary line between two municipal corporations is located within or along the side lines of a street, avenue, or other public highway, such municipal corporations may enter into an agreement for the improvement of such street, avenue, or other public highway in such manner as the respective legislative authorities thereof determine. The agreement may provide for any of the improvements specified in section 727.01 of the Revised Code, and the cost thereof may be assessed upon the property specially benefited thereby, in the manner provided in such section, and to the same extent and subject to the same limitations as provided by sections 727.01 to 727.49 of the Revised Code. By the agreement, the cost of the entire improvement shall be apportioned between the two municipal corporations as their legislative authorities agree, and the legislative authority of each shall determine whether or not any portion of the cost to be paid by it shall be specially assessed or paid from other funds of the municipal corporation available for such purpose. Such agreement shall designate one of the municipal corporations to take exclusive charge of the details of construction of the improvement, including advertising for bids and awarding the contract. Such contract may be entered into by such municipal corporation when the necessary funds have been provided therefor, and when the amount to be paid by the other municipal corporation has been paid to the treasurer of the municipal corporation authorized to supervise such construction.Bonds may be issued and sold in anticipation of the collection of the assessments by the municipal corporation levying the assessments, and bonds may likewise be issued and sold by either municipal corporation for the purpose of paying its share of such improvement under the conditions and limitations, and in the manner, provided by Chapter 133. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 727.42 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 727 | Assessments - Generally|Section 727.42 | Apportioning Costs Among Municipal Corporations for Park Boulevard.

Effective: January 1, 1962|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 262 - 104th General Assembly|Whenever a park boulevard extends from a municipal corporation to which it belongs into or adjacent to one or more other municipal corporations, and it is desired by the several municipal corporations so situated to improve the boulevard by grading, draining, curbing, paving, repaving, surfacing, resurfacing, or otherwise improving such boulevard, such municipal corporations may apportion the cost of the improvement among themselves in such manner as the legislative authorities thereof agree. The amount agreed to be borne by each municipal corporation may be defrayed out of its general fund, or by the issue of bonds.Where such boulevard adjoins private property, abutting thereon and benefited thereby, such property may be assessed a portion of the cost of the improvement by the municipal corporation in which the property is situated, in the same manner, to the same extent, and subject to the same limitations as are provided by Chapter 727. of the Revised Code for the levying and collection of special assessments.The amount agreed to be paid by the municipal corporations in which or adjacent to which such park boulevard is situated shall be paid to the treasurer of the municipal corporation owning such park boulevard. The contract for such improvement shall be let by and the work done under the supervision of the municipal corporation owning said park boulevard in the same manner provided for the letting and execution of contracts for the improvement of streets in such municipal corporation.In the event that a part of the cost of such improvement is to be specially assessed upon the abutting property, the municipal corporation in which such property is situated may issue bonds in anticipation of the collection of such assessments, in the same manner in which bonds are authorized to be issued and sold in anticipation of the collection of special assessments for the improvement of streets and highways.
Ohio Rev Code § 727.43 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 727 | Assessments - Generally|Section 727.43 | Damage Claim Limits.

Effective: January 1, 1962|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 262 - 104th General Assembly|No person who claims damages, arising without his fault from the acts of a municipal corporation or its agents in the construction of a public improvement, shall commence a suit therefor against a municipal corporation until he files a claim for such damages with the clerk of such municipal corporation, and sixty days elapse thereafter, to enable the municipal corporation to take such steps as it deems proper to settle or adjust the claim.This section does not apply to an application for an injunction or other proceeding to which it may be necessary for such applicant to resort in case of urgent necessity.
Ohio Rev Code § 727.44 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 727 | Assessments - Generally|Section 727.44 | Establishing Sanitary Sewerage, Storm Sewerage, and Water Supply Districts.

Effective: January 1, 1962|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 262 - 104th General Assembly|In addition to the power conferred by other sections of the Revised Code, the legislative authority of a municipal corporation may by ordinance establish in the municipal corporation such number of districts as may be deemed necessary by it for the purpose of providing efficient sanitary sewerage, storm sewerage, or water supply. Each of such districts shall be designated by a name or number and shall be so arranged as to be independent of each other so far as practicable. The legislative authority shall cause the engineer of the municipal corporation or other person employed by it to devise and form a general plan for each district for storm sewerage, sanitary sewerage, or water supply as may be appropriate. Such plan shall be devised with regard to the present and prospective needs and interests of the municipal corporation and shall be reported to the legislative authority when completed. A plan for sanitary sewerage may include facilities and appurtenances necessary and proper for the collection, treatment, and disposal of sanitary sewage. A plan for storm sewerage may include facilities and appurtenances necessary and proper for the collection, retention, control, and disposal of storm sewage. A plan for a water system may include facilities and appurtenances necessary and proper for the supply, treatment, storage, and distribution of water.
Ohio Rev Code § 727.45 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 727 | Assessments - Generally|Section 727.45 | Showing Location of Facilities.

Effective: January 1, 1962|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 262 - 104th General Assembly|The plan prepared under section 727.44 of the Revised Code shall show the location of all facilities included within the plan.
Ohio Rev Code § 727.46 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 727 | Assessments - Generally|Section 727.46 | Filing Plan for Sanitary Sewerage, Storm Sewerage, and Water Supply Districts.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|When a general plan has been prepared under section 727.44 of the Revised Code and reported to the legislative authority, it shall be filed with the clerk of the legislative authority and the legislative authority shall cause its clerk to publish, once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipal corporation or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code, a notice stating that such general plan has been prepared and is on file in the office of the clerk of the legislative authority for examination by interested persons and that written objections to such plan may be filed in the office of such clerk before the date specified in the notice, which shall not be earlier than the seventeenth day following the date of the first publication in said newspaper. Any person having an objection to the general plan shall file such objection in writing, with the clerk of the legislative authority within the time specified.
Ohio Rev Code § 727.47 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 727 | Assessments - Generally|Section 727.47 | Adopting Plan for Sanitary Sewerage, Storm Sewerage, and Water Supply Districts.

Effective: January 1, 1962|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 262 - 104th General Assembly|The legislative authority shall consider any objections filed under section 727.46 of the Revised Code, and after such consideration may adopt the general plan with any amendments or corrections thereto which it believes proper. The general plan with any amendments or corrections and certified by the clerk of the legislative authority as the plan adopted, shall then be filed in the office of such clerk.
Ohio Rev Code § 727.48 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 727 | Assessments - Generally|Section 727.48 | Alteration of Districts.

Effective: January 1, 1962|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 262 - 104th General Assembly|The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may, from time to time rearrange existing districts, establish new districts or sub-districts, or amend the general plan for the district as provided under sections 727.44 to 727.49, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 727.49 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 727 | Assessments - Generally|Section 727.49 | Constructing Portion of Plan.

Effective: January 1, 1962|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 262 - 104th General Assembly|After a general plan has been approved under section 727.47 of the Revised Code, the legislative authority of the municipal corporation shall designate, from time to time, such portion of the general plan as is required for immediate use and may provide for the construction thereof. In the event the cost of the construction of such portion of the plan as is designated for immediate use is to be paid for in whole or in part by special assessments the legislative authority may treat such construction as a single improvement in one resolution, ordinance, or contract and the provisions of sections 727.01 to 727.08, inclusive, and 727.10 to 727.43, inclusive, of the Revised Code shall apply to such construction and the levy and collection of the special assessments to pay the cost thereof.
Ohio Rev Code § 729.01 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 729 | Assessments - Sidewalks; Sewers|Section 729.01 | Construction or Repair of Sidewalks, Curbs, and Gutters at Expense of Owners.

Effective: January 1, 1962|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 262 - 104th General Assembly|In addition to the power conferred upon municipal corporations under section 727.01 of the Revised Code to construct sidewalks, curbs, or gutters and levy an assessment therefor, the legislative authority of a municipal corporation may require the construction or repair of sidewalks, curbs, or gutters within the municipal corporation by the owners of lots or lands abutting thereon, and upon the failure of such owners to construct or repair such sidewalks, curbs, or gutters within the time prescribed in the resolution adopted under section 729.02 of the Revised Code, may cause such sidewalks, curbs, or gutters to be constructed or repaired and assess the total cost thereof against the lots or lands abutting thereon, notwithstanding the provisions of sections 727.03 and 727.05 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 729.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 729 | Assessments - Sidewalks; Sewers|Section 729.02 | Resolutions of Necessity for Construction or Repair of Sidewalks, Curbs, or Gutters.

Effective: January 1, 1962|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 262 - 104th General Assembly|When it is deemed necessary by a municipal corporation to require the construction or repair of sidewalks, curbs, or gutters within the municipal corporation by the owners of the lots or lands abutting thereon, the legislative authority of the municipal corporation shall cause plans, specifications, and an estimate of the cost of such construction or repair to be prepared, showing the location and dimensions of such sidewalks, curbs, or gutters and the specifications for the construction or repair thereof, and filed in the office of the clerk of the legislative authority. After such plans, specifications, and estimate of cost have been filed, as provided in this section, the legislative authority may declare the necessity for the construction or repair of such sidewalks, curbs, or gutters by the adoption of a resolution which shall:(A) Approve the plans, specifications, and estimate of cost of the proposed construction or repair on file as provided by this section;(B) Describe the lots and lands abutting upon the sidewalks, curbs, or gutters to be constructed or repaired by the termini of the improvement or by street address;(C) Set forth that such sidewalks, curbs, or gutters shall be constructed or repaired by the owners of the lots or lands abutting thereon in accordance with the specifications on file in the office of the clerk of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation;(D) Set forth the time within which such sidewalks, curbs, or gutters shall be constructed or repaired by the owners of the lots and lands abutting thereon, which shall not be less than thirty days from the date of service of notice under section 729.03 of the Revised Code, on the owner of the lots or lands;(E) State that in the event such sidewalks, curbs, or gutters are not constructed or repaired by the owners of the lots and lands abutting thereon in accordance with such plans and specifications and within the time prescribed in this resolution, the municipal corporation will so construct or repair such sidewalks, curbs, or gutters and assess the cost thereof against the lots and lands abutting thereon.
Ohio Rev Code § 729.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 729 | Assessments - Sidewalks; Sewers|Section 729.03 | Notice to Construct or Repair Sidewalks, Curbs, and Gutters.

Effective: January 1, 1962|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 262 - 104th General Assembly|Notice of the passage of a resolution of necessity under section 729.02 of the Revised Code shall be served by the clerk of the legislative authority, or a person designated by such clerk, upon the owners of the lots or lands abutting upon the sidewalks, curbs, or gutters to be constructed or repaired in the same manner as service of summons in civil cases, or by certified mail addressed to such owner at his last known address or to the address to which tax bills are sent, or by a combination of the foregoing methods. If it appears by the return of service or the return of the certified mail notice that one or more of the owners cannot be found, such owners shall be served by publication of the notice once in a newspaper of general circulation within the municipal corporation. The return of the person serving the notice or a certified copy thereof or a returned receipt for notice forwarded by certified mail accepted by the addressee or anyone purporting to act for him shall be prima-facie evidence of the service of notice under this section. Such notice shall also set forth the place where the specifications governing the construction or repair of such sidewalks, curbs, or gutters are on file, the time within which the owner of such lot or parcel of land may construct or repair such sidewalks, curbs, or gutters, and that in the event such owner does not construct or repair such sidewalks, curbs, or gutters in accordance with such specifications and within such time, the municipal corporation will construct or repair such sidewalks, curbs, or gutters and assess the costs thereof against the lot or land of such owner.