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Ohio Rev Code § 709.452 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 709 | Annexation; Detachment|Section 709.452 | Submission of Question of Merger to Voters.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|(A) The legislative authority of each municipal corporation or township proposed for merger as provided in section 709.44 of the Revised Code that adopts a merger agreement under section 709.451 of the Revised Code shall submit the question of merger to the electors of the municipal corporations and township proposed for merger. The legislative authorities shall certify the ordinances or resolution that adopted the merger agreement to the board or boards of elections, if the territory proposed for merger is located in more than one county, directing the submission of the question of merger to the electors of the municipal corporations and township proposed for merger at a special election to be held on the day of the next primary or general election in the county or counties that occurs not less than ninety days after the ordinances or resolution are certified to the board or boards of elections. The question shall be put on the ballot and voted upon, separately, in each municipal corporation or township proposed for merger. (B) The ordinances or resolution specifying the merger conditions agreed to by the municipal corporations and township proposed for merger shall be posted on the web sites of those municipal corporations and township, and shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipal corporations and township once a week for two consecutive weeks prior to the election.(C) If the merger is approved by a majority of those voting on it in each municipal corporation or township proposed to be merged, the merger and the merger agreement shall take immediate effect.(D) If an existing charter of a municipal corporation proposed for merger under this section conflicts with the processes and procedures specified in this section, the processes and procedures for merger addressed in the municipal corporation's charter apply.
Ohio Rev Code § 709.461 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 709 | Annexation; Detachment|Section 709.461 | Collaborative Formulation of Merger Conditions - Unincorporated Areas.

Effective: April 7, 2005|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 256 - 125th General Assembly|(A) In formulating the proposed merger conditions, the commission shall attempt to work in a collaborative process that results in a consensus of its members as to the best proposal for all of the political subdivisions involved. To this end, the commission shall adopt rules for the orderly operation of commission meetings that permit all commission members to be coleaders, as appropriate, so that overall no one member has more authority than any of the other members in determining the proposed conditions. These rules may create a framework for building agreement among the members to adopt proposed conditions. The commission also shall seek the advice of both public and private sources to help the commission fully study the merger situation so that appropriate conditions are drafted. If funding permits, the commission may contract with a dispute resolution expert to help make the process more collaborative.(B) When a merger proposal includes the unincorporated area of a township, the commission shall consider, among the other issues it considers before adopting its proposed merger conditions, both the increase and decrease of funding sources due to the unincorporated township territory becoming incorporated territory.(C) The proposed merger conditions may provide for the election, prior to the merger, of new officers to govern the municipal corporation with which merger is proposed after the merger is complete, provided that the provision does not conflict with the charter of the municipal corporation with which merger is proposed. If more than one municipal corporation is to be included in the merger, the proposed conditions shall designate one of the municipal corporations as the municipal corporation into which the township and any other municipal corporations involved are being merged. The proposed conditions also may provide that the municipal corporation into which the other political subdivisions are to be merged shall amend its existing charter to include specified provisions and may state that the merger, if approved, shall not become effective until the date on which that municipal charter includes the required provisions. In the case of a merger of a township with a single municipal corporation, the merger conditions also may provide for the annexation of a school district located wholly within the township to the school district of the municipal corporation.
Ohio Rev Code § 709.48 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 709 | Annexation; Detachment|Section 709.48 | No Petitions for Annexation After Merger Defeated.

Effective: July 2, 2010|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 48 - 128th General Assembly|On and after the date on which a petition is filed with the board of elections under section 709.45 of the Revised Code for the election of a merger commission for the merger of one or more municipal corporations and the unincorporated territory of a township, no petition for the annexation of any part of the unincorporated territory of the township shall be filed with a board of county commissioners under section 709.03 or 709.15 of the Revised Code, until one of the following occurs: (A) The question of forming a merger commission is defeated at the election provided for under section 709.45 of the Revised Code by a majority of the electors of any one of the municipal corporations or the unincorporated territory of the township in which the election is held.(B) The merger commission elected pursuant to section 709.45 of the Revised Code fails to reach agreement on merger conditions by the ninetieth day preceding the next general election occurring after the election of the members of the commission or, if the time for the commission's existence is extended under division (D) of section 709.462 of the Revised Code, by the date that extension ceases, whichever is later.(C) The merger conditions agreed upon by the merger commission are defeated by a majority of the electors of any one of the municipal corporations or the unincorporated territory of the township in which the election on the conditions is held.
Ohio Rev Code § 711.001 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 711 | Plats|Section 711.001 | Plat Definitions.

Effective: July 1, 2010|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly|As used in this chapter: (A) "Plat" means a map of a tract or parcel of land.(B) "Subdivision" means either of the following:(1) The division of any parcel of land shown as a unit or as contiguous units on the last preceding general tax list and duplicate of real and public utility property, into two or more parcels, sites, or lots, any one of which is less than five acres for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of transfer of ownership, provided, however, that the following are exempt:(a) A division or partition of land into parcels of more than five acres not involving any new streets or easements of access;(b) The sale or exchange of parcels between adjoining lot owners, where that sale or exchange does not create additional building sites;(c) If the planning authority adopts a rule in accordance with section 711.133 of the Revised Code that exempts from division (B)(1) of this section any parcel of land that is four acres or more, parcels in the size range delineated in that rule.(2) The improvement of one or more parcels of land for residential, commercial, or industrial structures or groups of structures involving the division or allocation of land for the opening, widening, or extension of any public or private street or streets, except private streets serving industrial structures, or involving the division or allocation of land as open spaces for common use by owners, occupants, or leaseholders or as easements for the extension and maintenance of public or private sewer, water, storm drainage, or other similar facilities.
Ohio Rev Code § 711.01 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 711 | Plats|Section 711.01 | Plat of Proposed Village or Addition.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Any person may lay out a village, or subdivision or addition to a municipal corporation, by causing the territory to be surveyed, and by having a plat of it made by a competent surveyor. The plat shall particularly describe the streets, alleys, commons, or public grounds, and all in-lots, out-lots, fractional-lots, within or adjacent to such village. The description shall include the courses, boundaries, and extent.
Ohio Rev Code § 711.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 711 | Plats|Section 711.02 | Contents of Plat.

Effective: September 30, 1974|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 347 - 110th General Assembly|(A) In-lots intended for sale shall be numbered in progressive numbers, or by the squares in which situated, and their precise length and width shall be stated on the plat provided for in section 711.01 of the Revised Code. Out-lots which do not exceed ten acres in size shall, in like manner, be surveyed and numbered, and their precise length and width stated on the plat, together with any streets, alleys, or roads which divide or border on them.(B) Every plat shall be superimposed on a survey of the lands of the dedicators from which such plat is drawn, and shall contain an accurate background drawing of any metes-and-bounds descriptions of the lands of the dedicators from which such plat is drawn.
Ohio Rev Code § 711.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 711 | Plats|Section 711.03 | Cornerstones, Markers, and Iron Pins.

Effective: February 21, 1967|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 107th General Assembly|At the time of surveying and laying out a village, or subdivision or addition to a municipal corporation, the proprietor of such village, or subdivision or addition, shall plant at the corner of the public ground or lot, if there is such, and if there is none, then at the corner of one of the in-lots and at the corner of each out-lot, a good and sufficient stone, of such size and dimensions and in such manner as the surveyor provided for under section 711.01 of the Revised Code directs, for a corner from which to make future surveys, and the point at which it may be found shall be designated on the plat.Such proprietor shall direct the surveyor to place and set at least four permanent markers in each plat of ten lots or less. In a village or in a subdivision, addition, or allotment having more than ten lots, whether within or without a municipal corporation, the proprietor shall cause to be placed as many additional permanent markers as the surveyor deems necessary to properly control his original survey. Such permanent markers shall be placed in a manner so that the line of sight between such markers can be observed from one marker to the other. Such markers shall be made of either stone or concrete at least four inches in diamenter, or four inches square, and properly marked. The markings on such markers shall consist of a cross cut with the legs of the cross at least three inches long and at least one-eighth inch deep. Solid iron pins of at least one inch diameter may also be used as permanent markers. All stone, concrete, or iron pin markers shall be at least thirty inches long and the bottom of such markers shall be set at least thirty inches below finished grade.If the location for a permanent marker is originally determined to be in an area of solid rock it may be relocated and offset from its original position. Such relocation must be noted on the plat. These and all other markers shall be designated on the plat before it is presented for record, but setting of such markers shall not be required prior to completion of construction necessary to the improvement of the land.
Ohio Rev Code § 711.04 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 711 | Plats|Section 711.04 | Acknowledgment and Recording.

Effective: October 6, 1955|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 607 - 101st General Assembly|After a plat of a subdivision is completed, it shall be certified by the surveyor and acknowledged by the owner before an officer authorized to take the acknowledgment of deeds, which officer shall certify his official act on the plat. If any owner is a nonresident of the state, his agent, authorized by writing, may make such acknowledgment. Such plat, and if the execution is by agent, his written authority, shall thereupon be recorded in the office of the county recorder.
Ohio Rev Code § 711.041 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 711 | Plats|Section 711.041 | Approval of Plats Outside Municipal Corporation.

Effective: October 6, 1955|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 607 - 101st General Assembly|No plat certifying lands outside a municipal corporation may be recorded without the approval thereon of the board of county commissioners of the county wherein such lands are situated.The approval of a plat by the board of county commissioners shall not be deemed to be an acceptance of the dedication of any public street, road, or highway dedicated on such plat.This section does not apply to such plats as are required by section 711.09 or 711.10 of the Revised Code to be approved by a planning commission.
Ohio Rev Code § 711.06 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 711 | Plats|Section 711.06 | Plat of Subdivision - Acknowledgment and Record.

Effective: September 30, 1974|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 347 - 110th General Assembly|A proprietor of lots or grounds in a municipal corporation, who subdivides or lays them out for sale, shall make an accurate plat of such subdivision, describing with certainty all grounds laid out or granted for streets, alleys, ways, commons, or other public uses. The proprietor shall superimpose such plat upon the land from which such plat is drawn and shall make an accurate background drawing of any metes-and-bounds descriptions of the lands from which such plat is drawn. Lots sold or intended for sale shall be numbered by progressive numbers or described by the squares in which situated, and the precise length and width shall be given of each lot sold or intended for sale. Such plat shall be subscribed by the proprietor, or his agent duly authorized by writing, and acknowledged before an officer authorized to take the acknowledgment of deeds, who shall certify the acknowledgement of the instrument, and such plat shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder.
Ohio Rev Code § 711.07 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 711 | Plats|Section 711.07 | Fee Shall Vest in Municipal Corporation.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Upon recording, as required by section 711.06 of the Revised Code, the plat shall thereupon be a sufficient conveyance to vest in the municipal corporation the fee of the parcel of land designated or intended for streets, alleys, ways, commons, or other public uses, to be held in the corporate name in trust to and for the uses and purposes set forth in the instrument.
Ohio Rev Code § 711.08 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 711 | Plats|Section 711.08 | Map or Plat by Platting Commission Must Be Approved by City Engineer or Legislative Authority.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|When plats adopted by a platting commission or board of public works are on record, the plat mentioned in section 711.06 of the Revised Code of any addition within the limits of a municipal corporation shall not be recorded until the engineer thereof certifies that the streets, as laid out on the plats of such addition, correspond with those laid out on the recorded plats of the commission or board. When there are streets laid down in addition to those adopted by such commission or board, or in any municipal corporation where no commission is or has been in existence, no such plat shall be recorded until it has been approved by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation.
Ohio Rev Code § 711.091 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 711 | Plats|Section 711.091 | Inspection of Street Construction.

Effective: October 6, 1955|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 607 - 101st General Assembly|The city or village engineer in the case of lands within a city or village, and the county engineer in the case of lands outside of a city or village, shall, upon written request by the owner of the land upon which the street has been constructed check the construction and if the engineer finds that such street has been constructed in accordance with the specifications set forth on the approved plat, and that such street is in good repair, then such finding, endorsed on the approved plat, shall constitute an acceptance of the street for public use by the city, village or county as the case may be, provided such street has been theretofore duly dedicated.
Ohio Rev Code § 711.102 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 711 | Plats|Section 711.102 | Violations.

Effective: October 6, 1955|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 607 - 101st General Assembly|Whoever willfully violates a rule or regulation adopted by the legislative authority of a municipal corporation or a board of county commissioners pursuant to section 711.101 of the Revised Code or fails to comply with any order issued pursuant thereto, shall forfeit and pay not less than ten nor more than one thousand dollars.Such sum may be recovered with costs in a civil action brought in the court of common pleas of the county in which the land lies relative to which such violation occurred, by the legal representative of the village, city or county, in the name of such village, city, or county and for the use thereof.
Ohio Rev Code § 711.103 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 711 | Plats|Section 711.103 | Tentative Approval of Plat by Planning Commission.

Effective: October 19, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 629 - 100th General Assembly|When, prior to June 1, 1953, a subdivision plat has been tentatively approved by a planning commission, and lots have been transferred from the subdivision by metes and bounds descriptions prior to June 1, 1953, and a registered surveyor certifies on such plat, or copy thereof, that all such transfers are in conformity with the plat as tentatively approved, such plat, or a copy thereof, may be recorded by the county recorder, notwithstanding that it has not been subscribed and acknowledged by the proprietor thereof, nor finally approved by the planning commission. The certificate of the planning commission as to the date of tentative approval shall be issued on demand.
Ohio Rev Code § 711.104 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 711 | Plats|Section 711.104 | Entry of Lots Shown on Plat Upon Tax List.

Effective: October 19, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 629 - 100th General Assembly|When a plat has been recorded under the provisions of section 711.103 of the Revised Code, the lots shown thereon shall be entered upon the tax list for taxation according to their lot numbers and subdivision, and conveyances made by lot number and subdivision shall be legally sufficient to pass title.
Ohio Rev Code § 711.11 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 711 | Plats|Section 711.11 | Fee Simple Title.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The plats, mentioned in section 711.01 of the Revised Code, shall be a sufficient conveyance to vest a fee simple title of all such parcels of land as are therein expressed, named, or intended for public use, in the county in which the village is situated, for the uses and purposes therein named, expressed, or intended, and for no other use or purpose.
Ohio Rev Code § 711.121 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 711 | Plats|Section 711.121 | Evidence of Legality of Conveyance by Metes and Bounds by Affidavit.

Effective: October 19, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 629 - 100th General Assembly|The county auditor and the county recorder shall not transfer property or record deeds or leases which attempt to convey property contrary to the provisions of Chapter 711. of the Revised Code. In case of doubt, the county auditor or county recorder may require the person presenting such deed or lease to give evidence of the legality of a conveyance by metes and bounds by an affidavit as to the facts which exempt such conveyance from the provisions of Chapter 711. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 711.13 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 711 | Plats|Section 711.13 | Transfer of Land Before Recording - Forfeiture.

Effective: October 1, 1977|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 219 - 112th General Assembly|Whoever, being the owner or agent of the owner of any land within or without a municipal corporation, willfully transfers any lot, parcel, or tract of such land from or in accordance with a plat of a subdivision as specifically defined in this chapter, before the plat has been recorded in the office of the county recorder, shall forfeit and pay the sum of not less than ten nor more than five hundred dollars for each lot, parcel, or tract of land so sold. The description of the lot, parcel, or tract by metes and bounds in the deed or transfer shall not serve to exempt the seller from the forfeiture provided in this section.If the land is within a municipal corporation, the sum may be recovered in a civil action, brought in any court of competent jurisdiction by the city director of law or other corresponding official of the municipal corporation in the name of the municipal corporation and for the use of the street repair fund thereof.If the land is situated outside a municipal corporation, the sum may be recovered in a civil action, brought by the prosecuting attorney, other corresponding official, or planning commission of the county in which the land is situated, in the name of the county and for the use of the road repair fund thereof.The sale of lots, parcels, or tracts from a plat of a subdivision on which any and all areas indicated as streets or open grounds are expressly indicated as for the exclusive use of the abutting or other owners in the subdivision and not as public streets, ways, or grounds shall not serve to exempt the seller from the requirements of this chapter or from the forfeiture provided in this section.