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Ohio Rev Code § 5553.09 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5553 | County Roads - Establishment; Alteration; Vacation|Section 5553.09 | Payment of Compensation and Damages.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|If the board of county commissioners is of the opinion that the proposed improvement is of sufficient importance to the public to cause the compensation and damages on account thereof to be paid to the persons entitled thereto out of the county treasury, it may so order If the board is of the opinion that such improvement is not of sufficient importance to cause the compensation and damages to be paid from the treasury, it may determine to proceed with the improvement only upon the condition that the compensation and damages, or such part thereof as it deems reasonable and just, be paid by the landowners of lands within the vicinity who will be benefited by the improvement, and the balance shall be paid out of the treasury. In such event the board shall include in its order a schedule setting forth the names of such landowners, a pertinent description of such lands, and a statement of the amount of compensation and damages to be paid by the owner of each parcel of such lands. When a portion of the compensation and damages is ordered to be paid by the landowners who will be benefited by the improvement, the board may abandon the improvement on the failure of such benefited landowners to pay the compensation and damages adjudged against them by the time fixed therefor.
Ohio Rev Code § 5553.10 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5553 | County Roads - Establishment; Alteration; Vacation|Section 5553.10 | Record of Proceedings - Board Shall Make Improvement and Furnish Map - Unopened Road Shall Be Vacated.

Effective: October 20, 1972|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 247 - 109th General Assembly|When, on the final hearing on the proposed improvement, the board of county commissioners finds in favor of such improvement, and determines to proceed therewith, it shall cause a record of the proceedings, including the survey, plat, and accurate and detailed description of such improvement, to be entered forthwith in the proper road records of the county by the county engineer.If the proceeding is for the location or establishment of a road, the board shall open up the road as established and such road shall be a public road, and shall be kept open, maintained, and improved as provided by law. If the proceeding is for the vacation of a road, the board shall order the road vacated and it shall cease to be a public road. The board shall furnish the director of natural resources with a full and accurate description or map of any right of way retained for public nonmotorized vehicular recreational use. If the proceeding is for the alteration, widening, straightening, or change in the direction of a road, the board shall make the necessary order to accomplish such purpose. Any part of the road made unnecessary by any change or alteration shall be ordered vacated.No road shall be opened or property taken until all compensation and damages allowed are paid, or the amount thereof, as allowed in accordance with sections 163.01 to 163.22, inclusive, of the Revised Code.A road, or part thereof, which remains unopened for seven years after the order establishing it was made or authority granted for opening it shall be vacated, and the right to build it pursuant to the establishment in the original proceedings therefor shall be barred.
Ohio Rev Code § 5553.11 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5553 | County Roads - Establishment; Alteration; Vacation|Section 5553.11 | Proceedings After Improvement Ordered.

Effective: April 7, 2009|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 318 - 127th General Assembly|If the proceeding is for an improvement other than the vacation of a road and the board of county commissioners, at its final hearing on the proposed improvement, orders the improvement established, it shall proceed in accordance with sections 163.01 to 163.22 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 5553.13 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5553 | County Roads - Establishment; Alteration; Vacation|Section 5553.13 | Improvement on County Line.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|When the proposed improvement is along or upon a county line or crosses such county line or extends as a continuous road from one county into or through one or more adjoining counties, the boards of county commissioners of the counties interested shall sit as a joint board.
Ohio Rev Code § 5553.14 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5553 | County Roads - Establishment; Alteration; Vacation|Section 5553.14 | View and Hearing by Joint Board - Resolution.

Effective: January 1, 1966|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 94 - 106th General Assembly|If the joint board of county commissioners is of the opinion that it is for the public convenience or welfare to make the proposed improvement, it shall declare the necessity therefor by resolution at the meeting provided for in section 5553.13 of the Revised Code. Such resolution shall set forth generally the route and termini of the road, or part thereof, to be located, established, or vacated, or the general manner in which such road is to be altered, widened, straightened, or the direction thereof changed. Such resolution shall fix a date when the joint board will view the proposed improvement and the date of the final hearing thereon. The joint board shall give notice of the time and place for both such view and hearing by publication in each county interested in like manner as though such project were a single county improvement. The joint board shall appoint the county engineer of one of the interested counties to act in the matter. Such proceedings shall be conducted thereafter by the joint board as though the proceedings were before a single board as provided in sections 5553.04 to 5553.11, inclusive, of the Revised Code. A portion of a road upon a county line may be located wholly within one county when it is necessary to avoid some place on the county line where the construction thereof would be unusually expensive or difficult.
Ohio Rev Code § 5553.15 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5553 | County Roads - Establishment; Alteration; Vacation|Section 5553.15 | Record of Proceedings of Joint Board - Copies Sent to Other Counties.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The board of county commissioners of the county having the greatest population of any of the interested counties participating in the proposed improvement shall keep a full and accurate record of the proceedings. At the conclusion of the proceedings, it shall certify a copy thereof to each county interested, to be placed upon the proper road record of such county.
Ohio Rev Code § 5553.16 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5553 | County Roads - Establishment; Alteration; Vacation|Section 5553.16 | Cost of Joint Improvement Divided Among Interested Counties.

Effective: September 28, 1973|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 200 - 110th General Assembly|The compensation and damages awarded in case of a joint improvement, together with the expenses thereof, shall be divided among the counties interested, as the joint board of county commissioners agrees and determines. In case of failure to agree on the proportion which each county is to pay, the joint board shall certify that fact to the director of transportation who shall thereupon make such apportionment.
Ohio Rev Code § 5553.18 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5553 | County Roads - Establishment; Alteration; Vacation|Section 5553.18 | Determining True Line of Road - Petition.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|When the place of beginning the true course or boundaries of a road is uncertain by reason of the removal of any monument or witness by which such road was originally designated, or the destruction of any record, or from any other cause, the board of county commissioners of the county in which such road is located, upon the filing of a petition signed by at least twelve freeholders of the county residing in the vicinity of such road, shall cause the county engineer to view and find the true line of such road.
Ohio Rev Code § 5553.19 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5553 | County Roads - Establishment; Alteration; Vacation|Section 5553.19 | Notice of Hearing Upon Report of County Engineer - Objections.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|The county engineer shall view and survey the road as provided in section 5553.18 of the Revised Code, and shall make a return of the survey and plat of the road to the board of county commissioners. Upon the filing of the report of the engineer, the board shall give notice of the filing of such report by publication as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code or once each week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which such road is situated. Such notice shall state the date and time of the hearing upon the report of the engineer. If exceptions or objections are made, the board shall hear them, and it may approve or reject said report. If the report of the engineer is approved, the board shall cause such report to be recorded together with the survey and plat of such road.
Ohio Rev Code § 5553.20 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5553 | County Roads - Establishment; Alteration; Vacation|Section 5553.20 | Civil Action to Establish True Line of Road.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|When the county engineer is unable to ascertain with certainty the true course and boundary line of a road, the board of county commissioners may prosecute a civil action against the owners of the land abutting upon such road to ascertain and have the boundaries of such road judicially established in one action. Any road, the true course of which is surveyed and fixed as provided in this section and sections 5553.18 and 5553.19 of the Revised Code, shall to the limits of such boundaries be a public highway. The engineer and board may not change the line of any road under sections 5553.18 and 5553.19 of the Revised Code from that which has been opened and used by the public for a period of seven years immediately preceding the application provided for in section 5553.18 of the Revised Code; but this section does not authorize any encroachment by abutting property owners on said road as opened and used.
Ohio Rev Code § 5553.21 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5553 | County Roads - Establishment; Alteration; Vacation|Section 5553.21 | Establishing True Line of Road by Agreement.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Whenever the place of beginning, true course, or boundaries of a road are uncertain by reason of the removal of any monument or witness by which such road was originally designated, or the destruction of any record, or from any other cause, and the adjacent landowners are able to agree on the true course and boundaries of such road, they may call upon the county engineer to make a true plat and description thereof. Such plat and description shall be signed and acknowledged by such adjacent landowners, and placed upon the proper road records of the county. Thereafter the plat and description contained in the road records shall constitute the true course and boundaries of such road. Such plat and description shall first be approved by the engineer and the board of county commissioners. If the road is located in two or more counties, the plat and description shall be approved by the board of each county.
Ohio Rev Code § 5553.22 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5553 | County Roads - Establishment; Alteration; Vacation|Section 5553.22 | Determining Boundaries of Road Located in Two or More Counties - Joint Meeting.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|When any road, the true course of which it is sought to fix, establish, and determine, is located in two or more counties, the petition provided for in section 5553.18 of the Revised Code shall be filed with the board of county commissioners of either county interested. The board of such county shall file within ten days a certified copy of said petition with the boards of the other counties interested, and the board of the county where the original petition is filed shall call a joint meeting of the boards of the counties interested, to be held within thirty days from the filing of such petition. Such proceedings shall be had by a joint board as are provided for in the case of a petition filed with a single board.
Ohio Rev Code § 5553.23 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5553 | County Roads - Establishment; Alteration; Vacation|Section 5553.23 | Petition by Landowner to Relocate Road or Trail - Vacation of Unimproved Public 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 the board of county commissioners, 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 the board of county commissioners setting forth briefly the particular change desired. Upon the receipt of such petition, the board shall give notice by publication once not later than two weeks prior to the date for the hearing on such petition in a newspaper of general circulation in said county, stating that such petition has been filed and setting forth the change desired in such road and the date and place for the hearing on said petition. If a public road was once established for public convenience through private lands, but has not been improved by public funds and for more than twenty-one years has not been used, the owner of such land may petition the board to vacate the road in accordance with proceedings under sections 5553.04 to 5553.11 of the Revised Code. A person through whose land a trail right of way has been preserved under section 5553.044 of the Revised Code may file a petition to turn or change the route of the trail right of way in the manner provided in this section, and such petition shall be acted upon in the manner set forth in sections 5553.23 to 5553.31 of the Revised Code. Notice of the hearing in such case shall also be made by first class mail to the director of natural resources. If the board turns or changes the route of the trail right of way, it shall furnish the director with a full and accurate description or map of the change.
Ohio Rev Code § 5553.24 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5553 | County Roads - Establishment; Alteration; Vacation|Section 5553.24 | Survey and Report of County Engineer on Desired Change in Road.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Upon the receipt of the petition provided for in section 5553.23 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners shall order the county 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 his opinion as to its advantage or disadvantage. The report of such engineer shall be filed with the board prior to the hearing on such petition.
Ohio Rev Code § 5553.25 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5553 | County Roads - Establishment; Alteration; Vacation|Section 5553.25 | Hearing Upon Petition to Change Road - Finding of Board.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|At the hearing had upon the petition provided for in section 5553.23 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners may hear evidence for or against changing the road, and if it 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.
Ohio Rev Code § 5553.26 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5553 | County Roads - Establishment; Alteration; Vacation|Section 5553.26 | Petitioner Shall Pay Cost of Changing Road - Bond.

Effective: August 1, 1955|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 109 - 101st General Assembly|Upon receiving satisfactory evidence that the road has been changed as authorized by it under section 5553.25 of the Revised Code, and opened to the legal width and improved as required by it, the board of county commissioners 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 proceedings, 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 called for by the proposed improvement.
Ohio Rev Code § 5553.27 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5553 | County Roads - Establishment; Alteration; Vacation|Section 5553.27 | Procedure to Change Road Located in Two or More Counties - Proceedings by Joint Board.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|If the road which a landowner proposes to turn or change as provided in section 5553.23 of the Revised Code is located in two or more counties, he may file his petition with the board of county commissioners of either county. Such board shall within ten days thereafter cause a copy of said petition to be certified to the boards of the other counties interested and shall at the same time fix a time not later than thirty days for a hearing upon such petition. Such proceedings shall be had before the joint board of county commissioners as are provided for in proceedings had before a single board. The joint board at its first meeting shall require the petitioner to file a bond to cover the costs of the proceeding and the expense of the proposed change in such road.
Ohio Rev Code § 5553.28 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5553 | County Roads - Establishment; Alteration; Vacation|Section 5553.28 | Majority Vote of Joint Board Required.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|In all hearings before a joint board of county commissioners under sections 5553.01 to 5553.27, inclusive, of the Revised Code, a majority vote of the board of each county shall be necessary to establish any improvement.
Ohio Rev Code § 5553.29 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5553 | County Roads - Establishment; Alteration; Vacation|Section 5553.29 | Adjournment of Hearing - Proceedings of Joint Board Certified to Other Counties.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The board of county commissioners or the joint board of county commissioners may adjourn any hearings under sections 5553.01 to 5553.27, inclusive, of the Revised Code, as the necessities of the case require. Such adjournment shall be taken to a day certain to be fixed by the board or joint board at the time of such adjournment. The proceedings of the joint board shall be certified to each of the counties interested in the proceedings.
Ohio Rev Code § 5553.30 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5553 | County Roads - Establishment; Alteration; Vacation|Section 5553.30 | Appeal From Order Dismissing or Refusing to Grant Petition for Improvement.

Effective: January 1, 1966|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 94 - 106th General Assembly|Any petitioner may appeal from the order of the board of county commissioners, or joint board of county commissioners, dismissing or refusing to grant the prayer of the petition for an improvement. Any person interested may appeal from an order granting such improvement. Such appeal may be perfected in the manner provided in sections 5563.01 to 5563.17, inclusive, of the Revised Code, and if the order appealed from is that of a joint board, an appeal may be taken to the probate court of any county in which said improvement or any part thereof is situated.
Ohio Rev Code § 5553.31 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5553 | County Roads - Establishment; Alteration; Vacation|Section 5553.31 | Dedication of Land for Road Purposes - Proceedings.

Effective: September 26, 1978|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1099 - 112th General Assembly|Any person may, with the approval of the board of county commissioners, dedicate lands for road purposes. A definite description of the lands to be dedicated with a plat of such lands thereto attached and signed by the party dedicating such lands, with the approval and acceptance of the board indorsed thereon, shall be placed upon the proper road records of the county in which such road is situated. The board shall not approve and accept the dedication of any land for road purposes until any lien attached to such land under division (A) of section 505.82 of the Revised Code is satisfied. If the lands so dedicated contemplate a change in an existing road, the same proceedings shall be had thereon, after the board by proper resolution approves and accepts the lands for such purpose, as are provided in cases where the board by unanimous vote declares its intention to locate, establish, widen, straighten, vacate, or change the direction of a road without a petition therefor, but otherwise the proposal to dedicate lands for road purposes, together with the acceptance of the grant by the board, constitutes the lands so dedicated a public road without any further proceedings thereon.
Ohio Rev Code § 5553.41 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5553 | County Roads - Establishment; Alteration; Vacation|Section 5553.41 | Petition to Obtain Road Through Lands of Another.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Any person, firm, or corporation desiring to secure for the use of the public a road leading from any land owned by said person, firm, or corporation through the land of another person to a public highway may file a petition with the board of county commissioners describing the road so desired and giving the respective names and places of residence of the owners of all the land through which the proposed road will pass.