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Ohio Rev Code § 5577.15 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5577 | Load Limits on Highways|Section 5577.15 | Application of Size and Weight Provisions of Chapter.

Effective: July 3, 2019|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 62 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) The size and weight provisions of this chapter do not apply to any of the following:(1) A person who is engaged in the initial towing or removal of a wrecked or disabled motor vehicle from the site of an emergency on a public highway where the vehicle became wrecked or disabled to the nearest site where the vehicle can be brought into conformance with the requirements of this chapter, to the nearest storage facility, or to the nearest qualified repair facility;(2) A person who is en route to the site of an emergency on a public highway to remove a wrecked or disabled motor vehicle;(3) A person who is returning from delivering a wrecked or disabled motor vehicle to a site, storage facility, or repair facility as specified in division (A)(1) of this section.(B) Any subsequent towing of a wrecked or disabled vehicle shall comply with the size and weight provisions of this chapter.(C) No court shall impose any penalty prescribed in section 5577.99 of the Revised Code or the civil liability established in section 5577.12 of the Revised Code upon a person who is operating a vehicle in the manner described in division (A) of this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 5579.01 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5579 | General Highway Provisions|Section 5579.01 | Appropriation of Drainage Rights or Easements.

Effective: September 28, 1973|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 200 - 110th General Assembly|The director of transportation, board of county commissioners, or board of township trustees, may, in connection with any road improvement, appropriate any drainage rights outside the line of a highway, or any easement, right, or interest in any property desired for any proposed improvement. In case such official or boards desire to appropriate the drainage right, easements, right, or interest in any property in connection with any existing highway, the same may be done in the manner provided by sections 5549.04 to 5549.09 of the Revised Code. Any land or property rights required for the construction of a new bridge, or for any additions or repairs to an existing bridge, may be acquired in like manner.
Ohio Rev Code § 5579.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5579 | General Highway Provisions|Section 5579.02 | Appropriation of Right of Way, Crossing, or Lands of Railroad.

Effective: September 28, 1973|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 200 - 110th General Assembly|The director of transportation, board of county commissioners, or board of township trustees may appropriate a right-of-way or crossing over railroad tracks and lands held by railway companies, whether operated by steam or electricity, and may appropriate the necessary property and right to construct such crossing above or below the grade of the railway. Such proceedings shall be had thereon as are provided for appropriation of property by municipal corporations. In case the grade of the road at such crossing is raised or lowered above or below the railroad tracks, by agreement or order of the court, the cost of raising or lowering such grade shall be apportioned between the board of county commissioners or board of township trustees and the company in the same proportion as in cases in which a grade is raised or lowered on a crossing already established or existing.
Ohio Rev Code § 5579.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5579 | General Highway Provisions|Section 5579.03 | Road as Boundary Line.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|If a road is established as a part of the line or boundary of a township or municipal corporation, the board of township trustees of such adjoining townships and legislative authority of such municipal corporation, shall meet at a convenient place as soon after the first Monday of March as convenient, and apportion such road between the townships, or township and municipal corporation, as justice and equity require. The boards of the respective townships and legislative authority of the municipal corporation shall cause the road to be opened and improved accordingly, and shall thereafter cause their respective portions to be worked and kept in proper repair.
Ohio Rev Code § 5579.04 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5579 | General Highway Provisions|Section 5579.04 | Destruction of Brush, Briers, Weeds, and Thistles Along Highways.

Effective: June 11, 1991|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 176 - 119th General Assembly|(A) As used in sections 5579.04 to 5579.08 of the Revised Code, "noxious weed" means shatter cane (Sorghum bicolor), Russian thistle (Salsola kali var. tenuifolia), or any plant designated a prohibited noxious weed by the director of agriculture.(B) A board of county commissioners, a board of township trustees, or the street commissioners of a municipal corporation, having control of and being charged with the duty of repairing macadamized, graveled, or improved roads, and county engineers, township road superintendents, and the street commissioners of each municipal corporation, between the first and twentieth days of June, the first and twentieth days of August, and, if necessary, the first and twentieth days of September of each year or whenever necessary to prevent or eliminate a safety hazard, shall destroy all brush, briers, burrs, vines, noxious weeds, and, until June 1, 1996, multiflora rose, growing within the limits of a county or township road or improved, graveled, or macadamized road, street, or alley within their jurisdiction.
Ohio Rev Code § 5579.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5579 | General Highway Provisions|Section 5579.05 | Notice to Destroy Weeds.

Effective: July 4, 1984|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 108 - 115th General Assembly|(A) Upon receiving written information that noxious weeds, wild parsnip, wild carrot, oxeye daisy, wild mustard, or other harmful weeds are growing on land in a township, other than land owned or managed by the department of natural resources, or park land owned or managed by the state or a political subdivision, the board of township trustees shall notify the owner, lessee, agent, or tenant having charge of the land of the receipt of the information and of the obligations imposed by this section. Within five days after the notification is given, the person notified shall cut or destroy the weeds or show the board why there is no need for doing so.If the person in charge of the land is a resident of the township or a nonresident whose address is known, the notice shall be sent to his address by certified mail. If the person's address is unknown, it is sufficient to publish the notice once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county.(B) Upon receiving information that wild parsnip, wild carrot, oxeye daisy, wild mustard, or noxious weeds are growing in a township on land owned or managed by the department of natural resources, or on park land owned or managed by the state or a political subdivision, the board of township trustees shall notify the county extension agent for the county in which the township is located of the receipt of the information. Within five days after the notification is given, the extension agent shall meet in committee with a person designated for this purpose by the governing authority of the land and, if the land is within a soil and water conservation district, with a supervisor of the district designated by the district supervisors, to consider ways to deal with the problem, and shall, within such five days, report the committee's findings and recommendations to the board of township trustees.This section and sections 5579.06 and 5579.07 of the Revised Code do not apply to persons subject to section 4959.11 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 5579.06 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5579 | General Highway Provisions|Section 5579.06 | Effect of Noncompliance With Notice.

Effective: July 4, 1984|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 108 - 115th General Assembly|If the owner, lessee, agent, or tenant having charge of the land mentioned in division (A) of section 5579.05 of the Revised Code fails to comply with that division, the board of township trustees shall cause the weeds to be cut or destroyed and may employ the necessary labor, materials, and equipment to perform the task. All expenses incurred shall, when approved by the board, be paid out of the township general fund from moneys not otherwise appropriated.
Ohio Rev Code § 5579.07 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5579 | General Highway Provisions|Section 5579.07 | Expense a Lien Upon Land.

Effective: July 4, 1984|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 108 - 115th General Assembly|The board of township trustees shall make a written report to the county auditor of the board's action under sections 5579.05 and 5579.06 of the Revised Code with a statement of the board's charges for its services, the amount paid for the labor, materials, and equipment, and a proper description of the premises. These amounts, when allowed, shall be entered upon the tax duplicate, shall be a lien upon the land from the date of the entry, and shall be collected as other taxes and returned to the township and placed in the township general fund.
Ohio Rev Code § 5579.08 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5579 | General Highway Provisions|Section 5579.08 | Cutting of Briers, Brush, and Noxious Weeds.

Effective: December 20, 2005|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 107 - 126th General Assembly|All brush, briers, burrs, vines, and noxious weeds growing along the public highway shall be cut or destroyed between the first and twentieth days of June, the first and twentieth days of August, and, if necessary, between the first and twentieth days of September of each year or whenever necessary to prevent or eliminate a safety hazard. This work shall be done by the board of township trustees in its respective township, or by the township highway superintendent, who may employ the necessary labor to carry out this section. All expenses incurred shall, when approved by the board, be paid from the township road fund by the township fiscal officer, upon the fiscal officer's warrant.
Ohio Rev Code § 5589.01 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5589 | Offenses Relating to Highways|Section 5589.01 | Obstructing Public Grounds, Highway, Street, or Alley.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|No person shall obstruct or encumber by fences, buildings, structures, or otherwise, a public ground, highway, street, or alley of a municipal corporation.
Ohio Rev Code § 5589.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5589 | Offenses Relating to Highways|Section 5589.02 | Altering or Injuring Marker or Monument.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|No person shall alter, deface, injure, or destroy any marker or monument placed along, upon, or near a public highway, by the proper authorities, to mark the boundaries thereof, or for any other purpose.
Ohio Rev Code § 5589.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5589 | Offenses Relating to Highways|Section 5589.03 | Refusal or Neglect of Officials to Perform Duty.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|No county engineer, township trustee, or township highway superintendent shall willfully neglect, fail, or refuse to perform the duties of his office. Conviction for such neglect, failure, or refusal shall operate as a removal from office.
Ohio Rev Code § 5589.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5589 | Offenses Relating to Highways|Section 5589.05 | Interfering With Drawbridge on Muskingum Improvement.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|No person, except a commissioner, engineer, superintendent, lock tender, bridge tender, or collector and without express direction or permission from one of them, shall open or interfere with a drawbridge on the Muskingum improvement.
Ohio Rev Code § 5589.06 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5589 | Offenses Relating to Highways|Section 5589.06 | Obstructing Ditch, Drain, or Watercourse - Duty of Superintendent.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|No person shall wrongfully obstruct any ditch, drain, or watercourse along, upon, or across a public highway, or divert any water from adjacent lands to or upon a public highway. Whenever the township highway superintendent learns of any obstruction of any ditch, drain, or watercourse along, upon, or across a public highway, or diversion of any water from adjacent lands to or upon a public highway, he shall notify the board of township trustees, which shall cause written notice thereof to be personally served upon the person, firm, or corporation, or upon any agent in charge of the property of the person, firm, or corporation causing such obstruction or diversion. Notice may be served by a constable of the proper township or any person authorized and deputed therefor by the board of township trustees, and shall describe and locate said obstruction or diversion and direct its immediate removal. If the person, company, or corporation does not within five days from the receipt of written notice proceed to remove such obstruction and complete the removal within a reasonable time, the township highway superintendent, upon the order of the board of township trustees, shall remove the obstruction. The expense incurred shall be paid in the first instance out of any money levied, collected, and available for highway purposes and shall then be collected from the person, company, or corporation by civil action by the board of township trustees, and paid into the highway fund of the township.
Ohio Rev Code § 5589.07 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5589 | Offenses Relating to Highways|Section 5589.07 | Failure to Make Levy or Furnish Estimates.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|No person charged with the duty of making any levy or furnishing any estimates or budgets requesting any levy or allowance for the construction, improvement, maintenance, or repair of any public highway, bridge, or culvert shall fail to make such levy or allowance, or furnish such estimate, budget, or request.
Ohio Rev Code § 5589.08 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5589 | Offenses Relating to Highways|Section 5589.08 | Operating Traction Engines Upon Improved Highways.

Effective: October 16, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 538 - 100th General Assembly|No person shall drive over the improved highways of the state, or any political subdivision thereof, a traction engine or tractor with tires or wheels equipped with ice picks, spuds, spikes, chains, or other projections of any kind extending beyond the cleats, or no person shall tow or in any way pull another vehicle over the improved highways of the state, or any political subdivision thereof, which towed or pulled vehicle has tires or wheels equipped with ice picks, spuds, spikes, chains or other projections of any kind. "Traction engine" or "tractor," as used in this section, applies to all self-propelling engines equipped with metal-tired wheels operated or propelled by any form of engine, motor, or mechanical power.No municipal corporation, county, or township shall adopt, enforce, or maintain any ordinance, rule, or regulation contrary to or inconsistent with this section, or require of any person any license tax upon or registration fee for any traction engine, tractor, or trailer, or any permit or license to operate. Operators of traction engines or tractors shall have the same rights upon the public streets and highways as the drivers of any other vehicles, unless some other safe and convenient way is provided, and no public road open to traffic shall be closed to traction engines or tractors.
Ohio Rev Code § 5589.081 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5589 | Offenses Relating to Highways|Section 5589.081 | Studded Tires - Prohibited Acts.

Effective: August 22, 2008|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 44 - 127th General Assembly|(A) For purposes of this section, "studded tire" means any tire designed for use on a vehicle and equipped with metal studs or studs of wear-resisting material that project beyond the tread of the traction surface of the tire; and "motor vehicle," "street or highway," "public safety vehicle," and "school bus" have the same meanings as given those terms in section 4511.01 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section, no person shall operate any motor vehicle, other than a public safety vehicle or school bus, that is equipped with studded tires on any street or highway in this state, except during the period extending from the first day of November of each year through the fifteenth day of April of the succeeding year.(2) A person may operate a motor vehicle that is equipped with retractable studded tires with the studs retracted at any time of the year, but shall operate the motor vehicle with the studs extended only as provided in division (B)(1) of this section.(C) This section does not apply to the use of tire chains when there is snow or ice on the streets or highways where such chains are being used, or the immediate vicinity thereof.
Ohio Rev Code § 5589.09 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5589 | Offenses Relating to Highways|Section 5589.09 | Failure, Neglect or Refusal to Drag Road.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|No person, charged with the duty of causing any unimproved or gravel road or part thereof to be dragged, shall willfully fail, neglect, or refuse to cause the same to be done, in such manner and within the time fixed by the sections of the Revised Code applicable thereto, or by the proper authority.
Ohio Rev Code § 5589.10 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5589 | Offenses Relating to Highways|Section 5589.10 | Digging, Excavating, Piling Earth, or Building Fence on Highway.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|No person shall dig up, remove, excavate, or place any earth or mud upon any portion of any public highway or build a fence upon the same without authority to do so. Each day that such person continues to dig up, remove, or excavate any portion of the public highway constitutes a separate offense.
Ohio Rev Code § 5589.11 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5589 | Offenses Relating to Highways|Section 5589.11 | Failure or Neglect to Cut Weeds, Briers, or Bushes.

Effective: July 4, 1984|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 108 - 115th General Assembly|No person, charged with the duty of cutting, destroying, or removing any weeds, briers, or bushes upon or along a public highway shall willfully fail, neglect, or refuse to cut, destroy, or remove such weeds, briers, or bushes as required in sections 5579.04 and 5579.08 of the Revised Code or on the order of the proper officials.
Ohio Rev Code § 5589.12 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5589 | Offenses Relating to Highways|Section 5589.12 | Possession of Tools Belonging to State or County.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|No person shall, without being authorized, have in his control or possession any equipment, tools, implements, or other property belonging to the state, county, or township.
Ohio Rev Code § 5589.13 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5589 | Offenses Relating to Highways|Section 5589.13 | Fines Credited to Maintenance and Repair Fund.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|All fines collected for violations of sections 5589.02 to 5589.14, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be paid into the county treasury and placed to the credit of the fund for the maintenance and repair of the highways within such county.
Ohio Rev Code § 5589.14 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5589 | Offenses Relating to Highways|Section 5589.14 | Prosecution of Offenses.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The prosecuting attorney shall prosecute all offenders under sections 5589.02 to 5589.13, inclusive, of the Revised Code, upon application of any official or individual filing any affidavit before any magistrate of the county charging an offense under such sections. This section shall not prevent the prosecuting attorney or any other official from prosecuting offenders under such sections upon his own initiative.
Ohio Rev Code § 5589.20 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5589 | Offenses Relating to Highways|Section 5589.20 | Findings as to Improper Obstruction of Railroad Grade Crossings by Trains.

Effective: October 27, 2000|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 207 - 123rd General Assembly|The general assembly finds that the improper obstruction of railroad grade crossings by trains is a direct threat to the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of this state inasmuch as improper obstructions create uniquely different local safety problems by preventing the timely movement of ambulances, the vehicles of law enforcement officers and firefighters, and official and unofficial vehicles transporting health care officials and professionals. It is the intent of the general assembly in amending sections 5589.21, 5589.24, and 5589.99 of the Revised Code that the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of this state be enhanced through those amendments.