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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 709 | Annexation; Detachment › Section 709.28 | Conditions of Annexation.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The commissioners appointed by the respective municipal corporations proposing annexation pursuant to sections 709.23 to 709.33, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall proceed to arrange the conditions of annexation and report the result of their action to the legislative authorities of their respective municipal corporations within one hundred twenty days from the date of the appointment of the commissioners of the municipal corporation with which annexation is proposed.
If such commissioners are unable to agree upon the conditions of annexation within such time, the probate judge of the county in which the municipal corporations are situated shall appoint one additional commissioner, who shall not be a resident of either of such municipal corporations. The additional commissioner shall act with the other commissioners appointed as provided by such sections, in arranging conditions of such annexation, and the conclusions arrived at and agreed upon by any four of such commissioners shall be the conditions upon which said annexation shall be submitted to the voters of such municipal corporations, and the findings thus arrived at shall be reported by the commissioners to the legislative authority of each of such municipal corporations.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 709 | Annexation; Detachment › Section 709.29 | Submission of Question of Annexation to a Vote - Procedure.

Effective:
July 2, 2010
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 48 - 128th General Assembly
Within thirty days after filing the conditions of annexation as provided by section 709.28 of the Revised Code with the legislative authorities of the municipal corporations, the legislative authorities of both such municipal corporations shall order the question of annexation, upon the conditions contained in the report of such commissioners, to be submitted to a vote at the next regular election or primary election, occurring not less than ninety days after the filing of such conditions with the board of elections.
Each ordinance shall prescribe the manner in which the submission shall be made and shall be published in its respective municipal corporation by posters or otherwise, for a period of at least twenty days, prior to the time fixed for the election, in such manner as the legislative authority deems most expedient, and a printed copy of such conditions shall be mailed to each voter of such municipal corporations, as shown by the registration books.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 709 | Annexation; Detachment › Section 709.30 | Assent to Annexation - Election.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The legislative authority of a city to which the annexation of another city or village or part thereof is sought as provided in sections 709.22 to 709.29, inclusive, of the Revised Code, may by ordinance, and the board of education of a city school district to which the annexation of another city school district, exempted village school district, or local school district containing a village is sought as provided in such sections may by resolution, assent to such annexation and waive the submission of such question to the electors of the city or district to which such annexation is proposed. If, within thirty days of the passage or adoption of such ordinance or resolution, a petition, signed by twenty-five per cent of the voters of such district or city, is filed requesting that such election be held, such waiver shall be of no effect, and provision shall be made for the holding of such election as provided in section 709.29 of the Revised Code. Such petition shall be filed with the board of elections, and upon finding such a petition sufficient such board of elections shall notify the legislative authority or board of education affected thereby, and shall prepare to conduct such election.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 709 | Annexation; Detachment › Section 709.31 | Election Results Certified.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
If a majority of the electors of each municipal corporation, voting on the question submitted under section 709.29 of the Revised Code, are in favor of annexation, the board of elections shall thereupon certify the results of the election in each municipal corporation to the legislative authorities of both municipal corporations.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 709 | Annexation; Detachment › Section 709.32 | Clerk of Municipal Corporation to Certify Transcripts.

Effective:
January 30, 2014
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 72 - 130th General Assembly
Under the direction of the municipal corporation to which territory is proposed to be annexed, the auditor or clerk thereof shall make and certify two transcripts of all the ordinances, abstracts of the returns of the votes, and other papers relating to annexation, one of which shall be filed in the official records of the county recorder, and the other shall be forwarded to the secretary of state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 709 | Annexation; Detachment › Section 709.33 | Effective Date of Annexation.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
When the transcripts of annexation proceedings are certified as provided in section 709.32 of the Revised Code, and after one of them is delivered to the county recorder and the other forwarded to the secretary of state, the annexation shall be complete and the conditions of annexation shall thereupon become operative. The municipal corporation to which the annexation is made shall pass such ordinances as will carry into effect the conditions of annexation.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 709 | Annexation; Detachment › Section 709.34 | Government of the Municipal Corporations.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
When the annexation of a municipal corporation under sections 709.23 to 709.33, inclusive, of the Revised Code, is completed, the two former municipal corporations shall be governed as one, embracing the territory of both, and the inhabitants of all such territory shall have equal rights and privileges, subject to the conditions of annexation. The annexation shall not affect any rights or liabilities existing at the time of annexation, either in favor of or against such municipal corporations, except such as are affected by the conditions of annexation. Actions founded on such rights and privileges may be commenced, and pending actions prosecuted to final judgment and execution, as though the annexation had not taken place.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 709 | Annexation; Detachment › Section 709.37 | Adjustment of Boundaries of Adjoining Municipal Corporations by Mutual Consent.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Any two adjoining municipal corporations may, by ordinance of their respective legislative authorities, agree to a change in the boundary line separating such municipal corporations, provided such change does not involve the transfer of territory, inhabited by more than five voters, from one to the other or from each to the other. The ordinances setting forth such agreement shall be certified to the board of county commissioners. Upon receipt of such certified ordinances, the board shall proceed by resolution to approve such change of boundary and to make such adjustment of funds, unpaid taxes, claims, indebtedness, and other fiscal matters as the board determines to be proper. Transcripts of the ordinances, agreement, and resolution certified by the board shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state and shall also be filed and recorded in the office of the county recorder. All fees and costs for such filing and recording shall be assumed and paid by such municipal corporations in such proportions as the board determines.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 709 | Annexation; Detachment › Section 709.40 | Apportionment of Property, Funds, and Indebtedness.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 361 - 100th General Assembly
When territory is detached from a village in accordance with section 709.39 of the Revised Code, an apportionment of the property, funds, and indebtedness of the village shall be made between such village and the detached territory upon the basis of the respective tax duplicates in the village after such detachment and in the detached territory. All water pipes and sewers, laid either in such village or detached territory, shall be considered as property within the meaning of that term, as used in this section, in so far as such water pipes or sewers have been paid for out of the general funds of the village. If the village authorities and the public authorities in control of the detached territory are unable to agree upon such apportionment, it shall be made by the probate court, upon application by the authorities of either the village or the detached territory.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 709 | Annexation; Detachment › Section 709.41 | Petition for Detachment of Farm Land.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 361 - 100th General Assembly
The owner of unplatted farm lands, annexed to any municipal corporation after the incorporation thereof, may file a petition in the court of common pleas of the county in which the lands are situated, in which such owner shall be named as plaintiff, and the municipal corporation shall be the defendant, setting forth the reasons why the land should be detached, and the relief prayed for. A summons shall issue on such petition as in other actions, and the case shall proceed as in other causes.
No such action shall be brought, or detachment ordered or decreed, within five years from the time that such lands were annexed by any such municipal corporation under sections 707.01 to 707.30, inclusive, and sections 709.01 to 709.42, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 709 | Annexation; Detachment › Section 709.42 | Hearing - Decision.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
If, upon the hearing of a cause of action as provided by section 709.41 of the Revised Code, the court of common pleas finds that the lands are farm lands, and are not within the original limits of the municipal corporation, that by reason of the same being or remaining within the municipal corporation the owner thereof is taxed and will continue to be taxed thereon for municipal purposes in substantial excess of the benefits conferred by reason of such lands being within the municipal corporation, and that said lands may be detached without materially affecting the best interests or good government of such municipal corporation or of the territory therein adjacent to that sought to be detached; then an order and decree may be made by the court, and entered on the record, that the lands be detached from the municipal corporation and be attached to the most convenient adjacent township in the same county. Thereafter the lands shall not be a part of the municipal corporation but shall be a part of the township to which they have been so attached. The costs shall be taxed as may seem right to the court.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 709 | Annexation; Detachment › Section 709.43 | Merger Defined.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
As used in sections 709.43 to 709.48 of the Revised Code, "merger" means the annexation, one to another, of existing municipal corporations or of the unincorporated area of a township with one or more municipal corporations, or the merger of one or more municipal corporations with the unincorporated area of a township.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 709 | Annexation; Detachment › Section 709.44 | Territory That May Be Merged.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
The territory of one or more municipal corporations, whether or not adjacent to one another, may be merged with that of an adjacent municipal corporation, and the unincorporated area of a township may be merged with one or more municipal corporations, or one or more municipal corporations, whether or not adjacent to one another, may be merged with that of an adjacent unincorporated area of a township, in the manner provided in sections 709.43 to 709.48 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 709 | Annexation; Detachment › Section 709.451 | Merger in Lieu of Petition.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
(A) In lieu of filing a petition under section 709.45 of the Revised Code, if the legislative authorities of each political subdivision that may be merged as provided in section 709.44 of the Revised Code agree to a merger and adopt, by a two-thirds vote of each legislative authority, an ordinance or resolution proposing a merger, no election of a commission to draw up a statement of conditions for merger of the political subdivisions shall be held. Instead, the legislative authorities of those political subdivisions shall have one hundred twenty days to enter into a merger agreement that specifies the conditions of the proposed merger, in identical ordinances or a resolution adopted by a simple majority vote of each legislative authority. At a minimum, the proposed merger agreement shall include all of the following:
(1) The names of the municipal corporations and township, if any, proposing the merger;
(2) The territorial boundaries of the resulting municipal corporation or township;
(3) The date that the proposed merger will take effect;
(4) A procedure for the efficient and timely transition to the resulting municipal corporation or township of specified services, functions, and responsibilities from each municipal corporation or township and its respective departments and agencies;
(5) A transition plan and schedule.
(B) The merger shall take effect as provided in division (C) of section 709.452 of the Revised Code. On the effective date of the merger, a municipal corporation merging into a township only has the rights, powers, and responsibilities afforded by law to townships, and all other authority ceases to exist.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 711 | Plats › Section 711.131 | Approval Without Plat.

Effective:
October 17, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) Notwithstanding sections 711.001 to 711.13 of the Revised Code and except as provided in division (C) of this section, unless the rules adopted under section 711.05, 711.09, or 711.10 of the Revised Code are amended pursuant to division (B) of this section, a proposed division of a parcel of land along an existing public street, not involving the opening, widening, or extension of any street or road, and involving no more than five lots after the original tract has been completely subdivided, may be submitted to the planning authority having approving jurisdiction of plats under section 711.05, 711.09, or 711.10 of the Revised Code for approval without plat. If the authority acting through a properly designated representative finds that a proposed division is not contrary to applicable platting, subdividing, zoning, health, sanitary, or access management regulations, regulations adopted under division (B)(3) of section 307.37 of the Revised Code regarding existing surface or subsurface drainage, or household sewage treatment rules adopted under section 3718.02 of the Revised Code, it shall approve the proposed division within seven business days after its submission and, on presentation of a conveyance of the parcel, shall stamp the conveyance "approved by (planning authority); no plat required" and have it signed by its clerk, secretary, or other official as may be designated by it. The planning authority may require the submission of a sketch and other information that is pertinent to its determination under this division.
(B) For a period of up to two years after the effective date of this amendment , the rules adopted under section 711.05, 711.09, or 711.10 of the Revised Code may be amended within that period to authorize the planning authority involved to approve proposed divisions of parcels of land without plat under this division. If an authority so amends its rules, it may approve no more than five lots without a plat from an original tract as that original tract exists on the effective date of the amendment to the rules. The authority shall make the findings and approve a proposed division in the time and manner specified in division (A) of this section.
(C) This section does not apply to parcels subject to section 711.133 of the Revised Code.
(D) As used in this section, "business day" means a day of the week excluding Saturday, Sunday, or a legal holiday as defined in section 1.14 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 711 | Plats › Section 711.132 | Effective Date of Planning Commission Rules.

Effective:
April 15, 2005
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 115 - 125th General Assembly
No rule or regulation of a planning commission adopted pursuant to this chapter, including any rule adopted under section 711.133 of the Revised Code, shall become effective until it has been approved, after public hearing, by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation in the case of a municipal planning commission or by the board of county commissioners in the case of a regional or county planning commission.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 711 | Plats › Section 711.14 | Planting of Cornerstone - Forfeiture.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Any person who lays out a village or an addition to a municipal corporation, and neglects to plant the cornerstones therein, or causes such village or addition to be surveyed or platted in any manner other than that prescribed in sections 711.01 to 711.13, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall forfeit and pay one hundred dollars and costs of suit, to be recovered in a civil action in the name of the county treasurer, for the use of the county.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 711 | Plats › Section 711.15 | Disposal of Lots - Forfeiture.

Effective:
October 6, 1955
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 607 - 101st General Assembly
Any person who disposes of, offers for sale, or leases for a time exceeding five years, any lot, or any part of a lot, in a subdivision with intent to violate sections 711.001 to 711.14, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall forfeit and pay the sum of not less than ten nor more than five hundred dollars for each lot or part of a lot so sold, offered for sale, or leased, to be recovered, with costs, in a civil action, in the name of the county treasurer for the use of the county.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 711 | Plats › Section 711.151 | Exceptions.

Effective:
October 6, 1955
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 607 - 101st General Assembly
Sections 711.001 to 711.151 of the Revised Code do not apply to conveyances executed and delivered prior to October 16, 1953 and to conveyances made in performance of executory contracts existing prior to October 16, 1953.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 711 | Plats › Section 711.16 | Directors to Lay Out Village Where County Seat Located.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The directors appointed by the court of common pleas to lay out a village, where a seat of justice is situated, shall be governed by sections 711.01 to 711.38, inclusive, of the Revised Code, and liable to the same forfeitures for violation of such sections as county recorders under section 729.05 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 711 | Plats › Section 711.17 | Vacation of Plat.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Upon the application of two thirds of the proprietors of land described in a plat of a municipal corporation, the court of common pleas may alter or vacate the plat of any such municipal corporation, addition thereto, or parts thereof, within the county.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 711 | Plats › Section 711.18 | Application for Vacating or Altering Plat - Notice.

Effective:
October 7, 1977
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 42 - 112th General Assembly
Applications for vacating or altering a plat, addition, or part thereof, shall be by petition in writing, filed with the clerk of the court of common pleas. The applicant shall give thirty days' notice thereof, by publication in a newspaper published in and of general circulation in the county. Such notice shall set forth briefly the part of the plat or addition to be vacated.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 711 | Plats › Section 711.19 | Vacation of Plat by Court Action.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
If the petitioners for the alteration or vacation of a plat under section 711.17 of the Revised Code produce to the court of common pleas satisfactory evidence that notice has been given as required by section 711.18 of the Revised Code, and that two thirds of the persons owning lots or parts thereof in a municipal corporation, part thereof, or addition thereto, or their authorized agents or attorneys, have made application to have the whole or a part of such municipal corporation or addition altered or vacated, the court may proceed to so alter or vacate. The vacation of a municipal corporation, addition, or part thereof, shall not vacate any part of a state or county highway.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 711 | Plats › Section 711.20 | Record - Party Defendant.

Effective:
August 6, 1976
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 390 - 111th General Assembly
The proceedings for vacating or altering a plat under sections 711.17 to 711.19 of the Revised Code, shall be recorded by the clerk of the court of common pleas in the records of the court of common pleas. A copy of such record shall be made and certified, under the seal of the court, by the clerk thereof, and shall be deposited, by the parties applying for such vacation or alteration, within thirty days after such certification with the county recorder, who shall record it. At the term at which notice is given of such application, or at any subsequent term during the pendency of the application, any person feeling interested in the proceedings, upon motion, may be made a party defendant to the application, in which case, upon final hearing, the party succeeding shall have judgment against the other for the costs of the proceedings, and execution may issue therefor as in other cases.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 711 | Plats › Section 711.21 | Commons May Be Changed Into Streets.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
On application made and notice given according to sections 711.17 and 711.18 of the Revised Code, the court of common pleas may change any commons included in the plat of a municipal corporation into streets, and cause such change to be recorded as provided by section 711.20 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 711 | Plats › Section 711.22 | Clerk's Fees.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The clerk of the court of common pleas, for recording a plat required to be recorded under sections 711.17 to 711.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code, and for other services required of him, is entitled to the same fees as are allowed him for similar services.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 711 | Plats › Section 711.23 | Application for Vacation and Assessment of Damages.

Effective:
October 12, 2016
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly
As used in this section, "incompetent person" means a person who is so mentally impaired, as a result of a mental or physical illness or disability, as a result of intellectual disability, or as a result of chronic substance abuse, that the person is incapable of taking proper care of the person's self or property or fails to provide for the person's family or other persons for whom the person is charged by law to provide.
If the court of common pleas is of the opinion that any person owning a lot in a plat, addition, or part thereof proposed to be vacated or altered, and not assenting to such vacation or alteration, will sustain damage thereby, it may proceed to hear proof in reference thereto, and may render judgment against the petitioners for such damages as it thinks proper and just, to be assessed ratably against the petitioners by the court, according to the value of the property owned by the petitioners as it stands taxed on the tax list of the county. When necessary, the court shall appoint a guardian ad litem for all minors or incompetent persons interested in the premises. The judgment of the court vacating such plat, addition, or parts thereof, shall be conditioned upon the payment of the damages thus assessed.