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Title 7, Title 7. Municipal Corporations

36 chapters · 1,301 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 71,301 Ch 742, Chapter 742 | Police And Fire Pensio…132 Ch 733, Chapter 733 | Officers87 Ch 715, Chapter 715 | General Powers84 Ch 705, Chapter 705 | Plans Of Government68 Ch 718, Chapter 718 | Municipal Income Taxes62 Ch 731, Chapter 731 | Organization62 Ch 709, Chapter 709 | Annexation; Detachment61 Ch 727, Chapter 727 | Assessments - Generally58 Ch 723, Chapter 723 | Streets; Public Grounds53 Ch 759, Chapter 759 | Cemeteries50 Ch 737, Chapter 737 | Public Safety49 Ch 711, Chapter 711 | Plats48 Ch 743, Chapter 743 | Utilities - Electric; …47 Ch 703, Chapter 703 | Classification43

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 715.01 General powers of municipal corporations
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Each municipal corporation is a body politic and corporate, which shall have perpetual succession, may use a common seal, sue and be sued, and acquire property by purchase, gift, devise, appropriation, lease, or lease with the privilege of purchase, for any authorized municipal p…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 715.011 Leasing power
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Each municipal corporation may lease for a period not to exceed forty years, pursuant to a contract providing for the construction thereof under a lease-purchase plan, buildings, structures, and other improvements for any authorized municipal purpose, and in conjunction therewith…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 715.012 Real estate conveyed by state
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In addition to any other authority granted to a municipal corporation under the Revised Code or the Ohio Constitution, each municipal corporation may agree to indemnify and hold the state harmless from and against any and all claims, demands, damages, actions, or causes of action…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 715.013 Prohibiting levy of municipal taxes
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(A) Except as otherwise expressly authorized by the Revised Code, no municipal corporation shall levy a tax that is the same as or similar to a tax levied under Chapter 322., 3734., 3769., 3796., 4123., 4141., 4301., 4303., 4305., 4307., 4309., 5707., 5725., 5726., 5727., 5728., …

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 715.014 Tourism development districts

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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Tourism development district" means a district designated by a municipal corporation under this section. (2) "Territory of a tourism development district" means all of the area included within the territorial boundaries of a tourism development d…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 715.015 Development charges

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(A) The legislative authority of an eligible municipal corporation that has designated a tourism development district under section 715.014 of the Revised Code may enter into and enforce agreements with one or more owners of property located within the district by which the owner…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 715.02 Agreements for joint construction or management of public work, utility, or improvement

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(A) Two or more municipal corporations, one or more municipal corporations and one or more other political subdivisions, or two or more political subdivisions other than municipal corporations may enter into an agreement for the joint construction or management, or construction a…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 715.03 Powers by ordinance or resolution

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All municipal corporations have the general powers mentioned in sections 715.01 to 715.67, inclusive, of the Revised Code, and the legislative authority of such municipal corporations may provide by ordinance or resolution for the exercise and enforcement of such powers.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 715.04 Compounding or release of claims due from banks

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All municipal corporations may compound or release, in whole or in part, any debt, obligation, judgment, or claim, due the municipal corporation from a bank in process of liquidation or operating under a conservatorship. Where a member of the legislative authority is personally i…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 715.05 Police and fire departments

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All municipal corporations may organize and maintain police and fire departments, erect the necessary buildings, and purchase and hold all implements and apparatus required therefor.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 715.06 Light, power, and heat

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All municipal corporations may:(A) Establish, maintain, and operate municipal lighting, power, and heating plants;(B) Furnish the municipal corporation and the inhabitants thereof with light, power, and heat;(C) Procure everything necessary for such operations;(D) Acquire by purc…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 715.07 Purchase of gas without advertisement or competitive bidding

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Any municipal corporation owning a municipal gas plant or system of gas distribution may purchase gas and furnish it to such municipal corporation and the inhabitants thereof for the purpose of light, power, and heat. Any municipal corporation may contract to purchase such gas th…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 715.08 Water supply

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Any municipal corporation may provide for a supply of water, by the construction of wells, pumps, cisterns, aqueducts, water pipes, reservoirs, and water works for the protection of such water supply and to prevent the unnecessary waste of water and the pollution thereof. Such mu…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 715.09 Limiting motor vehicle parking tax rate

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A municipal corporation that imposes an excise or any other tax on the parking, housing, or storage of a motor vehicle in a lot, building, or other facility used for parking, housing, or otherwise storing motor vehicles shall not impose the tax at a rate greater than eight per ce…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 715.13 Public band concerts and libraries

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Any municipal corporation may establish, maintain, and regulate free public band concerts and maintain and regulate free public libraries established by the municipal corporation prior to September 4, 1947. Such municipal corporation may purchase books, papers, maps, and manuscri…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 715.14 Hospitals

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Any municipal corporation may provide for the rent and compensation for the use of any existing free public hospital established and managed by a private corporation or association organized for that purpose.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 715.15 Ship canals

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Any municipal corporation may construct, open, enlarge, excavate, improve, deepen, straighten, or extend, any canal, ship canal, or watercourse located in whole or in part within such municipal corporation, or lying contiguous thereto.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 715.16 Places of correction - quarters for municipal courts and offices

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Any municipal corporation may:(A) Establish, erect, maintain, and regulate jails, morgues, workhouses, station houses, prisons, and farm schools;(B) Agree with the board of county commissioners of any county in which such municipal corporation is located for the lease of suitable…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 715.17 Census

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Any municipal corporation may take and authenticate a census of the municipal corporation.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 715.18 Department of purchase, construction, and repair

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Any municipal corporation may establish and furnish the necessary equipment for a department of purchase, construction, and repair. Such department shall be under the management of the director of public service, who shall purchase all material, supplies, tools, machinery, and eq…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 715.19 Establish and care for streets

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Any municipal corporation may lay off, establish, plat, grade, open, widen, narrow, straighten, extend, improve, keep in order and repair, light, clean, and sprinkle, streets, alleys, public grounds, places and buildings, wharves, landings, docks, bridges, viaducts, and market pl…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 715.20 Shade trees

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Any municipal corporation may regulate the planting, trimming, and preservation of shade trees in streets, alleys, and public grounds and places, and may provide for the planting, removal, trimming, and preservation of such trees and other ornamental shrubbery.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 715.21 Power to acquire, hold, lease, sell, or donate lands

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Any municipal corporation may hold, improve, protect, and preserve public grounds, parks, park entrances, free recreation centers, and boulevards.Such municipal corporation may acquire by purchase, lease, with privilege of purchase, gift, devise, condemnation, or otherwise, and h…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 715.211 Assisting park districts

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The legislative authority of any municipal corporation may make contributions of moneys, supplies, equipment, office facilities, or other personal property or services to any board of park commissioners established pursuant to Chapter 1545. of the Revised Code for the expenses of…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 715.22 Vehicles and use of streets

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Any municipal corporation may:(A) Regulate the use of carts, drays, wagons, hackney coaches, omnibuses, automobiles, and carriages kept for hire or livery stable purposes;(B) License and regulate the use of the streets by persons who use vehicles, or solicit or transact business …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 715.23 Impounding and sale of fowl or animals

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Except as otherwise provided in section 955.10 of the Revised Code regarding dogs, a municipal corporation may regulate, restrain, or prohibit the running at large, within the municipal corporation, of cattle, horses, swine, sheep, goats, geese, chickens, or other fowl or animals…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 715.24 Regulation of street vendors

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Any municipal corporation may regulate, license, or prohibit the selling of goods, merchandise, or medicines on the streets.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 715.25 Width of tires and rate of transportation

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Any municipal corporation may prescribe the width of the tires of wagons, carts, drays, and other vehicles used in the transportation of persons from one part of such municipal corporation to another, or used in the transportation of coal, wood, stone, lumber, iron, or other arti…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 715.26 Regulating erection, inspection, and numbering of buildings

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Any municipal corporation may: (A) Regulate the erection of buildings or other structures and the sanitary condition thereof, the repair of, alteration in, and addition to buildings or other structures;(B) Provide for the inspection of buildings or other structures and for the re…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 715.261 Recovering total cost of correcting hazardous condition of building or abating nuisance

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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Total cost" means any costs incurred due to the use of employees, materials, or equipment of the municipal corporation or its agent pursuant to division (E) of this section, any costs arising out of contracts for labor, materials, or equipment, a…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 715.262 Preference of appeals on municipal building code violations

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In an appeal from an order made under authority of division (A) or (B) of section 715.26 of the Revised Code, a provision of a municipal charter which has the same or a similar purpose as such divisions, or an ordinance or regulation adopted under such authorities, and in any app…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 715.263 Tax credit for abating building nuisance on tax foreclosed property

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(A) As used in this section:(1) "Immediate family" means a spouse who resides in the same household, and children.(2) "Nuisance" means a building that is structurally unsafe, unsanitary, or not provided with adequate safe egress; that constitutes a fire hazard, is otherwise dange…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 715.27 Regulating fences, signs, other structures, electrical equipment, specialty contractors

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(A) Any municipal corporation may: (1) Regulate the erection of fences, billboards, signs, and other structures, within the municipal corporation, and provide for the removal and repair of insecure billboards, signs, and other structures; (2) Regulate the construction and repair …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 715.28 Market places

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Any municipal corporation may:(A) Establish, erect, maintain, protect, and regulate public halls, public buildings, and market houses;(B) Establish, maintain, protect, and regulate a market place, by and with the consent of the abutting property owner, or his lessee , on any stre…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 715.29 Sanitation

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Any municipal corporation may:(A) Regulate by ordinance the use, control, repair, and maintenance of buildings used for human occupancy or habitation, the number of occupants, and the mode and manner of occupancy, for the purpose of insuring the healthful, safe, and sanitary envi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 715.30 Injunction may be granted for failure to comply

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No person shall erect, construct, alter, repair, or maintain any residential building, office, mercantile building, workshop, or factory, including a public or private garage, or other structure, within any municipal corporation wherein ordinances or regulations have been enacted…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 715.31 Wharves and docks

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Any municipal corporation may:(A) Regulate public landings, public wharves, public docks, public piers, and public basins;(B) Fix the rates of landing, wharfage, dockage, and the use of such facilities.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 715.32 License and regulation of ferries

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Any municipal corporation shall have the exclusive power to:(A) Establish, regulate, and license ferries from such municipal corporation, or any landing therein, to the opposite shore, or from one part of the municipal corporation to another;(B) Impose such reasonable terms and r…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 715.33 Streetcars

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Any municipal corporation may require the employment of conductors on all streetcars within such municipal corporation.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 715.34 Hot water and steam heating

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Any municipal corporation may use, or by ordinance grant, for periods not exceeding twenty-five years, the use of its streets, avenues, alleys, lanes, and public places to lay pipes, conduits, manholes, drains, and other necessary fixtures and appliances under the surface thereof…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 715.35 Movable and rolling roads

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Any municipal corporation may use or grant, for periods not exceeding twenty-five years, the use of its streets, avenues, alleys, lanes, and public places for the construction of inclined movable or rolling roads, for the conveying or moving of freight, vehicles, animals, and oth…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 715.36 United States mail subways

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Any municipal corporation may, use, or by ordinance grant to any person, company, or corporation, for periods not exceeding twenty-five years, the use of its streets, avenues, alleys, lanes, and public places for the purpose of constructing, laying, maintaining, and operating sub…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 715.37 Contagious diseases

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Any municipal corporation may:(A) Provide for the public health;(B) Secure the inhabitants of the municipal corporation from the evils of contagious, malignant, and infectious diseases;(C) Purchase or lease property or buildings for pesthouses;(D) Erect, maintain, and regulate pe…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 715.38 Maintenance of physician - tax levy - election - anticipatory notes

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The legislative authority of a municipal corporation which, for any reason, is inaccessible from the mainland at some time of the year, may provide for the maintenance of a physician when, in the opinion of a majority of the members of the legislative authority, it is necessary f…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 715.39 Assistance by board of county commissioners authorized

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Upon the appointment by the legislative authority of a municipal corporation of a resident physician as authorized by section 715.38 of the Revised Code to act as the physician, the board of county commissioners may pay to the treasurer of such municipal corporation a sum not to …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 715.40 Watercourses and sewers

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Any municipal corporation may open, construct, and keep in repair, sewage disposal works, treatment plants, and sewage pumping stations, together with facilities and appurtenances necessary and proper therefor, sewers, drains, and ditches, and establish, repair, and regulate wate…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 715.41 Drainage in municipal corporations

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Any municipal corporation may drain by artificial means, at the expense of the municipal corporation, any lot or land within such municipal corporation on which water at any time accumulates and becomes stagnant, in a way prejudicial to the public health, convenience, or welfare …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 715.42 Public conveniences

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Any municipal corporation may establish, maintain, and regulate public baths and bathhouses, drinking fountains, water troughs, public toilet stations, and municipal lodging houses.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 715.43 Refuse disposal

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Any municipal corporation may provide for the collection and disposition of sewage, garbage, ashes, animal and vegetable refuse, dead animals, and animal offal, and may establish, maintain, and regulate plants for the disposal thereof.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 715.44 Power to abate nuisance and prevent injury

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A municipal corporation may:(A) Abate any nuisance and prosecute in any court of competent jurisdiction, any person who creates, continues, contributes to, or suffers such nuisance to exist;(B) Regulate and prevent the emission of dense smoke, prohibit the careless or negligent e…