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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. § 735.01 Director of public service - qualifications - powers
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In each city there shall be a department of public service which shall be administered by a director of public service. The director shall be appointed by the mayor and need not be a resident of the city at the time of his appointment but shall become a resident thereof within si…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 735.02 General duties - records
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The director of public service shall manage and supervise all public works and undertakings of the city, except as otherwise provided by law.The director shall supervise the improvement and repair of streets, avenues, alleys, lands, lanes, squares, wharves, docks, landings, marke…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 735.03 Management and operation of municipally owned public utilities by board
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Whenever the legislative authority of any city, by ordinance, declares it essential to the best interests of such city, the duties relating to the management and operation of municipally owned public utilities conferred upon the director of public service by sections 735.02 and 7…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 735.04 Subdepartment - employment of superintendents, inspectors, clerks, and laborers
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The director of public service may establish such subdepartment as is necessary and determine the number of superintendents, deputies, inspectors, engineers, harbor masters, clerks, laborers, and other persons necessary for the execution of the work and the performance of the dut…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 735.05 Contracts, material, and labor

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The director of public service may make any contract, purchase supplies or material, or provide labor for any work under the supervision of the department of public service involving not more than the amount specified in section 9.17 of the Revised Code. When an expenditure withi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 735.051 Emergency conditions obviate formal bidding and advertising for contracts

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In the case of a real and present emergency arising in connection with the operation and maintenance of the department of public service, including all municipally owned utilities, the department of public safety, or any other department, division, commission, bureau, or board of…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 735.052 Purchasing used equipment without bidding

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The legislative authority of any city or village may authorize, by ordinance, the director of public service, director of public safety, mayor, city manager, board of trustees of public affairs, village administrator, or other duly authorized contracting officer, commission, boar…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 735.053 Purchasing from other political subdivision without bidding

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The legislative authority of any city or village may authorize, by ordinance, the director of public service, director of public safety, mayor, city manager, board of trustees of public affairs, village administrator, or other duly authorized contracting officer, commission, boar…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 735.054 Municipal corporations contract requirements

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Notwithstanding sections 715.18, 731.14, 731.141, 733.22, and 735.05 of the Revised Code, any municipal corporation that may be required by law to award contracts in the manner set forth in such sections may comply with section 9.29 of the Revised Code regarding any contract for …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 735.06 Proceedings on opening of bids

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Bids for work under the supervision of the department of public service shall be opened at the time, date, and place specified in the notice to bidders or specifications and shall be publicly read by the director of public service or a person designated by him. The time, place, a…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 735.07 Contract - alterations or modifications

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The contract referred to by section 735.05 of the Revised Code shall be between the city and the bidder, and the city shall pay the contract price in cash. Where a bonus is offered for completion of a contract prior to a specified date, the department of public service may exact …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 735.074 Schedule of payments

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The amounts and time of payments of any contract made by a city or village, or any board, commission, or agency thereof, shall be governed by sections 153.13 and 153.14 of the Revised Code.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 735.08 Director of public service may contract for furnishing water power

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In a city in which a water works, electric light plant, artificial or natural gas plant, or other similar public utility is owned by the city, the director of public service, with the consent of the legislative authority thereof, may enter into and contract with the owners of any…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 735.09 Execution of contracts

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All contracts made by the director of public service shall be executed by him in the name of the city, one copy of which shall be filed in his office and one with the city auditor. No liability shall be created against the city as to any matters under the supervision of such dire…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 735.10 Appointment of commission to erect and furnish city hall

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When a city has in contemplation the building of, or is in the process of constructing or furnishing, a city hall, the director of public service may employ five citizens of such city, to be named by him, not more than three of whom shall belong to the same political party, who s…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 735.11 Powers and duties of city hall commission

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Subject to the approval of the director of public service, the commission appointed under section 735.10 of the Revised Code may acquire in the name of the city, by purchase or appropriation, land for city hall purposes, and may employ architects and approve plans and specificati…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 735.12 Appointment of commission to construct market house

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When a city has a market house or public hall in connection therewith in contemplation or in process of construction, the director of public service may employ three citizens of the city, to be named by him, who shall constitute a commission.Each person so appointed shall receive…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 735.13 Powers and duties of commission to build market house

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Subject to the approval of the director of public service, the commission appointed under section 735.12 of the Revised Code may contract in the name of the city for and supervise the building and furnishing of a market house or public hall in connection therewith, and acquire th…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 735.14 Erection of public buildings

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When a city, or the county in which such city is located, has in contemplation or in process of construction, buildings for public, municipal, or county purposes within the boundaries of such city, the director of public service may employ three persons, to be named by him, at le…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 735.15 Duties of persons appointed to locate and erect certain public buildings

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Under the supervision of the director of public service, persons under section 735.14 of the Revised Code shall have control of the location of public, municipal, or county buildings to be erected on ground acquired within the limits of the city, and of the size, height, style, a…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 735.16 Commission to construct, rebuild, and combine public utilities

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When a city has in contemplation the construction or rebuilding of a public hall, municipal water-works system, municipal electric lighting system, or the rebuilding in whole or in part and combining of a municipal water-works system and a municipal electric lighting system, the …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 735.17 Platting commissioner

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The director of public service shall be the platting commissioner of the city, and shall provide regulations governing the platting of all lands to require all streets and alleys to be the proper width and coterminous with adjoining streets and alleys.Whenever the legislative aut…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 735.18 Employment of engineer and assistants

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When acting as the platting commissioner, the director of public service may employ an engineer and such assistants as he finds necessary, and fix their salaries within limits to be prescribed by the legislative authority of the city.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 735.19 Powers and duties of platting commissioner

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The platting commissioner shall cause a plat to be made of the territory which he is ordered to lay out, as soon as it can be conveniently done, showing the location of the streets and alleys already dedicated, and those proposed. For the purpose of making the necessary surveys, …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 735.20 Notice of completion of plans

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When a whole plan, or any portion thereof, as provided in section 735.19 of the Revised Code is completed, or when the location of any avenue, street, roadway, or alley has been finally determined by the platting commissioner of a city, a plat of the plan, avenue, street, roadway…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 735.21 Objections to plans - alterations

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The platting commissioner of a city, at least once each week during the six-weeks period provided under section 735.20 of the Revised Code, at the time and place stated in the advertisement, and at such other times and places as he deems proper, shall hear any objections that are…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 735.22 Copies of plans to be deposited

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At the end of the six-weeks period provided by section 735.20 of the Revised Code, the platting commissioner shall cause copies of the plat as finally adopted to be prepared and such monuments or marks as he thinks proper to be placed on the grounds. He shall deposit one copy, ce…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 735.23 Effect of platting

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No streets or alleys, except those laid out on a plan made by the platting commissioner pursuant to sections 735.19 to 735.22, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall subsequently be in any way accepted as public streets or alleys by the city, nor shall any of the public funds be e…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 735.24 Acceptance of plan by owner - dedication of streets

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The owners of any portion of the ground platted under section 735.19 to 735.23, inclusive, of the Revised Code, by a declaration of their intention to do so, properly acknowledged and recorded in the county recorder's office, may at any time accept such plan so far as it concerns…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 735.25 Joint platting commission by adjoining municipal corporations

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When municipal corporations adjoin each other, the legislative authorities thereof may agree, in any manner they determine, upon the appointment of a joint commission for the purposes of sections 735.17 to 735.24, inclusive, of the Revised Code. Such commission, when appointed, s…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 735.26 Amendment of plans

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Plans made under sections 735.19 to 735.24, inclusive, of the Revised Code, may be amended after adoption, by like proceedings by which they were originally adopted.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 735.27 Care, supervision, and management of public institutions in villages

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The legislative authority of a village shall provide by resolution or ordinance for the care, supervision, and management of all public parks, baths, libraries, market houses, crematories, sewage disposal plants, houses of refuge and correction, workhouses, infirmaries, hospitals…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 735.271 Establishing position of village administrator

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The legislative authority of the village may establish the position of village administrator by ordinance. The village administrator established under this section shall have those powers provided by section 735.273 of the Revised Code. The village administrator shall be appointe…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 735.272 Board of trustees of public affairs abolished upon establishment of village administrator position

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Upon the establishment of the position of village administrator, his appointment by the mayor and confirmation by the legislative authority of the village, as provided by section 735.271 of the Revised Code, the board of trustees of public affairs, if such a board has been create…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 735.273 Village administrator powers and duties

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The village administrator appointed under section 735.271 of the Revised Code shall manage, conduct, and control the water works, electric light plants, artificial or natural gas plants, or other similar public utilities, furnish supplies of water, electricity, or gas, and collec…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 735.28 Village board of trustees of public affairs - appointment - election - organization

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In each village in which a water works, electric light plant, artificial or natural gas plant, or other similar public utility is situated, or when the legislative authority thereof orders a water works, electric light plant, natural or artificial gas plant, or other similar publ…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 735.29 General powers and duties

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The board of trustees of public affairs appointed under section 735.28 of the Revised Code shall manage, conduct, and control the waterworks, electric light plants, artificial or natural gas plants, or other similar public utilities, furnish supplies of water, electricity, or gas…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 735.30 Special tax for municipal plant

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When water works and electric light plants, or either of them, are owned and operated by a village which receives its street lighting and fire protection therefrom, and the proceeds from the operation of such plants are insufficient to pay the expenses of their operation, the leg…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 735.31 Street commissioner - appointment - qualifications

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Except in villages that have provided for the appointment of a village administrator under section 735.271 of the Revised Code, a street commissioner shall be appointed by the mayor of a municipal corporation and confirmed by the legislative authority thereof for a term of one ye…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 735.32 General duties

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Under the direction of the mayor or other chief executive officer of a municipal corporation, the street commissioner, or an engineer, when one is provided by the legislative authority, shall supervise the improvement and repair of streets, avenues, alleys, lands, lanes, squares,…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 735.33 Assistants

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The street commissioner or engineer mentioned in section 735.32 of the Revised Code shall have such assistants as the legislative authority of the municipal corporation provides, who shall be employed by the street commissioner and serve for such time and compensation as is fixed…