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Ohio Statutes, Title 55

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Title 55, Roads-Highways-Bridges

46 chapters · 1,507 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 551,507 Ch 5534, Memorial Highways336 Ch 5533, Memorial Highways276 Ch 5505, Highway Patrol Retirement System88 Ch 5502, Department of Public Safety77 Ch 5501, Department Of Transportation71 Ch 5555, County Road Improvement51 Ch 5553, County Roads - Establishment; Altera…38 Ch 5591, County Bridges35 Ch 5537, Ohio Turnpike And Infrastructure Com…33 Ch 5531, Federal Cooperation30 Ch 5525, Construction Contracts27 Ch 5589, Offenses Relating To Highways24 Ch 5577, Load Limits On Highways23 Ch 5543, Duties Of County Engineer21

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5516.08 Eminent domain actions against nonconforming devices
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(A) The director of transportation, or a state, county, municipal, or other local zoning authority, may order the removal of nonconforming advertising devices that are lawfully maintained pursuant to section 5516.07 of the Revised Code, or under a zoning ordinance or regulation. …
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5516.09 Use of right-of-way
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Unless otherwise provided by law, both of the following are prohibited: (A) The use of the right-of-way of a limited access highway for construction, maintenance, or copy change of a lawful advertising device; (B) The use of the right-of-way of any highway other than a limited ac…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5516.10 Permits and permit plates - application process
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(A) No person shall do either of the following without first obtaining a permit and permit plates from the director of transportation: (1) Erect, use, maintain, operate, construct, or cause or permit to be erected, used, maintained, operated, or constructed, any advertising devic…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5516.11 Regulation of advertising devices through zoning rules and regulations

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This chapter does not affect the authority of a state, county, municipal, or other local zoning authority to zone areas for commercial or industrial purposes under its respective zoning laws. Whenever a state, county, municipal, or other local zoning authority has adopted compreh…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5516.12 Disapproving, cancelling, or revoking permits

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The director of transportation may disapprove, cancel, or revoke any permit requested or issued under this chapter if the director determines any of the following: (A) That the application for the permit contains materially false, misleading, or inaccurate information; (B) An adv…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5516.13 Administering chapter

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The director of transportation shall exercise the powers and perform the duties delegated to the director by sections 5516.02 to 5516.14 of the Revised Code, in accordance with rules the director shall adopt under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5516.14 Application for vegetation permit

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The director may issue a permit to any sign owner who has a lawful permit issued pursuant to section 5516.10 of the Revised Code to remove, cut, and trim vegetation located on the right-of-way of any highway of the interstate or primary system adjacent to the permitted advertisin…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5516.15 Disposition of fees

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Any fees or fines collected under this chapter shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the highway operating fund created in section 5735.051 of the Revised Code to be used by the director of transportation solely for purposes of enforcing and administering th…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5516.20 Tourism development district interstate signage; lighting

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A sign may be displayed adjacent to an interstate highway system that uses light-emitting diode lighting if the sign is located within the boundaries of a tourism development district designated by a township under section 503.56 of the Revised Code or a municipal corporation und…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5516.99 Penalty

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Whoever erects or maintains an advertising device in violation of sections 5516.01 to 5516.14 of the Revised Code, or rules adopted thereunder, shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than five thousand dollars.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5517.01 Filing plans of proposed projects - right of entry

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The director of transportation shall make a map in outline and profile, and plans, specifications, profiles, and estimates covering proposed projects. When completed the director shall indorse upon such maps, profiles, plans, specifications, and estimates of quantities his approv…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5517.011 Design/build contracts for highways and bridges

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(A) Notwithstanding section 5517.01 of the Revised Code, the director of transportation may establish a program to expedite the sale and construction of special projects by combining the design and construction elements of projects for transportation facilities as defined in sect…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5517.012 Indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contracts

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(A) As used in this section, "indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract" means a contract for an unspecified quantity, within stated limits, of supplies or services that will be delivered by the awarded bidder over a defined period. (B) Notwithstanding section 5517.01 of t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5517.02 Estimates - force account projects

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(A) Before undertaking the construction, reconstruction by widening or resurfacing, or improvement of a state highway, or a bridge or culvert thereon, or the installation of a highway traffic signal on a state highway, the director of transportation, except as provided in section…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5517.021 Work not requiring competitive bidding

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(A)(1) The director of transportation may proceed without competitive bidding by employing labor, purchasing materials, and furnishing equipment to do any of the following work: (a) Replace any single span bridge in its substantial entirety or widen any single span bridge, includ…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5517.03 Closing highways or bridges

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The director of transportation shall, at the time the director indorses the director's approval upon the surveys, plans, profiles, and specifications covering any proposed project, determine whether the making of the improvement will require the closing to traffic of the highway,…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5517.04 Director to repair damage to county or township roads

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The director of transportation shall repair all substantial damage done to county and township roads or to streets in municipal corporations resulting from the transportation of materials or equipment over such roads for use in constructing, reconstructing, or repairing, either b…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5517.05 Sound barrier notice and hearing

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(A) Whenever any proposed project of the department of transportation includes the construction of a sound barrier, the director of transportation shall notify the appropriate local legislative authority of the proposed construction. The director shall conduct at least one public…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5517.07 Signs to slow traffic in work zones

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(A) If not already present, the department of transportation shall install signs and other traffic control devices designed to slow down the flow of traffic in construction and similar work zones. The signs and devices may include arrow boards, channelizing devices, temporary rai…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5517.08 Chip or fog sealing notice

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(A) As used in this section, "start date" means one of the following, as applicable: (1) The date that the department of transportation will advertise for competitive bids related to the chip sealing or fog sealing of an asphalt surface on a state highway project; (2) The date th…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5519.01 Appropriation of property

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If the director of transportation is unable to purchase property for any purpose related to highways, roads, or bridges authorized by Chapters 5501., 5503., 5511., 5513., 5515., 5516., 5517., 5519., 5521., 5523., 5525., 5527., 5528., 5529., 5531., 5533., and 5535. of the Revised …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5519.04 Costs and expenses for purchase or appropriation of property

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The costs and expenses in connection with the purchase and appropriation of property for highway purposes shall be payable by the director of transportation out of any funds of the department of transportation available for the establishment, construction, improvement, maintenanc…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5519.05 Right-of-way to be monumented - preservation of landmarks

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The director of transportation, when he acquires property for highway purposes, either by purchase or appropriation, shall promptly monument the right-of-way line of the property acquired. The director, as soon as practicable in view of the availability of the funds and forces of…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5521.01 Establishment and improvement of state highways within municipal corporation

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The director of transportation, upon the request by and the approval of the legislative authority of a village, shall maintain, repair, and apply standard longitudinal pavement marking lines as the director considers appropriate, or may establish, construct, reconstruct, improve,…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5521.011 New highway locations

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In determining new highway locations the director shall consider the following factors, wherever applicable, and include such considerations in the record of his proceedings: national defense; economic activity; employment; open spaces; existing park lands; recreation; fire prote…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5521.02 County co-operation in planning and construction

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The board of county commissioners of any county may co-operate with the director of transportation in the elimination of railroad grade crossings on the state highway system, and in the construction or reconstruction of bridges and viaducts, together with the approaches thereto, …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5521.03 Proceedings when county and municipal corporation co-operate with director of transportation

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Where the board of county commissioners, under authority of section 5521.02 of the Revised Code, co-operate with the director of transportation in any work within a municipal corporation, such board and the legislative authority of the municipal corporation may co-operate with re…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5521.04 Approval of proposal to co-operate

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If the director of transportation approves the proposal to co-operate, the director shall certify such approval to the board of county commissioners or the municipal authorities so offering to co-operate. The director shall cause to be transmitted to the board or municipal author…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5521.041 Notice of change order or extra work contract

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The director of transportation, after receipt of a resolution providing for cooperation in a project as provided in section 5521.04 of the Revised Code, shall not approve a change order or extra work contract relating to that project until he first gives notice, in writing, of th…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5521.05 Resolution requesting director to proceed with the work

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If the board of county commissioners or municipal authority, after adopting the maps, plans, profiles, specifications, and estimates, are still of the opinion that the work should be constructed, and that they should co-operate upon the basis set forth in the proposal, such board…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5521.06 Purchase or appropriation of property by board of county commissioners or the legislative authority of a municipal corporation

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Where the board of county commissioners or the legislative authority of a municipal corporation, under authority of sections 5521.02 and 5521.03 of the Revised Code, co-operate with the department of transportation, said board or municipal authority may purchase or appropriate su…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5521.07 Portion of cost paid into highway operating fund

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In all cases in which the director of transportation desires to cooperate with the board of county commissioners or with any municipal corporation in the establishment, construction, reconstruction, widening, maintenance, repair, railway grade crossing elimination, or other impro…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5521.08 Disbursement of funds

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The director of transportation shall make payments from the funds described in section 5521.07 of the Revised Code in such amounts and at such times as he determines during the progress of the work described in such section, and any surplus remaining after the work has been compl…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5521.09 Tax levy by county commissioners authorized

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For the purpose of providing a fund for the payment of the county's proportion of the cost and expense of co-operating with the department of transportation, the board of county commissioners may levy a tax, not exceeding one and one-half mills, upon all taxable property of the c…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5521.10 Commissioners may sell bonds

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The board of county commissioners, in anticipation of the collection of the taxes provided for by section 5521.09 of the Revised Code, and in anticipation of the assessments which it is authorized to levy, may, whenever in its judgment it is deemed necessary, sell the bonds of sa…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5521.11 Cities, counties, or townships not prohibited from making improvement

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Chapters 5501., 5503., 5511., 5512., 5513., 5515., 5516., 5517., 5519., 5521., 5523., 5525., 5527., 5528., 5529., 5531., 5533., and 5535. of the Revised Code do not prohibit the board of county commissioners, at the expense of the county, or in co-operation with the board of town…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5521.12 Advance purchase of right-of-way for cooperative projects

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The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may submit preliminary plans to the director of transportation for any project wherein co-operation between the municipal corporation and the state is contemplated ultimately under Chapter 5521. of the Revised Code. The directo…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5521.13 Highway improvement projects proposed by political subdivision

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(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, whenever a political subdivision submits to the director of transportation any documents, reports, plans, or other materials relating to a proposed highway improvement project on the state highway system or relating to a roa…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5523.01 Relocation or grade changes - elimination of grade crossings

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For the purpose of eliminating one or more existing grade crossings on any road or highway on the state highway system or any extension thereof, the director of transportation may relocate any portion of a road or highway on the system or any portion of any extension thereof; or …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5523.02 Relocation of state highway to eliminate grade crossings

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When it is necessary, in the elimination of existing grade crossings, to change the location of any highway on the state highway system or any extension of the system, the director of transportation may relocate the highway or any part thereof, or the extension or any part thereo…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5523.03 Issuance of finding and order on crossing to be abolished - hearing

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The director of transportation, in a grade crossing elimination, shall proceed by issuing a finding and order, setting out a full written description of the existing grade crossing that is proposed to be abolished, showing its location, the reasons that tend to make its eliminati…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5523.04 Railroad company to co-operate

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If the director of transportation enters a finding and determination for a proposed grade crossing improvement the railroad companies involved in such proceedings shall co-operate with the director in the preparation of plans and specifications covering the construction of the pr…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5523.05 Failure to agree upon necessity of improvement - plans - specifications

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If at the expiration of three months from the time of the entering of the finding and determination for the proposed grade crossing improvement by the director of transportation the railroad companies involved and the director have refused, failed, or neglected to agree upon the …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5523.06 Right to file answer to petition - presentation of other plans - hearing - finding

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Upon the filing of a petition under section 5523.05 of the Revised Code, accompanied by plans, the railroad company or director opposed to the prayer thereof, or directly interested therein, may, within forty days after service of summons, file an answer to such petition and pres…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5523.07 Finding of court - modification or alteration of plans - apportionment - appeal

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If the court finds any of the plans presented under section 5523.05 of the Revised Code are reasonable and practicable it shall so find and order the proposed improvement to be made in accordance with such plans. The court may modify or change any plans submitted and order the pr…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5523.08 Costs chargeable to the improvement - proportion of costs

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The cost of constructing the improvement authorized, including the making of ways, crossings, or viaducts, above or below the railroad tracks, together with sufficient approaches thereto, necessary guardrails, and adequate drainage, shall be part of and chargeable to the improvem…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5523.09 Contract to be approved by attorney general

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Before the director of transportation may enter into any contract provided for in section 5523.08 of the Revised Code, such contract shall be submitted to and receive the approval of the attorney general as to its form.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5523.10 Purchase or appropriation of property for grade crossing elimination

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The property or rights therein, necessary in making a proposed grade crossing improvement and any relocation of the highway, shall be purchased or appropriated by the director of transportation, who may effect settlement for damages involved. Any appropriation of property by the …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5523.11 Plans of proposed improvement

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Before any work is done that may be required in the making of the proposed grade crossing elimination improvement, the director of transportation shall file plans covering the proposed improvement in the office of the district deputy director of transportation of the state highwa…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5523.13 Director may prescribe manner and time of payment

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The director of transportation may prescribe the manner and time of payment by a railroad company of the proportion of the cost of the proposed grade crossing improvement that the company shall pay.