Ohio § 5557.03

§ 5557.03.

If any part of the cost of the proposed road improvement is assumed by the municipal

corporation, the board of county commissioners, after the approval by it of the surveys,

plans, profiles, cross sections, estimates, and specifications, shall cause a copy

of the surveys, profiles, and the proposed proportion of cost to be paid by the municipal

corporation, to be filed with the legislative authority.  The legislative authority shall examine the surveys, profiles, and the proposed

proportion of cost to be paid by such municipal corporation.  If after such examination the legislative authority is satisfied that the public

convenience and welfare require that the improvement be made, it shall, by resolution,

so determine, and shall approve the surveys, profiles, and the proposed proportion

of cost to be paid by such municipal corporation.  After the consent of such legislative authority has been obtained, an agreement

shall be entered into by the legislative authority with the board determining what

proportion of the cost of such improvement is to be paid by the municipal corporation,

which may include the payment of any part of the compensation for land taken and damages

to property caused by such improvement, as allowed by the board or fixed as provided

by law.  All claims for compensation and damages shall be presented to and heard and determined

by the board, and all proceedings with reference thereto shall be had by such board

in the same manner as though the improvement were located entirely outside a municipal

corporation.  For the purpose of providing, by taxation, a fund for the payment of the proportion

of the cost of the improvement to be paid by the municipal corporation and also the

compensation and damages incident thereto, such municipal corporation may levy taxes

upon all the taxable property of the municipal corporation, under the same restrictions

imposed in the case of taxes levied for the purpose of providing funds for the payment

of the municipal corporation's share of the cost of street improvements under the

exclusive jurisdiction and control of the legislative authority of a municipal corporation.  The legislative authority of the municipal corporation may assess against abutting

property owners any part of the proportion of the cost of such improvement, and the

compensation and damages to be paid by it.  Assessments shall be made in one of the methods provided for in the case of street

improvements wholly within the municipal corporation, and under the exclusive control

of the legislative authority.