Ohio § 717.01

§ 717.01.

Each municipal corporation may do any of the following: (A) Acquire by purchase or condemnation real estate with or without buildings on it,

and easements or interests in real estate; (B) Extend, enlarge, reconstruct, repair, equip, furnish, or improve a building or improvement

that it is authorized to acquire or construct; (C) Erect a crematory or provide other means for disposing of garbage or refuse, and

erect public comfort stations; (D) Purchase turnpike roads and make them free; (E) Construct wharves and landings on navigable waters; (F) Construct infirmaries, workhouses, prisons, police stations, houses of refuge and

correction, market houses, public halls, public offices, municipal garages, repair

shops, storage houses, and warehouses; (G) Construct or acquire waterworks for supplying water to the municipal corporation

and its inhabitants and extend the waterworks system outside of the municipal corporation

limits; (H) Construct or purchase gas works or works for the generation and transmission of electricity,

for the supplying of gas or electricity to the municipal corporation and its inhabitants; (I) Provide grounds for cemeteries or crematories, enclose and embellish them, and construct

vaults or crematories; (J) Construct sewers, sewage disposal works, flushing tunnels, drains, and ditches; (K) Construct free public libraries and reading rooms, and free recreation centers; (L) Establish free public baths and municipal lodging houses; (M) Construct monuments or memorial buildings to commemorate the services of soldiers,

sailors, and marines of the state and nation; (N) Provide land for and improve parks, boulevards, and public playgrounds; (O) Construct hospitals and pesthouses; (P) Open, construct, widen, extend, improve, resurface, or change the line of any street

or public highway; (Q) Construct and improve levees, dams, waterways, waterfronts, and embankments and improve

any watercourse passing through the municipal corporation; (R) Construct or improve viaducts, bridges, and culverts; (S)(1) Construct any building necessary for the police or fire department; (2) Purchase fire engines or fire boats; (3) Construct water towers or fire cisterns; (4) Place underground the wires or signal apparatus of any police or fire department. (T) Construct any municipal ice plant for the purpose of manufacturing ice for the citizens

of a municipal corporation; (U) Construct subways under any street or boulevard or elsewhere; (V) Acquire by purchase, gift, devise, bequest, lease, condemnation proceedings, or otherwise,

real or personal property, and thereon and thereof to establish, construct, enlarge,

improve, equip, maintain, and operate airports, landing fields, or other air navigation

facilities, either within or outside the limits of a municipal corporation, and acquire

by purchase, gift, devise, lease, or condemnation proceedings rights-of-way for connections

with highways, waterways, and electric, steam, and interurban railroads, and improve

and equip such facilities with structures necessary or appropriate for such purposes.  No municipal corporation may take or disturb property or facilities belonging to

any public utility or to a common carrier engaged in interstate commerce, which property

or facilities are required for the proper and convenient operation of the utility

or carrier, unless provision is made for the restoration, relocation, or duplication

of the property or facilities elsewhere at the sole cost of the municipal corporation. (W) Provide by agreement with any regional airport authority, created under section 308.03 of the Revised Code , for the making of necessary surveys, appraisals, and examinations preliminary to

the acquisition or construction of any airport or airport facility and pay the portion

of the expense of the surveys, appraisals, and examinations as set forth in the agreement; (X) Provide by agreement with any regional airport authority, created under section 308.03 of the Revised Code , for the acquisition, construction, maintenance, or operation of any airport or airport

facility owned or to be owned and operated by the regional airport authority or owned

or to be owned and operated by the municipal corporation and pay the portion of the

expense of it as set forth in the agreement; (Y) Acquire by gift, purchase, lease, or condemnation, land, forest, and water rights

necessary for conservation of forest reserves, water parks, or reservoirs, either

within or without the limits of the municipal corporation, and improve and equip the

forest and water parks with structures, equipment, and reforestation necessary or

appropriate for any purpose for the utilization of any of the forest and water benefits

that may properly accrue therefrom to the municipal corporation; (Z) Acquire real property by purchase, gift, or devise and construct and maintain on

it public swimming pools, either within or outside the limits of the municipal corporation; (AA) Construct or rehabilitate, equip, maintain, operate, and lease facilities for housing

of elderly persons and for persons of low and moderate income, and appurtenant facilities.  No municipal corporation shall deny housing accommodations to or withhold housing

accommodations from elderly persons or persons of low and moderate income because

of race, color, religion, sex, familial status as defined in section 4112.01 of the Revised Code , military status as defined in that section, disability as defined in that section,

ancestry, or national origin.  Any elderly person or person of low or moderate income who is denied housing accommodations

or has them withheld by a municipal corporation because of race, color, religion,

sex, familial status as defined in section 4112.01 of the Revised Code , military status as defined in that section, disability as defined in that section,

ancestry, or national origin may file a charge with the Ohio civil rights commission

as provided in Chapter 4112. of the Revised Code. (BB) Acquire, rehabilitate, and develop rail property or rail service, and enter into

agreements with the Ohio rail development commission, boards of county commissioners,

boards of township trustees, legislative authorities of other municipal corporations,

with other governmental agencies or organizations, and with private agencies or organizations

in order to achieve those purposes; (CC) Appropriate and contribute money to a soil and water conservation district for use

under Chapter 940. of the Revised Code; (DD) Authorize the board of county commissioners, pursuant to a contract authorizing the

action, to contract on the municipal corporation's behalf for the administration and

enforcement within its jurisdiction of the state building code by another county or

another municipal corporation located within or outside the county.  The contract for administration and enforcement shall provide for obtaining certification

pursuant to division (E) of section 3781.10 of the Revised Code for the exercise of administration and enforcement authority within the municipal

corporation seeking those services and shall specify which political subdivision is

responsible for securing that certification. (EE) Expend money for providing and maintaining services and facilities for senior citizens. “Airport,” “landing field,” and “air navigation facility,” as defined in section 4561.01 of the Revised Code , apply to division (V) of this section. As used in divisions (W) and (X) of this section, “airport” and “airport facility”

have the same meanings as in section 308.01 of the Revised Code . As used in division (BB) of this section, “rail property” and “rail service” have

the same meanings as in section 4981.01 of the Revised Code .