Ohio § 940.20

§ 940.20.

(A) At least twenty-one days prior to the date established for the view, the board of

supervisors of a soil and water conservation district shall send a written notice

of the view and the hearing to all landowners within the area to be benefited by the

proposed improvement and to the board of county commissioners and the county engineer.  The board shall ensure that the notice contains all of the following: (1) The date, time, and location for the view and the subsequent hearing; (2) A description of the proposed improvement and its location as stated in the petition,

a map indicating the location of the proposed improvement or information on where

to access the map, and an explanation of how to obtain additional information or ask

questions about the proposed improvement; (3) A statement that all costs of engineering, construction, and future maintenance will

be assessed to the benefiting parcels of land; (4) A statement that a landowner may file, not more than twenty-one days after the date

of the view, an amendment to the original petition that expands the length of the

proposed improvement, provided that the amendment does not expand the area to be benefited

by the proposed improvement; (5) A statement that any landowner receiving the notice may comment on the proposed improvement

in writing before or in person at the hearing on the petition; (6) The address at which to file an amendment to the petition or submit written comments

on the proposed improvement. (B) The board shall notify all landowners that are adjacent to the proposed improvement

either by certified mail or, if the board has record of an internet identifier of

record associated with such a landowner, by ordinary mail and by that internet identifier

of record, and shall notify all others by certified mail or first class mailings.  The written notice shall have the words “Legal Notice” printed in plain view on

the face of the envelope or, in the case of service by an internet identifier of record,

in conspicuous typeface at the top of the notice. (C) The board shall invite to the view and the hearing the staff of the soil and water

conservation district and the staff of the natural resources conservation service

in the United States department of agriculture that is involved with the district

together with any other people that the board considers to be necessary to the proceedings. (D) As used in this section, “internet identifier of record” has the same meaning as

in section 9.312 of the Revised Code .