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Sec. 177. - [Damage claims required.]
No person who claims damages arising from any cause, shall commence a suit therefor against the city until filing a claim for such damages with the city clerk and sixty days shall have elapsed thereafter. This provision shall not ...
Sec. 178. - Assessment of cost.
After any such improvement is completed and the cost ascertained, council shall, by ordinance, assess upon the property mentioned, and in the manner provided in the preliminary resolution, the entire cost and expense thereof, exce...
Sec. 179. - Collection of assessments.
Special assessments shall be payable by the owners of the property assessed at the time stipulated in the ordinance, levying or confirming the assessment, and shall be a lien from the date of the passage of said ordinance upon the...
Sec. 180. - Limitation on assessments.
The council shall limit all assessments to the special benefits conferred upon the property assessed, and in no case shall there be levied on any lot or parcel of land assessments for any or all purposes, within a period of five y...
Sec. 181. - City's portion of cost.
The city shall pay such part of the cost and expense of improvements for which special assessments are levied as the council deems just, which part shall not be less than one-fiftieth of all such cost and expense; and, in addition...
Sec. 181-1. - Petitions for improvements.
When a petition subscribed by the owners of sixty per cent of the front footage of property abutting upon a street, alley, easement, or other public improvement, or the owners of seventy-five per cent of the area to be assessed fo...
Sec. 182. - Assessments for replacing improvements.
Whenever an assessment is levied for the replacement of any street improvement for which an assessment has theretofore been made, there shall be deducted from the assessment, that might otherwise be made for such replacement, one-...
Sec. 183. - Sewer and water connections.
The director of public service shall have authority to compel the making of sewer and water connections in any street or other highway, the improvement of which has been determined upon by ordinance. The public service director sh...
Sec. 184. - Sidewalks.
The council may, by resolution, declare that certain specified sidewalks shall be constructed or repaired. Upon the passage of such a resolution the city clerk shall cause written notice of the passage thereof to be served upon th...
Sec. 185. - Work done by city.
If such sidewalks be not constructed or repaired within thirty days after the service of the notice provided for in the preceding section, or the completion of the publication thereof, the director of public service may proceed by...
Sec. 186. - Public improvements by contract or direct labor.
Public improvements of all kinds may be made by the appropriate department either by direct employment of the necessary labor and the purchase of the necessary supplies and materials, with separate accounting as to each improvemen...
Sec. 187. - Streets and public grounds.
The council shall provide for the care, supervision, control and improvement of public highways, streets, avenues, alleys, sidewalks, public grounds, bridges, aqueducts and viaducts, within the city, and shall cause them to be kep...
Sec. 188. - Alteration of streets.
When it deems it necessary the council may cause any street, alley or public highway to be opened, straightened, altered, diverted, narrowed, widened or vacated, and shall assess such portion of the cost thereof, not exceeding fif...
Sec. 189. - Assessment bonds and notes.
The council may at any time borrow money and authorize the issuance of bonds or notes in anticipation of the levy or collection of assessments. Such bonds or notes may be in sufficient amount to pay the estimated cost and expense ...
Sec. 190. - Unexpended balances and assessments.
All assessments collected for the improvements for which bonds or notes were issued, and all unexpended balances remaining in the fund after the cost and expenses of the improvement have been paid, shall be applied in the payment ...
Sec. 191. - Dedication of streets.
No street or alley dedicated to public use by the proprietor of ground in the city shall be deemed a public street or alley, or under the care or control of the council, unless the dedication be accepted and confirmed by ordinance...
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Cross References Franchise for use of streets - see Ohio R.C. 723.41 et seq. Reports - see ADM. 121.03, 121.04
Sec. 192. - Grant.
The council may by ordinance grant permission to any individual, company or corporation to construct and operate a public utility in the streets and public grounds of the city; subject, however, to the provisions of the general la...