Ohio Code § 1723.02

§ 1723.02.

The appropriation referred to in section 1732.01 [sic.] of the Revised Code shall be made in accordance with sections 163.01 to 163.22 of the Revised Code .  So far as the rights of the public therein are concerned, the director of transportation

or other state official having supervision or control as to state roads, the board

of county commissioners as to county roads, the board of township trustees as to township

roads, and the legislative authority of municipal corporation as to streets and alleys

in their respective jurisdictions, may grant to such companies, subject to such regulations

and restrictions as such public officials prescribe, the right to lay such tubing,

pipes, conduits, poles, and wires therein.  But the right to appropriate for any of the purposes specified in such section does

not extend to the erection of any tank, station, reservoir, or building, or lands,

therefor, or to more than one continuous pipe, conduit, or tubing, or lands therefor,

in or through a municipal corporation, unless the legislative authority first consents

thereto.