Ohio Code § 1901.181

§ 1901.181.

(A)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this division and division (A)(2) of this section

and subject to division (B) of this section, if a municipal court has a housing or

environmental division, the division has exclusive jurisdiction within the territory

of the court in any civil action to enforce any local building, housing, air pollution,

sanitation, health, fire, zoning, or safety code, ordinance, or regulation applicable

to premises used or intended for use as a place of human habitation, buildings, structures,

or any other real property subject to any such code, ordinance, or regulation, and,

except in the environmental division of the Franklin county municipal court, in any

civil action commenced pursuant to Chapter 1923. or 5321. or sections 5303.03 to 5303.07 of the Revised Code .  Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(2) of this section and subject to section 1901.20 of the Revised Code and to division (B) of this section, the housing or environmental division of a municipal

court has exclusive jurisdiction within the territory of the court in any criminal

action for a violation of any local building, housing, air pollution, sanitation,

health, fire, zoning, or safety code, ordinance, or regulation applicable to premises

used or intended for use as a place of human habitation, buildings, structures, or

any other real property subject to any such code, ordinance, or regulation.  Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(2) of this section and subject to division

(B) of this section, the housing or environmental division of a municipal court also

has exclusive jurisdiction within the territory of the court in any civil action as

described in division (B)(1) of section 3767.41 of the Revised Code that relates to a public nuisance.  To the extent any provision of this chapter conflicts or is inconsistent with a

provision of section 3767.41 of the Revised Code , the provision of that section shall control in a civil action described in division

(B)(1) of that section. (2) If a municipal court has an environmental division, if the mayor of any municipal

corporation within the territory of the municipal court conducts a mayor's court,

and if any action described in division (A)(1) of this section as being within the

jurisdiction of the environmental division otherwise is within the jurisdiction of

the mayor's court, as set forth in section 1905.01 of the Revised Code , the jurisdiction of the environmental division over the action is concurrent with

the jurisdiction of that mayor's court over the action. (B)(1) If the judge of the environmental division of the Franklin county municipal court

or the judge of the housing division of a municipal court is on vacation, sick, absent,

or is unavailable because of recusal or another reason, the administrative judge of

the court, in accordance with the Rules of Superintendence for Municipal Courts and

County Courts, shall assign another judge or judges of the court to handle any action

or proceeding or, if necessary, all actions and proceedings of the division during

the time that its judge is unavailable. (2) The Franklin county municipal court may adopt, by rule, procedures for other judges

of the court to handle particular proceedings arising out of actions within the jurisdiction

of the environmental division of the court when the judge of that division is unable

for any reason to handle a particular proceeding at the time, or within the time period,

necessary for a timely or appropriate disposition of the proceeding.  Upon the adoption of and in accordance with those rules, any judge of the court

may handle any proceeding that arises out of an action within the jurisdiction of

the environmental division of the court. (C) The following are in addition to the jurisdiction granted under division (A) of this

section: (1) The housing division of the Toledo municipal court has jurisdiction within its territory

in any review or appeal of any final order of any administrative officer, agency,

board, department, tribunal, commission, or other instrumentality that relates to

a local building, housing, air pollution, sanitation, health, fire, zoning, or safety

code, ordinance, or regulation, in the same manner and to the same extent as in similar

appeals in the court of common pleas. (2) The housing division of the Toledo municipal court has concurrent jurisdiction with

the court of common pleas in all criminal actions or proceedings related to the pollution

of the air, ground, or water within the territory of the municipal court, for which

a sentence of death cannot be imposed under Chapter 2903. of the Revised Code.