Ohio Code § 4957.12

§ 4957.12.

The legislative authority of a municipal corporation, for the purpose of making or

causing a crossing improvement to be made, by ordinance may require the railroad company,

in co-operation with the engineer of the municipal corporation, or the engineer designated

in such ordinance, to prepare and submit to such legislative authority, within three

months unless longer time is mutually agreed upon in writing, plans and specifications

for such improvement, specifying the number, character, and location of all piers

and supports which are to be permanently placed in any street or way in such municipal

corporation, specifying the grades to be established for the streets and the height,

character, and estimated cost of any viaduct or way above or below any railroad track,

and the change of grade required to be made of such tracks, including the sidetracks

and switches.  In changing the grade of any railroad, no grade shall be required to exceed the

established maximum or ruling grade governing the operations of engines of that division

or part of the railroad on which the improvement is to be made, without the consent

of the company, nor shall the company's tracks or such highway, street, or way, be

required to be placed below high-water mark.