Ohio Code § 4957.15

§ 4957.15.

Upon the filing of a petition under section 4957.14 of the Revised Code , accompanied by plans, the railroad company or municipal corporation opposed to the

prayer of such petition, or directly interested in it, shall have the right, within

sixty days thereafter, to file an answer to such petition and to present other plans

for the abolition of such crossing.  After the expiration of such period of sixty days, the court shall proceed to a

hearing upon the petition and any answers that have been filed, which hearing must

be advanced upon the docket upon motion of either party.  After examination of all plans presented to it and after hearing the evidence, the

court shall make a finding as to whether the security and convenience of the public

require that alterations be made in the crossing or the approaches to it, or in the

location of the railroad or public way, or any grades thereof, so as to avoid a crossing

at common grade, or that such crossings, or any of them, be discontinued with or without

building a new way in substitution therefor, and whether such plans or any of them

are reasonable and practicable.