Ohio Code § 4963.42
Ohio Code § 4963.42. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 4963.42.
Material of all kinds and all permanent structures such as buildings, walls, coal
bins, tunnels, bridges, station shelter sheds, standpipes, signal masts, poles, freight
platforms, and structures of like character, placed adjacent or contiguous to a track
of a railroad by a county, municipal corporation, township, railroad company, other
corporation, or person, shall be not less than eight feet in the clear from the center
of such track, measured horizontally from the track and such lateral clearance shall
be uniformly maintained vertically upward a distance of twenty-one feet from the top
of rail, except in cases in which the public utilities commission finds that such
placement or construction is impracticable. This section does not apply to structures in existence on August 25, 1927. The commission may prescribe rules and regulations governing all such placement
and construction.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 4963.42
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
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