Ohio Code § 5553.09
Ohio Code § 5553.09. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 5553.09.
If the board of county commissioners is of the opinion that the proposed improvement
is of sufficient importance to the public to cause the compensation and damages on
account thereof to be paid to the persons entitled thereto out of the county treasury,
it may so order. If the board is of the opinion that such improvement is not of sufficient importance
to cause the compensation and damages to be paid from the treasury, it may determine
to proceed with the improvement only upon the condition that the compensation and
damages, or such part thereof as it deems reasonable and just, be paid by the landowners
of lands within the vicinity who will be benefited by the improvement, and the balance
shall be paid out of the treasury. In such event the board shall include in its order a schedule setting forth the
names of such landowners, a pertinent description of such lands, and a statement of
the amount of compensation and damages to be paid by the owner of each parcel of such
lands. When a portion of the compensation and damages is ordered to be paid by the landowners
who will be benefited by the improvement, the board may abandon the improvement on
the failure of such benefited landowners to pay the compensation and damages adjudged
against them by the time fixed therefor.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 5553.09
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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