Ohio Code § 6131.02

§ 6131.02.

When the board of county commissioners, at a regular or called session, upon the filing

of a petition as provided in sections 6131.01 to 6131.64 of the Revised Code , finds that the granting of the petition and the construction of an improvement is

necessary for disposal or removal of surplus water, for controlled drainage of any

land, for irrigation, for storage of water to regulate stream flow or to prevent the

overflow of any land in the county, or for water conservation, and further finds that

the construction of the improvement will be conducive to the public welfare and that

the cost of the proposed improvement will be less than the benefits conferred by its

construction, the board of county commissioners may locate, construct, reconstruct,

straighten, deepen, widen, alter, box, tile, fill, wall, dam, arch, change the course,

location, or terminus of, straighten, deepen, remove obstructions from, or widen any

ditch, drain, watercourse, floodway, river, creek, or run, or construct any levee,

wall, embankment, jetty, dike, dam, sluice, revetment, reservoir, holding basin, control

gate, breakwater, or other structure for control of water, or vacate any ditch or

drain by proceedings as provided in sections 6131.01 to 6131.64 of the Revised Code .