Ohio Code § 709.48

§ 709.48.

On and after the date on which a petition is filed with the board of elections under section 709.45 of the Revised Code for the election of a merger commission for the merger of one or more municipal corporations

and the unincorporated territory of a township, no petition for the annexation of

any part of the unincorporated territory of the township shall be filed with a board

of county commissioners under section 709.03 or 709.15 of the Revised Code , until one of the following occurs: (A) The question of forming a merger commission is defeated at the election provided

for under section 709.45 of the Revised Code by a majority of the electors of any one of the municipal corporations or the unincorporated

territory of the township in which the election is held. (B) The merger commission elected pursuant to section 709.45 of the Revised Code fails to reach agreement on merger conditions by the ninetieth day preceding the

next general election occurring after the election of the members of the commission

or, if the time for the commission's existence is extended under division (D) of section 709.462 of the Revised Code , by the date that extension ceases, whichever is later. (C) The merger conditions agreed upon by the merger commission are defeated by a majority

of the electors of any one of the municipal corporations or the unincorporated territory

of the township in which the election on the conditions is held.