Ohio Code § 711.05

§ 711.05.

(A) Upon the submission of a plat for approval, in accordance with section 711.041 of the Revised Code , the board of county commissioners shall certify on it the date of the submission.  Within five days of submission of the plat, the board shall schedule a meeting to

consider the plat and send a written notice by regular mail to the fiscal officer

of the board of township trustees of the township in which the plat is located and

the board of health of the health district in which the plat is located.  The notice shall inform the trustees and the board of health of the submission of

the plat and of the date, time, and location of any meeting at which the board of

county commissioners will consider or act upon the proposed plat.  The meeting shall take place within thirty days of submission of the plat, and no

meeting shall be held until at least seven days have passed from the date the notice

was sent by the board of county commissioners.  The approval of the board required by section 711.041 of the Revised Code or the refusal to approve shall take place within thirty days from the date of submission

or such further time as the applying party may agree to in writing;  otherwise, the

plat is deemed approved and may be recorded as if bearing such approval. (B) The board may adopt general rules governing plats and subdivisions of land falling

within its jurisdiction, to secure and provide for the coordination of the streets

within the subdivision with existing streets and roads or with existing county highways,

for the proper amount of open spaces for traffic, circulation, and utilities, and

for the avoidance of future congestion of population detrimental to the public health,

safety, or welfare, but shall not impose a greater minimum lot area than forty-eight

hundred square feet.  Before the board may amend or adopt rules, it shall notify all the townships in

the county of the proposed amendments or rules by regular mail at least thirty days

before the public meeting at which the proposed amendments or rules are to be considered. The rules may require the board of health to review and comment on a plat before the

board of county commissioners acts upon it and may also require proof of compliance

with any applicable zoning resolutions, and with sewage treatment rules adopted under section 3718.02 of the Revised Code , as a basis for approval of a plat.  Where under section 711.101 of the Revised Code the board of county commissioners has set up standards and specifications for the

construction of streets, utilities, and other improvements for common use, the general

rules may require the submission of appropriate plans and specifications for approval.  The board shall not require the person submitting the plat to alter the plat or

any part of it as a condition for approval, as long as the plat is in accordance with

general rules governing plats and subdivisions of land, adopted by the board as provided

in this section, in effect at the time the plat was submitted and the plat is in accordance

with any standards and specifications set up under section 711.101 of the Revised Code , in effect at the time the plat was submitted. (C) The ground of refusal to approve any plat, submitted in accordance with section 711.041 of the Revised Code , shall be stated upon the record of the board, and, within sixty days thereafter,

the person submitting any plat that the board refuses to approve may file a petition

in the court of common pleas of the county in which the land described in the plat

is situated to review the action of the board.  A board of township trustees is not entitled to appeal a decision of the board of

county commissioners under this section.