Ohio Code § 723.40
Ohio Code § 723.40. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 723.40.
No grant for the construction of a street railway under section 723.38 of the Revised Code shall be made, except to the corporation or individual that agrees to carry passengers
upon such proposed railway at the lowest rates of fare, and has previously obtained
the written consent of a majority of the property holders upon each street or part
thereof, on the line of the proposed railway, as represented by the foot frontage
of the property abutting on the several streets along which such railway is proposed
to be constructed. When, within the year preceding, a street railway has been operated upon such street
or part thereof under a grant or renewal of a grant which has expired or will expire
within two years, it shall not be necessary to obtain the consent of the property
holders abutting thereon if the number of tracks on the street, public way, or part
thereof, is not increased beyond the number for which consent was originally obtained.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 723.40
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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