Effective: October 21, 1959
Latest Legislation: House Bill 1081 - 103rd General Assembly
Every board of county commissioners shall have all the powers, and the right to exercise such powers, necessary or convenient to carry out sections 303.26 to 303.56, inclusive, of the Revised Code, including the following powers granted in addition to those specifically authorized by sections 303.26 to 303.56, inclusive, of the Revised Code:
(A) To undertake and carry out county renewal projects within the county but outside the corporate limits of cities and other incorporated municipalities, to make and execute contracts and other instruments necessary or convenient to the exercise of its powers under sections 303.26 to 303.56, inclusive, of the Revised Code, and to disseminate slum clearance and county renewal information;
(B) To provide, arrange, or contract for the furnishing or repair by any person or agency, public or private, of services, privileges, works, streets, roads, public utilities, or other facilities for or in connection with a county renewal project; to install, construct, and reconstruct streets, utilities, parks, playgrounds, and other public improvements; and to agree to any conditions that it determines reasonable and appropriate attached to federal financial assistance and imposed pursuant to federal law relating to the determination of prevailing salaries or wages or compliance with labor standards, in the planning, undertaking, or carrying out of a county renewal project, and to include in any contract let in connection with such a project, provisions to fulfill such of said conditions as it determines reasonable and appropriate;
(C) To enter into any building or property in any county renewal area of the county in order to make inspections, surveys, appraisals, soundings, or test borings, and to obtain an order for this purpose from a court of competent jurisdiction in the event entry is denied or resisted; to acquire by purchase, lease, option, gift, grant, bequest, devise, eminent domain, or otherwise, any real property, or personal property for its administrative purposes, together with any improvements thereon; to hold, improve, clear, or prepare for redevelopment any such property; to mortgage, pledge, hypothecate, or otherwise encumber or dispose of any real property; to insure or provide for the insurance of any real or personal property or operations of the county against any risks or hazards, including the power to pay premiums on any such insurance; and to enter into any contracts or agreements necessary to effectuate the purposes of sections 303.26 to 303.56, inclusive, of the Revised Code. No statutory provision with respect to the acquisition, clearance, or disposition of property by public bodies shall restrict a board of county commissioners or other public body exercising any powers under sections 303.26 to 303.56, inclusive, of the Revised Code, in the exercise of such functions with respect to a county renewal project, unless the general assembly shall specifically so state;
(D) To invest any county renewal project funds held in reserves or sinking funds or any such funds not required for immediate disbursement, in property or securities in which savings banks may legally invest funds subject to their control; to redeem such bonds as have been issued pursuant to section 303.46 of the Revised Code at the redemption price established therein or to purchase such bonds at less than redemption price, all such bonds so redeemed or purchased to be cancelled;
(E) To borrow money and to apply for and accept advances, loans, grants, contributions, and any other form of financial assistance from the federal government, this state, or any other public body, or from any sources, public or private, for the purposes of sections 303.26 to 303.56, inclusive, of the Revised Code, and to give such security as may be required and to enter into and carry out contracts or agreements in connection therewith; and to include in any contract or agreement for financial assistance with the federal government for or with respect to a county renewal project such conditions imposed pursuant to federal laws as the board determines reasonable and appropriate and which are not inconsistent with the purposes of sections 303.26 to 303.56, inclusive, of the Revised Code;
(F) Within the county but outside the corporate limits of cities and other incorporated municipalities, to make or have made all surveys and plans necessary to carry out the purposes of sections 303.26 to 303.56, inclusive, of the Revised Code, and to contract with any person, public or private, in making and carrying out such plans, and to adopt or approve, modify, and amend such plans, which plans may include, without limitation: a general plan for the county; county renewal plans; preliminary plans outlining county renewal activities for county communities or neighborhoods to embrace two or more county renewal areas; plans for carrying out a program of voluntary or compulsory repair and rehabilitation of buildings and improvements; plans for the enforcement of state and local laws, codes, and regulations relating to the use of land and the use and occupancy of buildings and improvements and to the compulsory repair, rehabilitation, demolition, or removal of buildings and improvements; and appraisals, title searches, surveys, studies, and other plans and work necessary to prepare for the undertaking of county renewal projects; and, to develop, test, and report methods and techniques, and carry out demonstrations and other activities, for the prevention and the elimination of county area slums and blight, and to apply for, accept, and utilize grants of funds from the federal government for such purposes;
(G) To prepare plans for the relocation of persons, including families, business concerns, and others, displaced by a county renewal project, and to make relocation payments to or with respect to such persons for moving expenses and losses of property for which reimbursement or compensation is not otherwise made, including the making of such payments financed by the federal government.
(H) To appropriate such funds and make such expenditures as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of sections 303.26 to 303.56, inclusive, of the Revised Code, and to levy taxes and assessments for such purposes; to zone or rezone any part of the county other than areas within the corporate limits of cities and other incorporated municipalities or make exceptions from building regulations of the county;
(I) To close, vacate, plan, or replan streets, roads, sidewalks, ways, or other places; and to plan or replan any part of a county area outside the corporate limits of cities and other incorporated municipalities;
(J) To organize, coordinate, and direct the administration of the provisions of sections 303.26 to 303.56, inclusive, of the Revised Code, as they apply to the area of the county outside the corporate limits of cities and other incorporated municipalities in order that the objective of remedying county slum and blighted areas and preventing the causes thereof within the county's unincorporated areas may be most effectively promoted and achieved, and to establish such new office or offices of the county or such new department or departments or commissions thereof in order to carry out most effectively the purposes and objectives of sections 303.26 to 303.56, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 303 | County Zoning; Renewal; Wind and Solar Generation Restrictions
Section 303.01 | County Rural Zoning - Agriculture Defined.
Section 303.021 | Designating Street Names and Assigning Numbers to Buildings.
Section 303.022 | Establishing or Modifying Planned-Unit Developments.
Section 303.03 | Adoption of Resolution of Intention to Proceed With County Rural Zoning.
Section 303.04 | County Rural Zoning Commission.
Section 303.06 | Public Hearing on Recommendations - Notice.
Section 303.07 | Submission of Proposed Zoning Resolution to County or Regional Planning Commission.
Section 303.08 | Public Hearing on Zoning Plan.
Section 303.09 | Changes in Text or Maps - Second Public Hearing.
Section 303.10 | County Commissioners to Vote Upon Adoption of Resolution.
Section 303.11 | Zoning Plan to Be Submitted to Electors.
Section 303.12 | Amendments to Zoning Resolution.
Section 303.121 | Ratifying Amendments to Zoning Resolution.
Section 303.122 | Limitations on Procedural Challenges.
Section 303.13 | County Board of Zoning Appeals - Term - Compensation.
Section 303.14 | County Board of Zoning Appeals - Powers and Duties.
Section 303.141 | Conditional Zoning Certificates for Surface Mining Activities.
Section 303.15 | Organization and Rules of County Board of Zoning Appeals.
Section 303.16 | Enforcement of Zoning Regulations - County Zoning Inspector.
Section 303.161 | Architectural Review Board Authorized - Standards and Procedures.
Section 303.17 | Zoning Certificate Required.
Section 303.19 | Nonconforming Use of Buildings and Land Not Affected by Zoning.
Section 303.20 | Outdoor Advertising Classified as Business Use.
Section 303.21 | Limitations on Powers - Agricultural Purposes.
Section 303.212 | Limitations on Powers - Permanently Sited Manufactured Homes.
Section 303.213 | Small Wind Farms Zoning Regulations.
Section 303.214 | Compliance With Orc Section 5502.031.
Section 303.22 | Township Zoning Regulations to Take Precedence.
Section 303.23 | Violation of Resolution and Regulations.
Section 303.24 | Actions Instituted to Prevent Violation.
Section 303.25 | Repeal of County Zoning Plan by Township.
Section 303.251 | County Special Assessment to Fund Residential Broadband Expansion.
Section 303.26 | Removal of Slum or Blighted Area Definitions.
Section 303.27 | Rehabilitation or Redevelopment of County Renewal Area by Private Enterprise.
Section 303.28 | Workable Program to Control Spread of Slums and Blight.
Section 303.29 | Adoption of Resolution of Necessity.
Section 303.30 | Prerequisites for Approval County Renewal Project for County Renewal Area.
Section 303.31 | Preparing County Renewal Plan.
Section 303.32 | Public Hearing on County Renewal Project.
Section 303.33 | Approving County Renewal Project for County Renewal Area.
Section 303.34 | Modifying County Renewal Plan.
Section 303.35 | Plan or Modification to Be in Full Force and Effect Upon Approval.
Section 303.36 | Redeveloping or Rehabilitating Disaster Areas.
Section 303.37 | Board of County Commissioners - Powers and Duties.
Section 303.38 | Acquiring Real Property by Right of Eminent Domain.
Section 303.39 | Disposing of Real Property.
Section 303.40 | Cost of Street Maintenance Within a County Renewal Area.
Section 303.41 | Special Assessments.
Section 303.42 | Method of Making a Special Assessment.
Section 303.43 | Waiving Right to Collect Assessments.
Section 303.44 | Paying Assessments on County Owned Lands.
Section 303.45 | Funds for Planning or County Renewal Project Functions.
Section 303.46 | Bonds for County Renewal Project.
Section 303.47 | Validity of Signatures of Public Officials.
Section 303.48 | Validity or Enforcement of Bond.
Section 303.49 | Bond Interest and Income Exempted From Taxes.
Section 303.50 | Bonds Are Lawful Investments.
Section 303.51 | Property Exempt From Levy and Sale by Virtue of Execution.
Section 303.52 | Property Exempt From Taxation.
Section 303.53 | Transfer of Property to County.
Section 303.54 | Presumption of Compliance.
Section 303.55 | Establishing and Maintaining Records and Funds.
Section 303.56 | Rules and Regulations.
Section 303.57 | County Wind and Solar Generation Restriction Definitions.
Section 303.58 | Restricted Area Resolution by County Commissioners.
Section 303.59 | Restricted Area Resolution Effective Date; Referendum.
Section 303.60 | Power Siting Board Certificate or Amendment Prohibited in Restricted Area.
Section 303.61 | Public Meeting Before Power Siting Board Application for Certificate or Amendment.
Section 303.62 | County Commissioner Prohibition or Limitation Resolution After Public Meeting.