Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 709 | Annexation; Detachment
Section 709.24 | Petition for Annexation - Appointment of Commission.

Effective: October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
If there is presented to the legislative authority of a municipal corporation proposed to be annexed to an adjoining or contiguous municipal corporation, a petition signed by resident electors, who voted at the last regular municipal election, numbering not less than twenty-five per cent of the number of electors who voted in such election in the territory proposed to be annexed, representing their desire that such legislative authority take the necessary steps to select and appoint three commissioners to represent such municipal corporation in annexation proceedings, and if such petition is accompanied by a certificate verified on belief by oath, from the clerk of the board of elections of the county in which the municipal corporation is located, to the effect that the petition does contain the names of resident electors who voted at the last regular municipal election, of a number not less than twenty-five per cent of those who voted at such election, the legislative authority shall, within thirty days after the presentation of such petition, pass an ordinance declaring its intention to enter into negotiations with the municipal corporation with which annexation is proposed and shall appoint the three commissioners to represent it in such negotiations.

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Ohio Revised Code

Title 7 | Municipal Corporations

Chapter 709 | Annexation; Detachment

Section 709.01 | Annexation and Detachment of Territory.

Section 709.011 | Clerk to Notify Board of Elections of Vacancies in Office and Change in Municipal Boundaries.

Section 709.012 | Reduction in Firefighting Force Resulting From Annexation of Township Territory.

Section 709.013 | Multiple Annexation Petitions Concerning Same Territory.

Section 709.014 | Fee Schedule for Annexation Costs.

Section 709.015 | Substantial Compliance With Procedural Requirements Is Sufficient to Grant Jurisdiction.

Section 709.02 | Petition for Annexation by Owners of Contiguous Real Estate.

Section 709.021 | Special Procedure Where Owners Unanimously Request Annexation.

Section 709.022 | Petition Where Owners Unanimously Request Annexation.

Section 709.023 | Special Annexation Procedure Where Land Is Not Excluded From Township.

Section 709.024 | Special Annexation Procedure for Purpose of Undertaking Significant Economic Development Project.

Section 709.03 | Petition Presented to Board of County Commissioners - Proceedings.

Section 709.031 | Report on Accuracy of Legal Description - Verification of Signatures.

Section 709.032 | Annexation Hearing.

Section 709.033 | Commissioners' Resolution Granting or Denying Annexation.

Section 709.04 | Accepting or Rejecting Annexation by Ordinance or Resolution.

Section 709.05 | Rejection of Application - Effect.

Section 709.06 | Proceedings When Application Allowed.

Section 709.07 | Appeal From Resolution Granting or Denying Petition.

Section 709.10 | Effective Date of Annexation and Rights of Inhabitants.

Section 709.11 | Territory Situated in More Than One County.

Section 709.12 | Apportioning of Indebtedness of Annexed Territory - Division of Funds.

Section 709.13 | Annexation of Territory Upon Action by Inhabitants Generally.

Section 709.14 | Preliminary Action by Legislative Authority.

Section 709.15 | Petition to Board of County Commissioners.

Section 709.16 | Petition by Municipal Corporation for Annexation.

Section 709.19 | Compensating Township for Lost Tax Revenue.

Section 709.191 | Annual Payments to Compensate for Lost Tax Revenue.

Section 709.192 | Annexation Agreements.

Section 709.20 | Rights When Annexation Complete.

Section 709.21 | Errors Not Fatal to Proceedings.

Section 709.22 | Annexation of Territory of One Municipal Corporation to a Contiguous Municipal Corporation.

Section 709.23 | Arrangement of Conditions of Annexation.

Section 709.24 | Petition for Annexation - Appointment of Commission.

Section 709.25 | Ordinance or Petition - Procedure.

Section 709.26 | Designation of Commissioners for Negotiation.

Section 709.27 | Procedure on Failure of Legislative Authority to Designate Commissioners.

Section 709.28 | Conditions of Annexation.

Section 709.29 | Submission of Question of Annexation to a Vote - Procedure.

Section 709.30 | Assent to Annexation - Election.

Section 709.31 | Election Results Certified.

Section 709.32 | Clerk of Municipal Corporation to Certify Transcripts.

Section 709.33 | Effective Date of Annexation.

Section 709.34 | Government of the Municipal Corporations.

Section 709.37 | Adjustment of Boundaries of Adjoining Municipal Corporations by Mutual Consent.

Section 709.38 | Petition for Detachment of Lands and Attachment to Contiguous Township - May Form New Township.

Section 709.39 | Petition to Submit Question of Detachment of Territory - Election.

Section 709.40 | Apportionment of Property, Funds, and Indebtedness.

Section 709.41 | Petition for Detachment of Farm Land.

Section 709.42 | Hearing - Decision.

Section 709.43 | Merger Defined.

Section 709.44 | Territory That May Be Merged.

Section 709.45 | Petition for Merger.

Section 709.451 | Merger in Lieu of Petition.

Section 709.452 | Submission of Question of Merger to Voters.

Section 709.46 | Disapproval or Approval of Merger.

Section 709.461 | Collaborative Formulation of Merger Conditions - Unincorporated Areas.

Section 709.462 | Vote on Merger Conditions - Agreement by Majority of Subdivision Members - Term of Commission.

Section 709.47 | Procedure After Disapproval or Approval.

Section 709.48 | No Petitions for Annexation After Merger Defeated.

Section 709.50 | Removal of Area.