Effective: October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
All municipal corporations may:
(A) Establish, maintain, and operate municipal lighting, power, and heating plants;
(B) Furnish the municipal corporation and the inhabitants thereof with light, power, and heat;
(C) Procure everything necessary for such operations;
(D) Acquire by purchase, lease, or otherwise, the necessary lands for such purposes, within and without the municipal corporation.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 7 | Municipal Corporations
Section 715.01 | General Powers of Municipal Corporations.
Section 715.011 | Leasing Power.
Section 715.012 | Real Estate Conveyed by State.
Section 715.013 | Prohibiting Levy of Municipal Taxes.
Section 715.014 | Tourism Development Districts.
Section 715.015 | Development Charges.
Section 715.03 | Powers by Ordinance or Resolution.
Section 715.04 | Compounding or Release of Claims Due From Banks.
Section 715.05 | Police and Fire Departments.
Section 715.06 | Light, Power, and Heat.
Section 715.07 | Purchase of Gas Without Advertisement or Competitive Bidding.
Section 715.08 | Water Supply.
Section 715.09 | Limiting Motor Vehicle Parking Tax Rate.
Section 715.13 | Public Band Concerts and Libraries.
Section 715.16 | Places of Correction - Quarters for Municipal Courts and Offices.
Section 715.18 | Department of Purchase, Construction, and Repair.
Section 715.19 | Establish and Care for Streets.
Section 715.21 | Power to Acquire, Hold, Lease, Sell, or Donate Lands.
Section 715.211 | Assisting Park Districts.
Section 715.22 | Vehicles and Use of Streets.
Section 715.23 | Impounding and Sale of Fowl or Animals.
Section 715.24 | Regulation of Street Vendors.
Section 715.25 | Width of Tires and Rate of Transportation.
Section 715.26 | Regulating Erection, Inspection, and Numbering of Buildings.
Section 715.262 | Preference of Appeals on Municipal Building Code Violations.
Section 715.263 | Tax Credit for Abating Building Nuisance on Tax Foreclosed Property.
Section 715.28 | Market Places.
Section 715.30 | Injunction May Be Granted for Failure to Comply.
Section 715.31 | Wharves and Docks.
Section 715.32 | License and Regulation of Ferries.
Section 715.34 | Hot Water and Steam Heating.
Section 715.35 | Movable and Rolling Roads.
Section 715.36 | United States Mail Subways.
Section 715.37 | Contagious Diseases.
Section 715.38 | Maintenance of Physician - Tax Levy - Election - Anticipatory Notes.
Section 715.39 | Assistance by Board of County Commissioners Authorized.
Section 715.40 | Watercourses and Sewers.
Section 715.41 | Drainage in Municipal Corporations.
Section 715.42 | Public Conveniences.
Section 715.43 | Refuse Disposal.
Section 715.44 | Power to Abate Nuisance and Prevent Injury.
Section 715.45 | Weights and Measures.
Section 715.47 | Power to Fill or Drain Lots and Remove Obstructions - Resolutions.
Section 715.48 | Regulation by License of Shows and Games - Trafficking in Tickets - Exceptions.
Section 715.49 | Preservation of Peace and Protection of Property - Noise Ordinance.
Section 715.50 | Police or Sanitary Regulations for Property Outside Municipal Corporation Limits.
Section 715.51 | Billiards, Pool, and Gambling.
Section 715.52 | Houses of Ill Fame.
Section 715.54 | Vicious Literature.
Section 715.55 | Liability Arising From Enforcement of Invalid Adult Entertainment Ordinance.
Section 715.59 | Hospitals for Diseased Prisoners.
Section 715.60 | Regulation of Explosives.
Section 715.61 | Regulation and Licensing of Certain Occupations and Premises.
Section 715.63 | License Power - Exception.
Section 715.64 | Licensing Transient Dealers and Solicitors.
Section 715.65 | Licensing of Advertising Mediums and Matters.
Section 715.66 | Vehicle License for Undertakers - Money to Be Used for Street Repairs.
Section 715.67 | Violation of Ordinances May Be Made a Misdemeanor.
Section 715.692 | Creation of Joint Economic Development Review Council.
Section 715.70 | Contract Creating Joint Economic Development District.
Section 715.79 | Annexation, Merger, or Consolidation Proceedings Barred.
Section 715.80 | Binding Agreements Concerning Zoning, Other Regulatory and Proprietary Matters.
Section 715.81 | Authority of Municipal Corporations and Townships.
Section 715.82 | Issuing Industrial Development Bonds.
Section 715.83 | Unincorporated Area or Township Eligible for Certain Projects.
Section 715.84 | Cost Sharing Agreements.
Section 715.90 | No Regulation of County Utility User Rates.