Effective: January 1, 1966
Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 94 - 106th General Assembly
The board of park commissioners may establish or extend parks, parkways, boulevards, connecting viaducts, subways, public comfort stations, children's playgrounds, and public baths located in such parks, within such city or the territory contiguous thereto, and may acquire or appropriate, in the manner provided by sections 163.01 to 163.22, inclusive, of the Revised Code, the necessary real estate for such purposes, and in the same manner may appropriate, for parkway or boulevard purposes, any street, avenue, or public way of such city.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 7 | Municipal Corporations
Chapter 755 | Parks; Recreation
Section 755.01 | Board of Park Commissioners - Election.
Section 755.02 | Board of Park Commissioners.
Section 755.03 | Organization of Board of Park Commissioners.
Section 755.04 | Disbursements.
Section 755.05 | Control and Management of Parks.
Section 755.06 | Expenditure of Moneys.
Section 755.07 | Rules and Regulations.
Section 755.08 | Establishment and Extension of Parks and Other Facilities.
Section 755.09 | Employees of Board of Park Commissioners.
Section 755.10 | The Park Fund.
Section 755.13 | Supervision and Maintenance of Recreation Facilities.
Section 755.14 | Recreation Board - Joint Recreation District.
Section 755.15 | Organization of Boards.
Section 755.16 | Joint Acquisition and Maintenance.
Section 755.17 | Issuance of Bonds.
Section 755.171 | Sales and Use Tax Levy to Retire Bonds and Notes for Joint Recreation District.
Section 755.18 | Payment of Expenses.
Section 755.181 | Petition for Membership in Joint Recreation District; Withdrawals.
Section 755.19 | Care of Property Donated for Park Purposes.
Section 755.20 | Board of Park Trustees for Donated Property.
Section 755.21 | Appointment and Term - Vacancies.
Section 755.22 | Powers of Board.
Section 755.23 | Compensation - Oath - Bond.
Section 755.24 | Meetings - Rules and Regulations.
Section 755.25 | Contracts - Rules and Regulations.
Section 755.26 | Power to Incur Liability.
Section 755.27 | Employees of Board of Park Trustees.
Section 755.28 | Control of Improvement of Natural Watercourses.
Section 755.29 | Bids Required.
Section 755.30 | Notice for Proposals.
Section 755.31 | Bond to Accompany Bids.
Section 755.32 | Bids Shall Be Under Seal.
Section 755.33 | Awarding Contracts.
Section 755.34 | Reports and Estimates.
Section 755.41 | Vacation of Unimproved and Unused Park Lands.
Section 755.42 | Sale of Unused Park Lands at Public Auction.
Section 755.43 | Procedure Where Reversionary Interests Established Upon Vacation of Land.