Ohio Revised Code Chapter 5561 - County Road Grade Crossings

• Section 5561.01 - Road Grade Above Or Below Railroad Tracks.
  Any county may raise or lower the grade of any state or intercounty highway above or below the tracks of railroads and parallel and...
• Section 5561.02 - Change Of Location Of State Highways.
  When the board of county commissioners deems it necessary, in the abolishment of grade crossings, to change the location of any state or intercounty...
• Section 5561.03 - Hearing By Director Of Transportation.
  As a condition precedent to the exercise of jurisdiction under sections 4957.06 and 5561.01 to 5561.15 of the Revised Code, by a board of...
• Section 5561.04 - Public Hearing As To Expediency Of Constructing Improvement.
  The board of county commissioners, desiring to proceed under sections 4957.06 and 5561.01 to 5561.15 of the Revised Code, shall, after receipt of the...
• Section 5561.05 - Hearing - Finding - Appeal.
  Upon the filing the petition as provided by section 5561.04 of the Revised Code, accompanied by plans, the railroad company or county opposed to...
• Section 5561.06 - Apportionment Of Cost Between County And Railroad - Right Of Action.
  The cost of constructing a grade crossing improvement, including the making of ways, crossings, or viaducts, above or below the railroad tracks, and the...
• Section 5561.07 - Notice Of Change Of Grade To Abutting Owners.
  Before any work is done which may be required in the making of a proposed grade crossing improvement, the board of county commissioners shall,...
• Section 5561.08 - Service Of Summons And Publication.
  Notice of the passage of a resolution for a grade crossing improvement shall be served by the sheriff of the county, upon the owner...
• Section 5561.09 - Payment.
  The board of county commissioners may, by resolution, prescribe the manner and time of payment by a railroad company of the proportion of the...
• Section 5561.10 - Height Of Crossing Above Grade.
  Any way, crossing, or viaduct constructed over the tracks of any railroad company under sections 5561.01 to 5561.09, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall...
• Section 5561.11 - Appropriation Of Property.
  The land or property required to make alterations in the road or other way, or any right, title, or interest in a road or...
• Section 5561.12 - Cost Of Repairs.
  After the completion of construction work, grade crossings and approaches shall be kept in repair as follows: (A) When the public way crosses a...
• Section 5561.13 - Townships And Municipal Corporations - Bond Issues - Tax Levies.
  The board of township trustees and the legislative authority of any municipal corporation in which a proposed grade crossing improvement is to be made...
• Section 5561.14 - Grade Crossings Of State And Intercounty Highways.
  In case the tracks of any street or interurban railway company cross, on a state or intercounty highway, the right of way of any...
• Section 5561.15 - Appeal From Order Of Director.
  From the finding and order of the director of transportation that a grade crossing improvement is reasonably necessary and expedient, the board of county...
• Section 5561.16 - Cost To Be Borne By Company - Notification - Cost.
  Any person, firm, or corporation operating a railroad for the transportation of passengers, freight, or express, crossing at grade any street or road, shall...

Last modified: October 10, 2016