Ohio Revised Code Chapter 5571 - Board Of Township Trustees

• Section 5571.01 - Road Improvements.
  (A) A board of township trustees may construct, reconstruct, resurface, or improve any public road or part thereof under its jurisdiction, or any county...
• Section 5571.011 - Relocating Roads.
  If a person through whose land a public road has been established which is under the jurisdiction of a board of township trustees, desires...
• Section 5571.02 - Control And Maintenance Of Township Roads.
  The board of township trustees shall have control of the township roads of its township and, except for those township roads the board places...
• Section 5571.03 - Compensation Of Trustees.
  When the board of township trustees determines to proceed in the method provided by division (A) or (B) of section 5571.02 of the Revised...
• Section 5571.04 - Compensation Of Superintendent.
  When the board of township trustees determines to proceed as provided in division (C) of section 5571.02 of the Revised Code and appoints a...
• Section 5571.05 - Supervision Of Maintenance And Repair Of Township Roads.
  In the maintenance and repair of roads, the board of township trustees and any township highway superintendent appointed by it, shall be subject to...
• Section 5571.06 - Persons Not To Be Counted Either For Or Against The Improvement.
  In determining whether the required number of persons, necessary to give the board of township trustees jurisdiction, have signed the petition asking for a...
• Section 5571.07 - Petition By Landowners - Duties Of Board Of Township Trustees.
  When a petition, signed by at least fifty-one per cent of the land owners or lot owners, residents of the county, who are to...
• Section 5571.08 - Removal Of Obstructions.
  Except as provided in section 5571.20 of the Revised Code, the board of township trustees shall cause all the township roads within the township...
• Section 5571.09 - Suits By Board Of Township Trustees.
  The board of township trustees may bring and maintain all suits involving an injury to any township road, ditch, drain, or watercourse under the...
• Section 5571.10 - Landscape And Beautification Projects.
  As part of improving or maintaining any road, upon petition or otherwise, the board of township trustees may provide for landscape and beautification projects...
• Section 5571.11 - Watering Places On Public Highways.
  The board of township trustees may provide and, when provided, shall maintain suitable watering places for procuring water for persons and animals on the...
• Section 5571.12 - Dragging Graveled And Unimproved Roads Semiannually.
  Except as provided in section 5571.20 of the Revised Code, the board of township trustees shall cause the graveled and unimproved public roads of...
• Section 5571.13 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 10-01-1953; 09-29-2005
• Section 5571.14 - Object Bounding Township Road May Be Declared Public Nuisance.
  (A) A board of township trustees or township highway superintendent may determine that an object bounding any township road and located wholly or in...
• Section 5571.15 - Board Of Township Trustees May Improve Roads Without Petition.
  (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the board of township trustees, without the presentation of a petition, may take the...
• Section 5571.16 - Obtaining Permit Before Installing Driveway Culvert Or Making Excavation In Township Highway Or Highway Right-of-way.
  The board of township trustees, by resolution, may require any person to obtain a permit before installing a driveway culvert or making any excavation...
• Section 5571.17 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 09-24-1999
• Section 5571.20 - Township Trustees May Place Graveled Or Unimproved Road In Nonmaintained Status.
  (A) Except as otherwise provided in division (D) of this section, a board of township trustees by resolution may place a graveled or unimproved...
• Section 5571.99 - Penalty.
  Whoever violates section 5571.16 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days,...

Last modified: October 10, 2016