Ohio Revised Code Chapter 755 - Parks; Recreation

• Section 755.01 - Board Of Park Commissioners - Election.
  When five per cent of the qualified electors of a city petition the board of elections of the county for the privilege of determining...
• Section 755.02 - Board Of Park Commissioners.
  If a majority of the electors voting at an election under section 755.01 of the Revised Code vote in favor of the appointment of...
• Section 755.03 - Organization Of Board Of Park Commissioners.
  The board of park commissioners, after the appointment and qualification of its members, shall elect one of such members president and another vice-president, who,...
• Section 755.04 - Disbursements.
  All disbursements of money by the board of park commissioners shall be made by the city treasurer upon warrants drawn by the city auditor,...
• Section 755.05 - Control And Management Of Parks.
  The board of park commissioners shall have the control and management of parks, park entrances, parkways, boulevards, connecting viaducts, subways, children's playgrounds, and public...
• Section 755.06 - Expenditure Of Moneys.
  (A) The board of park commissioners shall have the expenditures of all moneys appropriated by the legislative authority of the city or received from...
• Section 755.07 - Rules And Regulations.
  The board of park commissioners may adopt and enforce regulations as to the proper use and protection of all property mentioned in section 755.05...
• Section 755.08 - Establishment And Extension Of Parks And Other Facilities.
  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...
• Section 755.09 - Employees Of Board Of Park Commissioners.
  The board of park commissioners may employ a secretary, general superintendent, engineer, clerks, and other necessary employees for carrying into effect the purposes of...
• Section 755.10 - The Park Fund.
  All moneys received by the city from taxation or otherwise for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, equipping, and maintaining parks, park entrances, parkways, boulevards,...
• Section 755.11 - Contracts.
  The board of park commissioners, in the letting of contracts, shall be governed by sections 735.05 to 735.09, inclusive, of the Revised Code. Effective...
• Section 755.12 - Municipal Corporations, Townships, And Counties May Maintain And Operate Recreation Facilities.
  The legislative authority of a municipal corporation, the board of township trustees, or the board of county commissioners of any county may designate and...
• Section 755.13 - Supervision And Maintenance Of Recreation Facilities.
  (A) The authority to supervise and maintain parks, playgrounds, playfields, gymnasiums, public baths, swimming pools, or indoor recreation centers, may be vested in any...
• Section 755.14 - Recreation Board - Joint Recreation District.
  (A) If the legislative authority of a municipal corporation determines that the power to equip, operate, and maintain parks, playgrounds, playfields, gymnasiums, public baths,...
• Section 755.141 - Joint Recreation District Operating On Site Of The United States Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Jubilee.
  If a park or recreational facility owned, operated, or maintained by a joint recreation district created under division (C) of section 755.14 of the...
• Section 755.15 - Organization Of Boards.
  The members of boards established pursuant to section 755.14 of the Revised Code shall elect their own chairman and secretary, select all other necessary...
• Section 755.16 - Joint Acquisition And Maintenance.
  (A) Any contracting subdivision, jointly with one or more other contracting subdivisions, in any combination, may acquire property for, construct, operate, and maintain any...
• Section 755.17 - Issuance Of Bonds.
  The legislative authority of a municipal corporation, the board of township trustees of any township, the board of township park commissioners of any township...
• Section 755.171 - Sales And Use Tax Levy To Retire Bonds And Notes For Joint Recreation District.
  For the purpose of paying debt charges on bonds issued pursuant to section 755.17 of the Revised Code or notes issued in anticipation of...
• Section 755.18 - Payment Of Expenses.
  All expenses incurred in the operation of parks, playgrounds, playfields, gymnasiums, swimming pools, public baths, indoor recreation centers, and community centers, established as provided...
• Section 755.181 - Petition For Membership In Joint Recreation District; Withdrawals.
  The legislative authority of any municipal corporation, township, township park district, county, or school district desiring to join a joint recreation district created under...
• Section 755.19 - Care Of Property Donated For Park Purposes.
  In any municipal corporation which is the owner or trustee of property for park purposes, or of funds to be used in connection therewith,...
• Section 755.20 - Board Of Park Trustees For Donated Property.
  When a deed of gift, devise, or bequest of property or funds to a municipal corporation for park purposes requires the investment or change...
• Section 755.21 - Appointment And Term - Vacancies.
  The board of park trustees mentioned in section 755.20 of the Revised Code, shall consist of four resident electors of the municipal corporation, who...
• Section 755.22 - Powers Of Board.
  The board of park trustees shall have the entire management and control of any property or funds acquired as provided by section 755.19 of...
• Section 755.23 - Compensation - Oath - Bond.
  The members of the board of park trustees shall serve without compensation. Before entering upon the discharge of their duties, they shall each take...
• Section 755.24 - Meetings - Rules And Regulations.
  The board of park trustees shall hold meetings at least once a month, and shall adopt necessary rules for the regulation of its business....
• Section 755.25 - Contracts - Rules And Regulations.
  The board of park trustees may make contracts for the improvements of the grounds, the erection of the necessary bridges and structures therein, and...
• Section 755.26 - Power To Incur Liability.
  The board of park trustees shall not incur any liability for park purposes beyond the amount of the funds levied therefor or appropriated to...
• Section 755.27 - Employees Of Board Of Park Trustees.
  The board of park trustees may employ such superintendents, landscape gardeners, and other employees as are necessary for the execution of its duties, and...
• Section 755.28 - Control Of Improvement Of Natural Watercourses.
  The board of park trustees shall have the entire management and control of all work of straightening, cleaning, deepening, or otherwise improving any natural...
• Section 755.29 - Bids Required.
  The board of park trustees, before entering into any contract for the performance of any work, the cost of which exceeds fifty thousand dollars,...
• Section 755.30 - Notice For Proposals.
  The board of park trustees shall not enter into any contract for work or supplies, where the estimated cost thereof exceeds fifty thousand dollars,...
• Section 755.31 - Bond To Accompany Bids.
  Each bid for a contract for the construction, demolition, alteration, repair, or reconstruction of an improvement to be performed for the board of park...
• Section 755.32 - Bids Shall Be Under Seal.
  Bids for work and supplies to be furnished the board of park trustees shall be enclosed in a sealed envelope and deposited with the...
• Section 755.33 - Awarding Contracts.
  The board of park trustees shall enter into the contract mentioned in section 755.29 of the Revised Code with the lowest responsible bidder. The...
• Section 755.34 - Reports And Estimates.
  The board of park trustees, on the first Monday of January each year, shall make a written report to the legislative authority of the...
• Section 755.35 - Joint Use Of Fairgrounds.
  Any real estate controlled and managed by any agricultural society organized under the laws of this state, whether owned by it or by any...
• Section 755.36 - Agreement For Joint Use.
  The duration of the joint use of any fairgrounds as provided by section 755.35 of the Revised Code and all the terms for such...
• Section 755.37 - Powers Of Municipal Corporation.
  A municipal corporation jointly using a fairgrounds as provided in section 755.35 of the Revised Code shall have the same authority to improve, equip,...
• Section 755.41 - Vacation Of Unimproved And Unused Park Lands.
  When lands lying within the limits of a municipal corporation have been dedicated to or for the use of the public for parks or...
• Section 755.42 - Sale Of Unused Park Lands At Public Auction.
  Upon the vacation of parks or park lands as provided by section 755.41 of the Revised Code, the legislative authority of a municipal corporation...
• Section 755.43 - Procedure Where Reversionary Interests Established Upon Vacation Of Land.
  When real estate that has been dedicated to or for the use of the public for parks or park lands is vacated by the...

Last modified: October 10, 2016