2006 Ohio Revised Code - 715.76. Adoption of ordinances or resolutions approving contract; filing of documents; county resolution of disapproval.

§ 715.76. Adoption of ordinances or resolutions approving contract; filing of documents; county resolution of disapproval.
 

After the public hearings required under section 715.75 of the Revised Code have been held, each contracting party may adopt an ordinance or resolution approving the contract to create a joint economic development district. After each contracting party has adopted an ordinance or resolution, the contracting parties jointly shall file with the legislative authority of each county within which a contracting party is located all of the following documents: 

(A) A signed copy of the contract; 

(B) A description of the area or areas to be included in the district, including a map in sufficient detail to denote the specific boundaries of the area or areas and to indicate any zoning restrictions applicable to the area or areas; 

(C) The economic development plan described in division (C) of section 715.75 of the Revised Code; 

(D) Certified copies of the ordinances and resolutions of the contracting parties relating to the contract and district; 

(E) A certificate of each contracting party that the public hearings required by section 715.75 of the Revised Code have been held, the date of the hearings, and evidence of publication of the notice of the hearings; 

(F) A petition signed by a majority of the owners of property located within the area or areas to be included in the district; 

(G) A petition signed by a majority of the owners of businesses, if any, located within the area or areas to be included in the district. 

The petitions described in divisions (F) and (G) of this section shall specify that all of the documents described in divisions (A) to (C) of section 715.75 of the Revised Code are available for public inspection in the office of the clerk of the legislative authority of each municipal corporation that is a contracting party or the office of the fiscal officer of each township that is a contracting party. 

Not later than ten days after all of the documents described in divisions (A) to (G) of this section have been filed, each contracting party shall give notice to those owners of property within the area or areas to be included in the district who did not sign the petition described in division (F) of this section and whose property is located within the boundaries of that contracting party and to those owners of businesses, if any, within the area or areas to be included in the district who did not sign the petition described in division (G) of this section and whose property is located within the boundaries of that contracting party. Notice shall be given by certified mail and shall specify that the owners of property and businesses are located within the area or areas to be included in the district and that all of the documents described in divisions (A) to (C) of section 715.75 of the Revised Code are available for public inspection in the office of the clerk of the legislative authority of each municipal corporation that is a contracting party or the office of the fiscal officer of each township that is a contracting party. The contracting parties shall equally bear the cost of providing notice under this section. 

If the contracting parties do not file all of the documents described in divisions (A) to (G) of this section, the legislative authority of a county within which a contracting party is located may adopt a resolution disapproving the creation of the joint economic development district. In addition, the legislative authority of the county may adopt a resolution disapproving the creation of the district if it determines, in written findings of fact, that each contracting party did not enter into the contract freely and without duress or coercion. 
 

HISTORY: 146 v H 269 (Eff 11-15-95); 147 v H 434. Eff 3-22-99; 151 v S 107, § 1, eff. 12-20-05.
 

See provisions, § 4 of HB 434 (147 v  - ), following RC § 715.69. 

See provisions, § 5 of HB 434 (147 v  - ), following RC § 715.70. 

 

Effect of Amendments

151 v S 107, effective December 20, 2005, substituted "fiscal officer" for "township clerk" in the second and third paragraphs of (G); and made minor stylistic changes.