2020 Ohio Revised Code
Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals
Chapter 3781 | Building Standards - General Provisions
Section 3781.32 | Connections or Tie-Ins Within Right-of-Way.
Effective: March 27, 2013
Latest Legislation: House Bill 458 - 129th General Assembly
(A) Any connections or tie-ins to existing utility services within a public right-of-way shall comply with permit requirements of the public authority that has jurisdiction over that right-of-way.
(B) A developer or the designer employed by the developer shall not require, as a condition for entering into a contract for a project that will require excavation, that responsibility for performance of duties imposed under sections 3781.25 to 3781.32 of the Revised Code shall be assumed by a person other than the person on whom those duties are imposed under those sections. This division does not prohibit a utility from entering into any contract for the performance of duties that are imposed on a utility under those sections.
(C) Nothing in sections 3728.25 to 3728.32 of the Revised Code shall be construed to require a utility to relocate its underground utility facilities located at an excavation site.
