2022 Ohio Revised Code
Title 57 | Taxation
Chapter 5709 | Taxable Property - Exemptions
Section 5709.51 | Extension of Exemption From Taxation of Improvements.
Effective: October 17, 2019
Latest Legislation: House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) The legislative authority of a municipal corporation, a board of township trustees, or a board of county commissioners may amend an ordinance or resolution adopted in accordance with division (B) of section 5709.40, section 5709.41, division (B) of section 5709.73, or division (A) of section 5709.78 of the Revised Code, as applicable, to extend the exemption from taxation of improvements to the parcel or parcels designated in the ordinance or resolution for an additional period of not more than thirty years if all of the following conditions are met:
(1) The service payments made pursuant to section 5709.42, 5709.74, or 5709.79 of the Revised Code by the owner or owners of the parcel or parcels designated in the ordinance or resolution exceeded one million five hundred thousand dollars in the calendar year preceding the adoption of the amendment.
(2) The service payments described in division (A)(1) of this section did not exceed one million five hundred thousand dollars in any calendar year before the calendar year immediately preceding the adoption of the amendment. This condition applies only to amendments adopted under this section on or after January 1, 2021.
(3) The amendment extending the exemption provides for compensation to the city, local, or exempted village school district in which the parcel or parcels are located equal in value to the amount of taxes that would be payable to the school district if the improvements had not been exempted from taxation for the additional period.
(B) Not later than fifteen days after amending an ordinance or resolution under this section, the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, board of township trustees, or board of county commissioners shall send a copy of the amendment to the director of development services.
