3781.32 Connections or tie-ins within right-of-way. - Ohio Statutes

3781.32 Connections or tie-ins within right-of-way.

(A) Any connections or tie-ins to existing utility services within a public right-of-way shall comply with permit requirements of the public agency that has jurisdiction over that right-of-way.

(B) A 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.

Effective Date: 03-14-1989