5571.02 Control and maintenance of township roads. - Ohio Statutes

5571.02 Control and maintenance of township roads.

The board of township trustees shall have control of the township roads of its township and, except for those township roads the board places on nonmaintained status pursuant to section 5571.20 of the Revised Code, shall keep them in good repair. The board of township trustees , with the approval of the board of county commissioners or the director of transportation, may maintain or repair a county road, or intercounty highway, or state highway within the limits of its township.

In the maintenance and repair of roads, the board of township trustees may proceed in any of the following methods:

(A) It may designate one of its number to have charge of the maintenance and repair of roads within the township.

(B) It may divide the township into three road districts, in which event each trustee shall have charge of the maintenance and repair of roads within one of those districts.

(C) It may appoint some competent person, not a member of the board of township trustees, to have charge of maintenance and repair of roads within the township, who shall be known as “township highway superintendent” and shall serve at the pleasure of the board .

The method to be followed in each township shall be determined by the board of township trustees by resolution entered on its records.

Effective Date: 09-28-1973; 06-10-2004