(A) Pursuant to R.C. § 5521.01, it is hereby declared to be in the public interest that the consent of the village be given to the Ohio Department of Transportation to maintain and repair state routes within the village and to bear all costs associated thereof.
(B) It is hereby agreed that the Ohio Department of Transportation shall bear all costs and shall:
(1) Maintain and repair all grade separated municipal streets, exclusive of bridge structures within the right-of-way limits of the state route;
(2) Maintain and repair the wearing surface on bridges carrying municipal streets over the state route when such wearing surface is separate from the bridge floor slab. Changes in type of depth of wearing surface will not be permitted without prior approval by the state;
(3) Remove snow and place abrasives and chemical for ice control on all grade separated municipal streets, inclusive of bridges carrying such streets over the state route;
(4) Maintain and repair all service roads, drainage structures, and other roadway items located outside the fenced portion of the state route;
(5) Furnish, install, maintain, and repair all signs, pavement markings, and other traffic- control devices on the intersecting local streets at interchanges or on overpass or underpass roadways in accordance with the Ohio Manual of Uniform Traffic- Control Devices; and
(6) Maintain and repair (including furnishing electric power) highway lighting units on intersected local streets at interchanges and on overpass or underpass roadways.
(C) It is hereby declared that the Ohio Department of Transportation shall be the issuing authority for permits to use or occupy the state route right-of-way and permits for the movement of oversize and overweight loads over the state routes.
(D) It is hereby declared that traffic- control devices shall not be installed at the intersections of ramp terminals and the local streets without prior approval by the state.
(Ord. 258, passed 12-3-2013)