Section 5571.06. Persons not to be counted either for or against the improvement

In determining whether the required number of persons, necessary to give the board of township trustees jurisdiction, have signed the petition asking for a road improvement, the following persons shall not be counted either for or against the improvement:

(A) Resident landowners whose only real estate within the legal assessment distance of such road is located in a municipal corporation;

(B) Owners of life and leasehold estates;

(C) Minors and other persons under legal disability, unless represented by legal guardians, in which case the action of the guardian shall be binding upon such persons;

(D) Lot or landowners who are not otherwise taxed than to raise the proportion of the costs of such improvement, to be paid by the township as a whole.

All tenants in common of any undivided estate, resident within the county, shall be counted as a unit, and if all not united, either for or against the improvement, none shall be counted in determining whether the requisite number of persons have signed such petition.

No person signing a petition shall be permitted to withdraw therefrom unless the board finds that there was fraud or misrepresentation in obtaining his signature.

Effective Date: 10-01-1953