Any public improvements or public services provided to a special improvement district through a public improvements or public services plan shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any public improvements or public services provided by any participating political subdivision. A participating political subdivision may not substitute or rely in any manner upon the public improvements or public services provided to a special improvements district under a public improvements or public services plan to reduce or not increase any public improvement or public service provided or to be provided by the participating political subdivision to the area specified in any such plan.

Terms Used In Ohio Code 1710.08

  • Participating political subdivision: means the municipal corporation or township, or each of the municipal corporations or townships, that has territory within the boundaries of a special improvement district created under this chapter. See Ohio Code 1710.01
  • Public improvement: means the planning, design, construction, reconstruction, enlargement, or alteration of any facility or improvement, including the acquisition of land, for which a special assessment may be levied under Chapter 727 of the Revised Code, and includes any special energy improvement project or shoreline improvement project. See Ohio Code 1710.01
  • Public service: means any service that can be provided by a municipal corporation or any service for which a special assessment may be levied under Chapter 727 of the Revised Code. See Ohio Code 1710.01
  • Special improvement district: means a special improvement district organized under this chapter. See Ohio Code 1710.01