Sec. 703.01. (A) MunicipalExcept as otherwise provided in | 9 |
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section 703.06 of the Revised Code, municipal corporations, which, | 10 |
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at the last federal census, had a population of five thousand or | 11 |
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more, or five thousand registered resident electors or resident | 12 |
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voters as provided in section 703.011 of the Revised Code, are | 13 |
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cities. All other municipal corporations are villages, except as | 14 |
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otherwise provided in section 703.06 of the Revised Code. Cities, | 15 |
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which, at any federal census, have a population of less than five | 16 |
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thousand, shall become villages, except as otherwise provided in | 17 |
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section 703.06 of the Revised Code. Villages, which, at any | 18 |
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federal census, have a population of five thousand or more, shall | 19 |
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become cities, except as otherwise provided in section 703.06 of | 20 |
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the Revised Code. | 21 |
| (a) College or university students in attendance at an | 26 |
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educational institution located within the municipal corporation | 27 |
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if the residential addresses of those students when not in | 28 |
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attendance at the institution, or the residential addresses of the | 29 |
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guardians of those students, as determined by the records of the | 30 |
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institution kept by its registrar, are at a place other than the | 31 |
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municipal corporation in which the institution is located; | 32 |
| Sec. 703.06. (A)(1) When the result of any federal census or | 48 |
an enumeration as provided in sections 703.02 to 703.05, | 49 |
inclusive, of the Revised Code, is officially made known to the | 50 |
secretary of state, hethe secretary of state forthwith shall | 51 |
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issue a proclamation, stating the names of all municipal | 52 |
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corporations having a population of five thousand or more, and the | 53 |
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names of all municipal corporations having a population of less | 54 |
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than five thousand, together with the population of all such | 55 |
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municipal corporations. A copy of the proclamation shall forthwith | 56 |
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be sent to the mayor of each such municipal corporation, which | 57 |
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copy shall forthwith be transmitted to the legislative authority | 58 |
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of such municipal corporation, read therein, and made a part of | 59 |
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the records thereof. Thirty days after the issuance of such | 60 |
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proclamation each municipal corporation shall be a city or village | 61 |
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as the case may be, unless the legislative authority of the | 62 |
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municipal corporation adopts a resolution to petition the | 63 |
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secretary of state for an extension to transition to the new | 64 |
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status of city or village despite a change in population. | 65 |
| (2) The legislative authority of a municipal corporation | 66 |
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anticipating a status change on the basis of a federal census or | 67 |
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an enumeration as provided in sections 703.02 to 703.05 of the | 68 |
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Revised Code may adopt a resolution to petition the secretary of | 69 |
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state for a grant of an extension to transition to the new status | 70 |
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of city or village, thereby retaining the previous status despite | 71 |
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a change in population, until the termination of the extension | 72 |
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period or until the completion of an enumeration under this | 73 |
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section. The municipal corporation shall petition the secretary of | 74 |
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state before the expiration of the thirty-day period following the | 75 |
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secretary of state's issuance of the proclamation provided for in | 76 |
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division (A)(1) of this section. The petition shall specify the | 77 |
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amount of time requested for the extension, up to, but not | 78 |
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exceeding, a period of two years. The secretary of state shall | 79 |
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issue a proclamation within thirty days after receipt of the | 80 |
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petition granting an extension to transition to the new status, | 81 |
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for the amount of time requested, to the petitioning municipal | 82 |
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corporation. Upon issuance of the proclamation granting the | 83 |
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extension, the municipal corporation shall retain its previous | 84 |
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status as either a city or a village for the duration of the | 85 |
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extension period or until the completion of an enumeration under | 86 |
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this section. The extension begins on the date of the adoption of | 87 |
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the resolution to petition the secretary of state for an extension | 88 |
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and ends on the date specified in the proclamation granting the | 89 |
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extension, but in no case shall the extension exceed a period of | 90 |
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two years. | 91 |
| (B) Once during the extension period, a city may by | 92 |
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resolution direct the city auditor to make an enumeration as | 93 |
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provided in this section. Upon presentation of the resolution, the | 94 |
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city auditor shall cause an enumeration of the population of the | 95 |
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city to be taken and shall report the results to the legislative | 96 |
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authority of the city and to the secretary of state. The | 97 |
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requirements set forth in sections 703.04 and 703.05 of the | 98 |
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Revised Code apply to the enumeration authorized under this | 99 |
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section except that the enumeration authorized under this section | 100 |
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shall be completed within thirty days after the appointment of the | 101 |
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enumerators. When the results of an enumeration under this section | 102 |
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are officially made known to the secretary of state, the secretary | 103 |
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of state shall issue a proclamation, stating whether the city has | 104 |
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a population of five thousand or more and is therefore a city or | 105 |
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whether it has a population of less than five thousand and is a | 106 |
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village. Upon issuance of the proclamation, the extension ceases | 107 |
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and the city continues as a city or thirty days thereafter becomes | 108 |
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a village. This status continues until a change in population is | 109 |
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determined by the next federal decennial census or, if either of | 110 |
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the following occurs before that time, until either of the | 111 |
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following occurs: | 112 |