Ohio Revised Code Title LV. Roads Highways Bridges § 5571.06

(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 cost 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 are 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.