Ohio Revised Code Title XLIX. Public Utilities § 4957.04

The land or property required to make the alteration in the street or highway necessitated by a proposed crossing improvement, shall be purchased or appropriated by the municipal corporation or county in the manner provided for in sections 163.01 to 163.22, inclusive, of the Revised Code. The land or property required to make the alteration in the railroad necessitated by the proposed improvement shall be purchased or appropriated by the railroad company in the manner provided for in sections 163.01 to 163.22, inclusive, of the Revised Code. The municipal corporation or county may also acquire the land or property, or a part thereof, required to make the alteration in the railroad and subsequently sell the same or a part thereof at private sale to the railroad for such purposes, and execute and deliver a deed for it.