Prudential Co-Operative Realty Co. v. City of Youngstown

Upon this record two questions arise: First, whether the ordinance providing for the examining and checking by the planning commission of plats of lands located outside of the municipality and within three miles thereof, and making a charge for such examining and checking in the sum of $5 for the first lot and $3 for each ad-, ditional lot, is valid; second, whether the fees paid by plaintiff were involuntarily paid. These questions will be considered in their order.

Municipalities in Ohio have only such powers as are conferred upon them, either directly by the Constitution, or by the…