Ohio Rev. Code § 5555.04: Landowners must be specially taxed to be counted as petitioners.

Lot or land owners who are not otherwise taxed than to raise the proportion of the cost and expenses of the improvement, petitioned for pursuant to section 5555.03 of the Revised Code, to be paid by the township, or by the county as a whole, shall not be considered as specially taxed or assessed for said improvement, and such persons shall not be counted either for or against the improvement in determining whether the required number of persons have signed the petition for said improvement.