Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 723.33

The legislative authority of a municipal corporation, when it deems it necessary to have a bridge or railways, or any part thereof, located in whole or in part in the municipal corporation, and owned, possessed, or operated by an individual, company, association, or corporation, lighted, shall pass an ordinance for that purpose requiring such individual, company, association, or corporation to light such bridge or railway within a specified time, but it shall not require such railway or portion thereof to be lighted with electric arc lights.