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Resolution No. 346-2020 (emergency resolution)

An emergency resolution directing the Housing Division of the Cleveland Municipal Court to immediately suspend or delay, for at least 60 days, evictions due to economic hardship caused by the coronavirus pandemic

Cleveland City Council (Council Members Kelley and Brancatelli) · City of Cleveland, Ohio (City)

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Jurisdiction
City of Cleveland, Ohio · Cleveland · Ohio
Level
City
Authority
Cleveland Charter; Ohio Const. art. XVIII, § 3
Issued
2020-03-23 Mar. 23, 2020
Effective
2020-03-23 (adopted on third reading and approved) (read as 2020-03-23)
End
at least 60 days (to about May 22, 2020); the Housing Court's own orders and the CDC moratorium (Sept. 4, 2020) followed (read as 2020-05-22)
In force
Mar. 23, 2020 to May 22, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Courts and public officesOther
Addressees
  • Housing Division of the Cleveland Municipal Court
  • landlords and tenants
Functions reached
  • PM property management and leasing (evictions suspended)
  • SV collections
  • CB landlords and tenants
Collection
Cleveland MET-CLE

Operative words

Section 1. That, for the reasons stated in the preamble, this Council directs the Housing Division of the Cleveland Municipal Court to immediately suspend or delay, for at least 60 days, all evictions that occur due to economic hardship caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

Enforcement

Legislative direction to the court (recites that 'the City has suspended shutoffs by Cleveland Public Power and Division of Water during this crisis; and... the Housing Division of Cleveland Municipal Court has suspended criminal cases')

Notes

Adopted the same day the ODH Stay at Home Order took effect.

Retrieval note

Legistar Matter 346-2020: introduced Mar. 19, 2020; passed Mar. 23, 2020.