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Council committee approves updated paid‑parking rules for downtown, adds police review of garage security plans
Summary
Cleveland — The council committee approved ordinance 726-2025, updating paid‑parking regulations to set a 1 foot‑candle lighting baseline citywide, require occupancy documentation for licenses and add a Cleveland Division of Police review of downtown parking facility security plans.
Cleveland — The City Council committee approved ordinance 726-2025, an update to the city's paid‑parking facility code that sets new lighting standards, adds licensing requirements and creates a police review for security measures at downtown parking facilities.
Lucas Reeve, senior advisor in the mayor’s office, told the committee the ordinance aims “to reduce crime that has been occurring in paid parking facilities across the city” and to “work collaboratively” with facility owners and the Cleveland Division of Police (CDP) on security measures for downtown lots.
Key changes in the ordinance include a citywide lighting standard of 1 foot‑candle on walking surfaces and strengthened lighting and shielding…
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