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Cleveland Heights council weighs mandatory facade inspections after recent collapses
Summary
Council members and the city—uilding official discussed a draft ordinance that would require periodic structural inspections of building facades in pedestrian-commercial districts, with debate over inspection frequency, exemptions and enforcement; council recommended further review and a third reading.
Cleveland Heights council members heard extensive discussion Aug. 4 about proposed legislation to require periodic structural inspections of building facades in commercial and pedestrian districts after two recent facade incidents. The council ddressed inspection frequency, likely exemptions, enforcement capacity and outreach to property owners.
Proponents say the proposal is a public-safety measure. The city—hief building official told council that the two recent facade failures could have caused fatalities and that the city should not delay new inspection rules: "It would cause fatalities, you know, unfortunately. So we were lucky we didn't have anything like that," the chief building official said.
The draft ordinance would add a new chapter to the Cleveland Heights…
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