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Toledo proposes lead-safe ordinance rewrite, phased compliance and new city-run certification process
Summary
City staff proposed repealing and replacing Chapter 17.60 of the Toledo Municipal Code to move lead-safe certificate issuance to Housing and Community Development, create phased compliance deadlines through June 2029, expand staffing and training, and continue enforcement via municipal court; presenters described grants, training and a new Lead"
The law department and the Department of Housing and Community Development presented a major rewrite of Toledo's lead-safe ordinance (chapter 17.60) and related appeal procedures at the April 15 agenda review.
Monica Smith, the city's lead coordinator, described the city's lead-safety strategy and staffing. She said the 2018/2020-era ordinance revision and subsequent litigation delayed enforcement timelines and that the proposed replacement ordinance updates procedures, phases new compliance deadlines and moves issuance of lead-safe certificates into the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) rather than the Toledo Lucas County Health Department. Smith detailed education and outreach efforts, free training classes for lead-related licenses, a lead stabilization grant awarded by the Ohio Department of Health in 2023 (approximately $1,050,000, with about $400,000 for homeowner…
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