OUTDOOR SALES OF TICKETS OF ADMISSION TO SPORTING EVENTS AND OTHER EVENTS

Codified Ordinances of Cleveland pt. SIX, tit. IX, ch. 698A

in effect

Codified Ordinances of Cleveland § 698A.01 Outdoor Sales of Tickets of Admission to Sporting Events and Other Events Restricted

§ 698A.01 Outdoor Sales of Tickets of Admission to Sporting Events and Other Events Restricted (a) Findings. The activities of vendors of tickets of admission to sporting events and other events in and near the Central Business District has caused inconvenience and annoyance to persons on their way to the events or patronizing restaurants and other businesses in the vicinity of the events. At times, pedestrians encounter a gauntlet of ticket vendors employing aggressive sales tactics, or witness sidewalk turf disputes among ticket vendors that sometimes escalate to physical altercations. The time, place and manner restrictions imposed by this section are narrowly tailored to respond to this matter of public and governmental interest. (b) Offense. No person who possesses a ticket or tickets of admission to a sporting event, theater, show or other event shall, after first being warned by a law enforcement officer to desist, sell, hawk, peddle, display for sale or solicit another to purchase the ticket or tickets outdoors within the zone identified in division (c) of this section, except the parts of the zone designated as permissive ticket sales areas, for a period of six (6) hours before or during any event at the Cleveland State University Convocation Center or Gateway complex or the event regardless of venue to which the ticket or tickets pertain. (c) Ticket Zone Established. The zone referred to in division (b) of this section and the permissive ticket sales areas within the zone are shown on the map and set forth by legal description both contained in File No. 961-08-A. The Director of Public Safety may, through the issuance of a regulation, modify the boundaries or placement of the zone or permissive ticket sales areas as set forth in the file if the Director determines that such changes are needed to advance the purposes of this legislation as stated in division (a). Any such regulation shall take effect fourteen (14) days after its publication in the City Record. The Director of Public Safety may cause signs to be posted to apprise persons of the existence of the zone and permissive ticket sales areas established by this section, but the absence of signs or any deficiency of signs shall not constitute a defense to division (b) of this section provided that the offender, in accordance with division (b), has first been warned by a law enforcement officer to desist from the proscribed conduct. (Ord. No. 961-08. Passed 7-2-08, eff. 7-7-08)

Codified Ordinances of Cleveland § 698A.99 Penalty

§ 698A.99 Penalty Whoever violates division (b) of Section 698A.01 is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on the first offense, a misdemeanor of the fourth degree on the second offense, and a misdemeanor of the second degree on the third and any subsequent offense. (Ord. No. 961-08. Passed 7-2-08, eff. 7-7-08) Outdoor Ticket Sales Exclusion Zone and Permissive Ticket Sales Areas [image omitted; see the official code] Beginning on the projected Northerly line of the South Roadway of Public Square at its intersection with the centerline of Ontario Street (ninety-nine (99) ft. wide); Southerly along the centerline of said Ontario Street to its intersection with the centerline of West Prospect Avenue (one hundred (100) ft. wide); thence Westerly along the centerline of said West Prospect Avenue to its intersection with the centerline of West 6 Street (seventy (70) ft. wide); thence Southerly along the centerline of said West 6 Street to its Southerly prolongation to its intersection with the centerline of Canal Road (width varies); thence Easterly and Southerly along the centerline of said Canal Road to the Southerly limited access line of the Innerbelt Freeway so called; thence Easterly along the Southerly limited access line of the said Innerbelt Freeway to its intersection with the centerline of East 14 Street (width varies); thence Northerly along the centerline of said East 14 Street and its Northerly prolongation to its intersection with the Northerly line of Euclid Avenue (ninety-nine (99) ft. wide); thence Westerly along the Northerly line of said Euclid Avenue to its intersection with the Easterly line of Public Square; thence Westerly in a direct line to the Northerly line of the South Roadway of said Public Square to the place of beginning excepting therefrom the two (2) permissive zones which are the Northerly sidewalk area of Huron Road between Ontario Street and East 4th Street and being ten (10) feet away from the crosswalks at Ontario Street and East 4th Street, and the Northerly sidewalk area of Huron Road (99 ft. wide) extending Easterly from East 9 Street (ninety-nine (99) ft. wide) about two hundred fifty (250) ft.

Source: City of Cleveland, Ohio, Codified Ordinances and City Charter (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/cleveland/latest/cleveland_oh/0-0-0-38693Fetched: 11/1/2026