Cleveland Building and Housing tracks nuisance citations against short-term rental properties, escalating from warnings to permit suspension and revocation when an STR accumulates repeated noise, occupancy, or sanitation violations within twelve months.
Under Chapter 663 Section 663.05 enforcement provisions, each verified violation, ranging from amplified-music citations issued by the Cleveland Division of Police to over-occupancy findings and trash code violations under Chapter 339, counts as a strike against the STR registration. Three strikes within a rolling twelve-month window allow Building and Housing to suspend the certificate; repeated revocations bar the owner from re-registering the same parcel for one to three years. The Department publishes a delisting roster shared with major booking platforms.
Continuing to host after suspension exposes the owner to per-night fines, contempt citations, and potential nuisance-abatement litigation by the City Law Department.
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