To promote and support the health and safety of the citizens
of Cleveland by issuing licenses and serving legal notices.
In performance of this mission, this Division serves all legal
notices for apportion of property, assessments, and street
vacations, and it issues all City of Cleveland licenses. The
Division handles administration of the City, and it grants
Admission Tax exemption certificates for charitable, religious,
educational, and other tax-exempted activities.
The Division of Assessments and Licenses works with other
City divisions and departments to ensure that the City’s
Codified Ordinances are met for the issuance of licenses and
many permits. The Division follows up on inspections and delinquencies
and is closely involved with the regulation of pay telephones
citywide.
BILLING
Billing invoices and collects selected payments for the Department
of Health, the Department of Building & Housing, EMS,
and the divisions of Streets, Waste, Parks Maintenance, Police,
and Fire.
BUREAU OF WEIGHTS AND
MEASURES
The Bureau of Weights and Measures participates in protecting
the City’s consumers through inspecting and ensuring that
supermarket scales and other commercial measuring devices are
uniformly accurate. The bureau seals the City’s supermarket
and retail price scanning devices and performs regular and unscheduled
inspections of the City’s taxicabs and taximeters. The
Bureau interacts with other similar governmental bureaus, which
initiate both laws and investigations to ensure consumer protection
within the spirit of the Consumer Protection Code.
SPECIAL ASSESSMENT
Special Assessment invoices and serves all legal notices for the
City for paving, sewer, water, sidewalks, appropriation of property,
and street vacations. It invoices, reconciles payments for, and
certifies special improvement districts and some tax increment
financings (TIFs), and it bills and certifies vacant lots and structures.
LICENSES
Licenses issues more than 100 different types of licenses and
collects fees on an average of 28,000 licenses per year.
TAX COLLECTION
Tax Collection ensures the accurate collection of the
City Admission Tax, Transient Occupancy Tax, Motor Vehicle
Lessor Tax, Parking Tax, and Coin Operated Amusement Tax.
CITIZEN AND BUSINESS ASSISTANCE
Citizen and Business Assistance works with businesses, citizens,
and internal divisions to efficiently issue licenses and permits
and ensures compliance with the Codified Ordinances of the
City.
TRANSPORTATION
ADMINISTRATION
Transportation Administration licenses and inspects taxicabs
and ensures that each driver abides by the Codified Ordinances
of the City.
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