East Side Tax Increment Financing District

At a glance

Built from the official City Council minutes of April 6, May 11 and May 18, 2026. The newest minutes posted are May 18; every Council meeting after that has an agenda only, and no committee minutes are posted since April, so anything that happened after May 18 is not in this page.

• What: Two emergency ordinances introduced May 11, 2026 would create an East Side TIF district and use construction permit fee breaks to encourage housing there.
• Where it stands: Both were read and referred to administrative review on May 11, 2026. Minutes through May 18 show no further action; later steps are not in the minutes.
• Next: Committee review and second reading; check later Council agendas.

Detail

• Ordinance 615-2026 establishes the East Side TIF District under Ohio Revised Code 5709.40, declares improvements to certain parcels a public purpose exempt from taxation, and requires owners to make service payments in lieu of taxes. Those payments are to be distributed to the Cleveland Municipal School District and to one or more City funds.
• Ordinance 622-2026 authorizes the Director of Building and Housing to waive construction permitting fees for new one-family to three-family residential construction in the district and to cut fees by 50 percent for larger new multi-family or mixed-use residential construction there.

Sources

• City Council minutes, May 11, 2026: https://cityofcleveland.legistar1.com/cityofcleveland/meetings/2026/5/3859_M_City_Council_26-05-11_Meeting_Minutes.pdf

Log

2026-05-11 - City Council

Both ordinances read and referred to administrative review.