Bars and restaurants with higher-than-average crime could face city supervision under an ordinance up for a Cincinnati City Council vote Wednesday.
The city’s existing chronic nuisance ordinance only applies to multi-family residential properties. Council member Seth Walsh says the city needs more options to monitor other types of properties.
“We’ll actually be able to get involved earlier in many of these cases,” Walsh said. “We’ve found that these commercial tenants are struggling to figure it out, and now with the help of the city, hopefully they will have that support instead of feeling like they’re spiraling out of control.”…