§ 615.18 Use of City Resources for Construction and Maintenance of State Penal and Reformatory Institution Prohibited
   No funds, credit, services, facilities or any other resources of the City of Cleveland may be used, lent, allocated or provided in the planning, construction, maintenance or operation of any State of Ohio Penal or Reformatory Institution as defined by RC 2967.01(A) built or planned to be built within the City of Cleveland municipal limits. No officer, employee or elected official of the City of Cleveland may provide any assistance, provide any service or participate in the planning, operation or maintenance of any State of Ohio Penal or Reformatory Institution as defined by RC 2967.01(A) built or planned to be built within the City of Cleveland municipal limits. The word “services” or “service” as used in this section shall include, but not be limited to, police protection, fire protection, water, electricity and/or waste collection. Any private citizen may bring a lawsuit in proper jurisdiction to obtain injunctive relief to enforce this section without the necessity to post a bond or other security.
   The provisions and prohibitions of this section shall not apply to the Northeast Ohio Pre-Release Center, located at East 30th Street and Orange Avenue, in the City of Cleveland.
   Violation of this section by any employee, officer, elected official or agent of the City of Cleveland shall be a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable by a maximum of six (6) months imprisonment and/or a maximum fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00). If any portion of this section is found to be invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining portions of this section shall be unaffected and enforceable.
(Ord. No. 457-87. Passed 2-23-87, eff. 2-25-87)