(a) Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to establish reasonable regulations to promote the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the City. It is also the purpose of this chapter to establish reasonable regulations to preserve and protect maternal health while not placing an undue burden on a woman's right to an abortion.
(b) Findings. Based on the evidence submitted at the public hearing before City Council on October 4, 1999, the public presentation by the Ohio Department of Health to City Council on October 18, 1999, information provided at other public meetings of City Council, and in all resulting written submissions in relation to this regulatory process, this City Council finds that:
(1) The current State of Ohio Ambulatory Surgical Facility Licensing provisions and the enforcement thereunder are not protecting the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the City; and
(2) Cuyahoga County has no additional Ambulatory Surgical Facility Licensing regulations and has no enforcement authority for current State of Ohio Ambulatory Surgical Facility Licensing provisions; and
(3) Local licensing regulation is needed to achieve the purposes set forth in subsection (a) above. (Ord. 94-99. Passed 3-13-00.)