CLEVELAND, Ga. – The City of Cleveland held the first public hearing Monday night to repeal the current city code of Ordinances and adopt a new one. During the hearing, City Manager Kevin Harris said Governor Brian Kemp signed House Bill 592 approving a new Cleveland City charter, and it went into effect on July 1, 2025.
Harris said, “Following this action, we began reviewing our Code of Ordinances and realized that our code needed an extensive and comprehensive review.”
While the city wanted to ensure alignment with the new charter, Harris said a number of other opportunities became apparent where the code needed updated.
“Number one, there’s some areas where we need to make sure they were compliant with federal and state law. We need to remove some obsolete provisions. We need some clarification and some modernization. There’s a number of places where actually the code says one thing and our operations we are doing something else,” commented Harris.
The update would eliminate outdated, unenforced, or superseded regulations that no longer reflect current practices or legal standards. These new regulations would provide clear standards and procedures for residents, businesses, city staff, and enforcement officials. There were some major changes in the public safety area; some of the regulations had not been updated since 1970.
The city will hold a second public hearing and possible adoption during its regular meeting on June 15 at 6:30 PM.
Summary of Code of Ordinances changes
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