The City of Cleveland restricted community entertainment districts to certain areas of the city. See Cleveland City Record, April 6, 2005, Ord. No. 286-05 at page 567 et seq. , modifying Codified Ordinance No. 699A.01, and creating new Codified Ordinance No. 699A.011. Retail food and food service establishments located in community entertainment districts may obtain low cost liquor permits. See Ohio Revised Code 4301.80, 4303.181. The procedures for becoming a community entertainment district are set out in Cleveland Codified Ordinances 699A.01 through 699A.06. See the City Record, Dec. 22, 2004, Ord No. 1096-04, at page 2461, for the text of Codified Ordinances 699A.01 through 699A.06. See also the City Record, Dec. 15, 2004, Ord. No. 2374-04, establishing Playhouse Square as a community entertainment district.
For an article on community entertainment districts, see Cities Find Liquor Permits No Cure: Many Hold Off on State Incentive, Toledo Blade, March 28, 2005 by Tom Troy.