City of Cleveland v. Berger

Patricia A. Blackmon, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Housing Division of the Cleveland Municipal Court, assessing a fine to Sanford J. Berger, defendant-appellant, for violations of C.C.O. 369.13 and 369.15. Berger challenges the judgment and assigns eight errors for our review. 1

After a review of the record and the arguments of the parties, we affirm the decision of the trial court. The apposite facts follow.

Berger owns an apartment building in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1983, Berger entered into a fifteen-year contract with the United States Department of Housing and Urban…