We are just one hour away from
the voluntary curfew going into
effect in the Short North.
This is a live look at the stre,
and you can see a ticket already
on this windshield tonight.
Tickets started going out
about 10:00 o'clock tonight,
but the big question is how
many businesses will comply.
Thanks for joining us at 11.
I'm Yolanda Harris. And
I'm Andrew Kinzie. Here are the
rules that will soon be in plac.
All businesses are asked
to close at midnight,
but food trucks are required to do so.
Through an executive order,
teens under the age of 18 are bd
from the Short North between midnight
and 4:30 AM And this is all bece
of two shootings over the past o
weekends that left one person d,
ten others injured.
New at 11.
T V's Richard Solomon shares hoe
city plans to enforce all of th.
All weekend long, the sounds ofn
engulfed the entire Short North,
But at midnight, could that
sound be overtaken by silence?
In an effort to stop reoccurring violence,
the city will increase safety
measures around the Short North.
One of those ask that bars and
restaurants close at midnight. u
can't penalize the people who a,
you know, running businesses.
Scott Ellsworth, owner of Fours on High,
says he does not plan to close at midnight,
mainly because his largest sales come
between 11:00 PM and 2:00 in the morning.
You know, it's not just us owne.
It's we're talking about our staff and
we're talking thousands of people who.
This is their car payment,
this is their rent,
this is food on their table.
Like this isn't just about the r
owners or the the restaurant to,
you know, this is about the employees,
Mayor Andrew Ginther said
during Thursday's announcement.
If places don't close at midnig,
they should expect to see
more of a police presence to
make sure nothing happens.
This just doesn't seem like
the right way to do it.
The city is also enforcing A cuw
for teens, which draws concerns
from Melissa Thomas St. Claire.
I was frustrated because.
We called for this two years ag.
She's the founder of Mothers
of Murdered Columbus Children,
Thomas St. Clair says.
She hopes any and all interactions that
could happen with police and yog
people remain peaceful and help.
So how are we going to engage
with those youth for this
curfew call to ensure that?
The youth are being held
accountable but safe as well,
a question we took to
Deputy Chief Smith Weir.
We've already contacted the
juvenile court system and and
talk to them about, you know,
their ability to take in and
juveniles that that would might,
you know, receive a citation fo,
you know, curfew, Weir
says. Teens who do violate the curfew
will be taken to the detention center.
There they can call their parens
or guardians to pick them up.
All of this is to keep this area safe,
but will it change this
area's night scene? You
know, people work hard all
week and they want to release.
They want to go have fun.
They want to dance.
You're not going to stop
them from doing that.
All right, Richard, it's not midnight yet.
That's when they will actually start towing
vehicles if they're parked out there.
But that actual parking bond bad
kicked in at 10:00, o'clock,
and we saw at least 1 ticket
on a windshield out there.
What have you been seeing over the past hour?
Yeah, well, Yolanda Andrew,
I've seen a ton of tickets on c.
My photographer Dan and I have n
out here for the last 45 minutes or so.
We're on 3rd Ave.
and this curfew is in place from
Goodale all the way down to 5th.
Now it looks like a normal Friday night,
but I can tell you I've seen some things
that look out of the usual, rig?
Here is a perfect example.
I've seen more police
officers down here tonight.
I've seen them in alleyways.
I've seen them actually walking the streets.
I've seen them posted up.
At bars in different locations,
parking wise, like I said,
the city started ticketing
at 10:15 this evening.
I've seen multiple vehicles with tickets.
Now remember they'll start towig
vehicles later on tonight at midnight.
Excuse me.
Now I did see several cars and actually
spoke with a business owner who says,
you know,
he had clients actually eating tonight
inside the restaurant who already paid
valet and they were hit with a $55 ticket.
So.
This is in place,
obviously, for this weekend.
The mayor did say that he wants
this in place until things
get better around this area,
but as you can see behind me,
it's a normal Friday night.
But we'll of course keep you
posted on this as things develop
throughout the weekend.
For now,
reporting live in the Short Nor,
I'm 10T v's Richard Solomon.