Stark County Common Pleas Judge Natalie Haupt issued the ruling Wednesday morning.
Haupt ordered Joe and Colleen Beasley, owners of the restaurant at 13367 Cleveland Ave. NW in Lake Township, to follow rules set in the Dine Safe Ohio order issued last summer by the Ohio Department of Health.
The restaurant must comply with and enforce the face covering requirements, and all other requirements of the health orders, Haupt wrote in the ruling. The court order was effective immediately.
Wednesday afternoon, when contacted at the restaurant, Beasley declined to comment because he still hadn t received a copy of Haupt s ruling. Beasley and his employees at the restaurant weren t wearing masks at the time.
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