City Building Department

• Richard F. Davet, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. City of Cleveland, Robert Vilkas and City of Cleveland Department of Building & Housing, Defendants-Appellees., 456 F.3d 549 (6th Cir. 2006)

ON BRIEF: David P. Bertsch, Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, Akron, Ohio, Walter A. Lucas, Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, Cleveland, Ohio, for A...

• Federal Circuits

• City Controller Critical of Building and Safety Department's Finances

(SWS)-The Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety uses "tricks" and "games" in managing its finances, City Controller Laura Chick said recently. This is not unique to the Building and Safety Department," she added. "There are many departments that look to get around some of the rules to hold on to money that they haven't spent. "There are a lot of financial issues we're still reviewing at this point, but we can't speak to anything specific at this time," [David Keim] said. "We are committed to working with the controller to further improve the department."

• Sentinel; Los Angeles, Calif.
• August 11, 2009

• Richard F. Davet, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. City of Cleveland, Robert Vilkas and City of Cleveland Department of Building & Housing, Defendants-Appellees., 452 F.3d 507 (6th Cir. 2006)

ON BRIEF: David P. Bertsch, Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, Akron, Ohio, Walter A. Lucas, Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, Cleveland, Ohio, for A...

• Federal Circuits

• Westbrook Proposes Reuse for Junior High ; One Plan Would Turn the Building Into a New City Hall and Rec Department.

City officials are exploring a plan to convert Westbrook's old junior high school into a new City Hall and community center, possibly with an ice arena and swimming pool - but only if the city can generate the funding to support it. A reuse committee for the Fred C. Wescott Junior High School met with city officials Thursday to fine tune a plan to renovate the 92,000-square-foot building into a new City Hall and recreation department.

• Portland Press Herald
• September 21, 2009

• 'Creek Mulls City Building Department ; Officials Exploring Possible Benefits of Breaking Away From the County

BEAVERCREEK -- City officials are exploring the possibility of establishing their own building department to issue building permits, ending a relationship with Greene County, that has provided that service for the city since its incorporation 25 years ago. But the Home Builders Association of Dayton and the Miami Valley is fuming, calling it a "very bad idea.

• Dayton Daily News
• June 16, 2005

• Letters to the Editor; City Building Department Helpful

E. Sixth St., Moscow, Idaho This past summer, my wife and I traveled to Dubuque to build a house for our son. I was more than a little nervous moving from Idaho to a wholly new theater of operations, especially when it came to dealing with the building department.

• Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
• December 16, 2005

• 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 9430, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 15,503 Amrut N. Patel; Sita Patel, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. James F. Penman, City Attorney; Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of San Bernardino; Building and Safety Department of the City of San Bernardino; Housing and Community Development Department of the City of San Bernardino, Defendants-Appellees., 103 F.3d 868 (9th Cir. 1996)

Frank A. Weiser, Los Angeles, CA, for plaintiffs-appellants. Robert L. Simmons, Senior Deputy City Attorney, Cynthia Ludvigsen, San Bernardino, CA, f...

• Federal Circuits

• Wte Sues City Board Over Secret Meeting ; Spiker Urges the City's Building Appeals Department to Hold the Meeting a Second Time, in Public.

By Jodi Rogstad jrogstad@wyomingnews.com

• Wyoming Tribune - Eagle
• July 09, 2008

• Clear Channel Outdoor Inc., a Delaware corporation; Viacom Outdoor Inc., a Delaware corporation; National Advertising Company, a Delaware corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. City of Los Angeles; Angeles Department of Building & Safety; David R. Keim, in his official capacity as Chief of the Code Enforcement Bureau of the Los Angeles Department of Building & Safety, Defendants-Appellants., 340 F.3d 810 (9th Cir. 2003)

Michael L. Klekner, Esq., Los Angeles, California, for the defendants-appellants. Richard B. Kendall, Esq., Los Angeles, California, for the plaintif...

• Federal Circuits

• Church Wants to Open Hackensack School

HACKENSACK -- A church wants to convert a vacant building on Moore Street into a school for Bible study. The Israelite Church of God in Jesus Christ, with headquarters in New York, has applied to the city's building department to renovate the three-story building at 66 Moore St. Building officials determined that the church needs a use variance to operate the school in the building, which is located in an area zoned for office use.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• July 19, 2011