City of Chicago v. RN Realty, L.P.

State: Illinois

Court: 1st District Appellate

Docket No: 1-03-2214 Rel

Case Date: 04/21/2005

FOURTH DIVISION
April 21, 2005

No. 1-03-2214

CITY OF CHICAGO, a Municipal Corporation,

Plaintiff-Appellant,

RN REALTY, L.P., and PLYMOUTH BUILDING, L.P.,

Defendants-Appellees.

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Appeal from the
Circuit Court of
Cook County.

No. 00 M1 404773

Honorable
Ann Houser,
Judge Presiding.

JUSTICE GREIMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff City Of Chicago (City) filed suit against defendants RN Realty, L.P. (RN), and Plymouth Building, L.P. (Plymouth), alleging violations of the Chicago Building Code for failure to maintain several structures appurtenant to the building located at 417 South Dearborn Street (Building). Following a trial, the circuit court entered judgment in favor of defendants. The City now appeals, and for the reasons that follow, we affirm.

The City filed its initial complaint on October 17, 2000, alleging that defendants owned and maintained the building and that, on July 11, 2000, and thereafter, a parapet on top of the building was out of plumb, an exterior wall had visibly open joints, and defendants had failed to file a timely structural engineering report in violation of sections 13-196-010, 13-196-530, and 13-196-030 of the Chicago Building Code (the Code). Chicago Municipal Code