State ex rel. Willis v. Sheboy

R.C. 2731.05 provides that “[t]he writ of mandamus must not be issued when there is plain and adequate remedy in the ordinary course of the law.”

Section 76-6(d) of the Charter of the city of Cleveland vests jurisdiction in the Board of Building Standards and Building Appeals to hear and decide appeals from decisions of the Commissioner of Building and Housing, and Section 3103.18(e) of the Ordinances of the city of Cleveland provides the procedure for such appeals.

In State, ex rel. Kronenberger-Fodor Co., v. Parma (1973), 34 Ohio St. 2d 222 [63 O.O.2d 362], a case involving zoning…