city hall

noun

Updated on: 21 Apr 2018

Definition of city hall

1 : the chief administrative building of a city

2 a : a municipal government

b : city officialdom or bureaucracy

you can't fight city hall

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The mayor and other local officials work out of a private home since city hall remains battered and boarded up.

— rick jervis, USA TODAY, "'This city has been ignored': Yabucoa, ground zero for Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, still reeling," 11 Mar. 2018
People gathered outside city hall in Las Vegas, where a gunman killed 58 people at a country music festival last year.

— author: katie zezima, Anchorage Daily News, "‘People need to listen to us’: Demonstrators gather around the US to protest gun violence," 24 Mar. 2018
Public parking is available next to city hall in the Melilli Plaza lot.

— shawn r. beals, Courant Community, "Middletown Will Shut Down Deteriorating Parking Structure Downtown," 8 Mar. 2018
On November 17, Maunabo plaza and city hall got power from a small generator -- purchased for $35,000 by the municipality, according to the mayor, Jorge Márquez.

— sam petulla, CNN, "'We are the forgotten people': It's been almost six months since Hurricane Maria, and Puerto Ricans are still dying," 15 Mar. 2018
Kits can be picked up at the health department at city hall, 245 deKoven Drive in room B17 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

— shawn r. beals, Courant Community, "Middletown Health Department Offering Free Radon Test Kits," 7 Mar. 2018
Along the West Coast, facilities of all types are testing or planning to test the earthquake early warning system, including airports, oil refineries, pipelines, schools, universities, city halls and libraries.

— rong-gong lin ii, latimes.com, "Trump again seeks to end funding for earthquake early warning system," 20 Feb. 2018
Nomination forms are available at the Avon Lake Public Library and city hall.

— julie a. short/special to cleveland.com, cleveland.com, "Celebrate Restaurant Week in Lorain County March 2-11: Short Takes on Avon, Avon Lake and North Ridgeville," 18 Feb. 2018
The project will consist of a 44,000-square-foot building, possibly two stories, for the city hall and police department functions.

— carrie napoleon, Post-Tribune, "Plans taking shape for new Crown Point public safety facility," 15 Feb. 2018

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city hall

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: a city government's main building
: the government of a city

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