International Building Code Does Not Violate the Constitution
The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, in affirming a dismissal of a pro se civil rights complaint, agreed that the complaint against the City Commission and its commissioners, a staff member of the...
View ArticleState Building Code Preempts Local Ordinances
An Ohio Appeals Court held that the State Constitution does not protect local ordinances requiring that homes built within the city have higher ceilings, and lower staircase slope than what was...
View ArticleFederal District Court Denies Summary Judgment Motion on Washington State...
A federal district court has denied a summary judgment motion by the Building Industry Association of Washington against the State Building Code Council involving a preemption challenge to the Code....
View ArticleMN Appeals Court Rules Enforcement of Building Permit Time Limits Does Not...
Appellants, property owners, appealed a trial court’s ruling granting the City of Mankato summary judgment in a suit for monetary damages. In October 2005 the appellants paid roughly six hundred...
View ArticleNY Appellate Court Upholds Board’s Designation Under State Building Code
The Department of State’s Syracuse Board of Review did not act arbitrarily or capriciously in designating a food packaging warehouse as a moderate hazard storage building under the State Building Code....
View ArticleMT Supreme Court Holds City to Was Not Permitted to Enact Building...
The City of Helena filed a complaint against owners of property located within a wildland-urban district for violation of an ordinance dictating permissible roofing materials. The owners answered and...
View ArticleFed. Dist. Court in IL Holds State Regulations Regarding Recovery Homes...
Affordable Recovery Housing (“ARH”) is faith-based, Christian organization that provides housing and recovery services to adult men with alcohol addiction. ARH rents five buildings to run its services....
View ArticleTX Appeals Court Holds that a Municipality does not have the Authority to...
Appellant Harry Bizios complained of the trial court’s injunction requiring him to obtain permits from and allow building inspections by Appellee the Town of Lakewood Village pursuant to the Town’s...
View ArticleND Supreme Court Holds Assisted Living Facility was Properly Determined to...
Editor’s Note: The following is reposted from the Midwest Planning BLUZ blog –...
View ArticleMassachusetts Municipalities Pursue Building Code Revisions While Awaiting...
Check out this alert by Holland & Knight highlighting: Chapter 8 of the Acts of 2021, An Act Creating a Next-Generation Roadmap for Massachusetts Climate Policy, requires the development of a...
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