GREENE v. CITY OF WINSTON-SALEM

No. 15.

213 S.E.2d 231 (1975)

287 N.C. 66

Harold GREENE et al. v. CITY OF WINSTON-SALEM.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

April 14, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice by Roddey M. Ligon, Jr., Winston-Salem, for appellant.

Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard by Hubert Humphrey and William G. McNairy, Greensboro, for appellees.


BRANCH, Justice.

The stipulated facts in this case present the question of whether the Winston-Salem ordinance requiring sprinkler systems in high-rise buildings is a building regulation ordinance subject to the approval of the State Building Code Council or a fire protection ordinance emanating from the police power of the City and therefore not requiring such approval. The answer to this question turns upon our construction of the relevant statutes.

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