BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSN. v. CITY OF LIVERMORE

Docket No. A070517.

45 Cal.App.4th 719 (1996)

BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CITY OF LIVERMORE et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Three.

May 20, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Lanferman, Fisher & Hashimoto, David P. Lanferman and Paul B. Campos for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Meyers, Nave, Riback, Silver & Wilson, Andrea J. Saltzman, Steven R. Meyers, Rick W. Jarvis, Thomas R. Curry and Daniel G. Sodergren for Defendants and Respondents.

Robert K. Booth, Jr., and Marc G. Hynes as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

PARRILLI, J.

This case presents a single straightforward issue: can California cities require builders to install residential fire sprinkler systems in new or substantially remodeled single-family dwellings? The simple answer to this question is "yes." Unfortunately, because the Legislature has not spoken clearly concerning this issue, the analysis which leads to this conclusion is neither straightforward nor simple.

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