SCHUYLKILL TP. v. PENN. BUILDERS ASS'N

No. 31 MAP 2008.

7 A.3d 249 (2010)

SCHUYLKILL TOWNSHIP, Appellant v. PENNSYLVANIA BUILDERS ASSOCIATION, Home Builders Association of Chester and Delaware Counties, The Basile Corporation and SHC, Inc., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 19, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jordan Berson Yeager, Esq. , Curtin & Heefner, L.L.P., Doylestown, for Schuylkill Township.

Stephen J. Dzuranin, Esq. , Thomas L. Wenger, Esq. , Wix, Wenger & Weidner, P.C., Harrisburg, Jeffrey Concini Clark, Esq. , for Amicus Curiae Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors.

Loudon L. Campbell, Esq. , Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Harrisburg, for PA Builders Assoc., Home Builders Assoc. of Chester & Delaware Ctys., The Basile Corp. & SHC.

CASTILLE, C.J., SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY, GREENSPAN, JJ.


OPINION

Justice EAKIN.

Schuylkill Township appeals the Commonwealth Court's order affirming a Department of Labor and Industry adjudication invalidating the Township's sprinkler ordinance; the Ordinance required standards beyond the minimum requirements of the Uniform Construction Code (UCC), and that court found no local circumstances or conditions exist in the Township justifying such an exception. We affirm.

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