ALLEGHENY INSPECTION SERVICE, INC. v. NORTH UNION TP.

Nos. 16 WAP 2007, 17 WAP 2007, 18 WAP 2007.

964 A.2d 878 (2009)

ALLEGHENY INSPECTION SERVICE, INC. and Steel City Inspection Agency, Inc., Appellees v. NORTH UNION TOWNSHIP and K2 Engineering, Inc., Appellants. Allied Building Inspections, v. Township of Millcreek and Building Inspection Underwriters of Pennsylvania, Inc., v. Fairview Township and Harborcreek Township Appeal of Building Inspection Underwriters of Pennsylvania, Inc. Allied Building Inspections, v. Township of Millcreek and Building Inspection Underwriters of Pennsylvania, Inc., v. Fairview Township and Harborcreek Township Appeal of Township of Millcreek, Fairview Township and Harborcreek Township.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided February 20, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Neff, Esq., Stephen John Poljak, Esq., Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin, P.C., Pittsburgh; Donald J. McCue, Esq., McCue & Husband Law Firm, for North Union Township (16 WAP 2007).

Daniel Scott Soom, Esq., for K2 Engineering, Inc. (16 WAP 2007).

Thomas L. Wenger, Esq., Wix, Wenger & Weidner, P.C., Harrisburg, for amicus curiae, Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors (16 WAP 2007).

Charles M. Means, Esq., Mandi Lea Scott, Esq., Goehring, Rutter & Boehm, Pittsburgh, for amicus curiae Pennsylvania State Association of Township Commissioners (16 WAP 2007).

Ronald Lee Hicks, Jr., Esq., Stacey Marie Noble, Esq., Meyer, Unkovic & Scott, Pittsburgh, for amicus curiae Pennsylvania Association of Building Code Officials (16 WAP 2007).

David Furer Toal, Esq., for Allegheny Inspection Service, Inc., et al. (16 WAP 2007).

Loudon L. Campbell, Esq., Matthew David Coble, Esq., Eckert Seamans, Cherin & Mellott, L.L.C., Harrisburg, for amicus curiae Pennsylvania Builders Association (16 WAP 2007).

Shawn Thomas Flaherty, Esq., William Francis Rogel, Esq., Flaherty Fardo, L.L.C., Pittsburgh, for amicus curiae Allied Building Inspections (16 WAP 2007).

Matthew James McLaughlin, Esq., Ridge & McLaughlin, Joseph S. Berarducci, Esq. Erie, for Building Inspection Underwriters of Pennsylvania, Inc., (17 WAP 2007).

Thomas L. Wenger, Esq., Wix, Wenger & Weidner, P.C., Harrisburg, for amicus curiae Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors (17 WAP 2007).

Paul F. Burroughs, Esq., Quinn, Buseck, Leemhuis, Toohey & Kroto, Inc., Erie, for Fairview Township (17 WAP 2007).

Shawn Thomas Flaherty, Esq., William Francis Rogel, Esq., Flaherty Fardo, L.L.C., Pittsburgh, for Allied Building Inspections (17 WAP 2007).

Evan E. Adair, Esq., Erie, for Township of Millcreek (17 WAP 2007).

Robert C. Ward, Esq., for Harborcreek Township (17 WAP 2007).

Loudon L. Campbell, Esq., Matthew David Coble, Esq., Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, L.L.C., Harrisburg, for amicus curiae Pennsylvania Builders Association (17 WAP 2007).

David Furer Toal, Esq., for amicus curiae Allegheny Inspection Service, Inc., et al. (17 WAP 2007).

Paul F. Burroughs, Esq., Quinn, Buseck, Leemhuis, Toohey & Kroto, Inc., Erie, for Fairview Township (18 WAP 2007).

Robert C. Ward, Esq., for Harborcreek Township (18 WAP 2007).

Evan E. Adair, Esq., Erie, for Township of Millcreek, et al. (18 WAP 2007).

Thomas L. Wenger, Esq., Harrisburg, for amicus curiae Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors (18 WAP 2007).

Shawn Thomas Flaherty, Esq., William Francis Rogel, Esq., Flaherty Fardo, L.L.C., Pittsburgh, for Allied Building Inspections (18 WAP 2007).

Joseph S. Berarducci, Esq., Erie, for Building Inspection Underwriters of Pennsylvania, Inc. (18 WAP 2007).

Loudon L. Campbell, Esq., Matthew David Coble, Esq., Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, L.L.C., Harrisburg, for amicus curiae Pennsylvania Builders Association (18 WAP 2007).

David Furer Toal, Esq., for Allegheny Inspection Service, Inc., et al. (18 WAP 2007).

BEFORE: CASTILLE, C.J., and SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD and McCAFFERY, JJ.


OPINION

Justice BAER.

We granted review of these three related cases to consider whether municipalities that opt to enforce the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act (PCCA), 35 P.S. § 7210-101, et seq., may designate one entity to administer, enforce, and conduct all plan review and inspections mandated by the PCCA to the exclusion of other construction code officials. Trial courts in Erie and Fayette County determined that the plain language...

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