Flanders v. Ford City Borough Council

OPINION BY

Judge LEAVITT.

Edward L. Flanders, t/d/b/a E.L. Flanders, Elf Appliance and Service, appeals an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Armstrong County (trial court) holding that Flanders was properly denied a building permit. In doing so, the trial court affirmed a decision of the Ford City Borough Uniform Construction Code Board of Appeals (Board) that Flanders needed to obtain blueprints prepared by an architect or engineer before he could be issued the permit in question. Flanders’ principal contention is that because the Borough’s Construction Code Administrator committed…