City of Minnetonka v. Mark Z. Jones Associates, Inc.

Otis, Justice.

These proceedings have been brought by the city of Min-netonka to require appellant Mark Z. Jones Associates, Inc., to comply with provisions of the city’s Fire Prevention Code in the construction of an apartment building in that municipality. Jones appealed to the commissioner of administration who held that the city was without authority to enforce the code because it had been superseded by the State Building Code. On appeal to the district court by Minnetonka, the decision of the commissioner was reversed. The court held that the State Building Code does not preempt, conflict…