Pennsylvania Bureau of Corrections v. Board of Standards & Appeals

Opinion by

Senior Judge Kalish,

The City of Pittsburgh appeals an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County which sustained the Pennsylvania Bureau of Corrections’ (Bureau) appeal, and directed the Board of Standards and Appeals of the City of Pittsburgh (Board) to issue a variance permitting the omission of sprinklers from the cells of the Western State Penitentiary. We affirm.

This case involves the question of whether the Board has the power to enforce its regulations concerning fire provisions against the Bureau of Corrections.

In an expansion and renovation program of the…