Sonitrol Northwest, Inc. v. City of Seattle

— In this case, the constitutionality of City of Seattle’s ordinance No. 62662 is being challenged as unconstitutionally vague and unequally applied as between appellant’s burglar alarm system business and appellant’s competitors who provide other types of burglar prevention services. The sole issue for our determination is whether ordinance No. 62662 violates the equal protection clause found in Const, art. 1, § 12. We believe the issue should be answered in the negative and affirm the trial court in upholding the ordinance.

Appellant (Sonitrol) is engaged in the business of monitoring sounds…