Sunset View Cemetery Assn. v. Kraintz

Appellant has appealed from two judgments of the Superior Court of Contra Costa County granting writs of mandate ordering appellant building inspector to issue to respondent cemetery association a building permit for the construction of “an Administration Building, Crematory and Mortuary.” Initially appellant claims that the cemetery ordinance of the county “does not permit a mortuary use of property dedicated for cemetery purposes”; and, secondarily, that subsequent to the court’s ruling, the county passed a valid emergency ordinance which specifically prohibited the cemetery use. We shall…