City of Edmonds, a Municipal Corporation v. Washington State Building Code Council, and Oxford House, Inc., a Delaware Corporation Oxford House-Edmonds, an Unincorporated Association, and Herb Hamilton, United States of America v. City of Edmonds, a Municipal Corporation

18 F.3d 802 62 USLW 2572 , 4 A.D.D. 1004, 4 NDLR P 438 CITY OF EDMONDS, a municipal corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WASHINGTON STATE BUILDING CODE COUNCIL, Defendant, and Oxford House, Inc., a Delaware corporation; Oxford House-Edmonds, an unincorporated association, and Herb Hamilton, Defendants-Appellants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF EDMONDS, a municipal corporation, Defendant-Appellee. Nos. 92-36640, 92-36735. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. March 14, 1994. Rebecca K. Troth (argued) James P. Turner, Acting Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, David K. Flynn and Irving Gornstein, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for the United States. Robert I. Heller, Douglas H. Fleming, Riddell, Williams, Bullitt & Walkinshaw, Seattle, Washington, for the defendants-appellants. W. Scott Snyder, Ogden, Murphy & Wallace, Seattle, Washington, for the plaintiff-appellee-defendant-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. Before: WRIGHT, CANBY, Jr., and NELSON, Circuit Judges. EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge: 1 Group homes of more than five…