Pompei v. Zoning Hearing Board

LIPPINCOTT, J.,

— The Zoning Hearing Board of Middletown Township granted a special exception permitting the enlargement of a nonconforming restaurant subject, inter alia, to two conditions or restrictions: (1) that the owners must install directional signs requiring exiting only through a proposed shopping center adjacent to the subject premises; and (2) that 80 parking spaces be provided, although the ordinance itself only requires 30. The property owners have appealed from the imposition of these restrictions, alleging that they are unreasonable, arbitrary and improper.

Appellants presently…