Amoco Oil Co. v. Ross Township Zoning Hearing Board

Opinion by

President Judge Crumlish,

The Allegheny County Common Pleas Court affirmed the Ross Township Zoning Board’s denial of a special exception and the variances necessary to modify an oil company service station from full to self-service. We reverse.

Amoco Oil Company’s full service gasoline station, consisting of a station building with repair bays and two pump islands, is a legal non-conforming use in an area zoned C-l Highway Commercial District under the Ross Township Zoning Ordinance. Located on a major highway in Ross Township, this narrow, shoe-shaped corner property contains a…