Legal Opinion
Appeal of Geiger v. Zoning Hearing Board
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 31, 1986No. 35 E.D. Appeal Dkt. 1985PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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McDERMOTT, Justice.
This is an appeal from the order of the Commonwealth Court affirming the decision of the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County that the Zoning Ordinance of North Whitehall Township unconstitutionally excludes the use of mobile homes on individual lots.
Appellees, Calvin C. and Sonia Geiger, desired to relocate their daughter’s transportable home onto their forty acre plot in North Whitehall Township. By operation of the Township’s Zoning Ordinance (hereinafter “Ordinance”) a home such as the one in question was designated as a “mobile home,” and could not be located…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Anstine v. Zoning Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
- GRATTON v. CONTESupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1950
- Environmental Communities of Pennsylvania, Inc. v. North Coventry TownshipCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Meyers v. Board of SupervisorsCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Layne v. Zoning Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Council of Middletown Township v. BenhamSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
- Petition of Carpenter v. City of PetalMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
- Ludwig v. Zoning Hearing Board of Earl TownshipCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
- Cannon v. Coweta CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1990
- Lake Adventure Community Ass'n v. Dingman Township Zoning Hearing BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
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