Olon v. COM., DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

Neighboring landowners petitioned for review of actions by the state Department of Corrections to renovate a former college site for use as a state prison in violation of local zoning ordinances. The department demurred, alleging that an act of the legislature authorized the project. The Commonwealth *92Court held that the appropriations bill authorizing the project did not inferentially negate local land use ordinances, and overruled the demurrer. In this interlocutory appeal by allowance, we hold that the legislature statutorily superseded the local zoning…