Legal Opinion
Knight v. Lynn Township Zoning Hearing Board
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 24, 1990No. 958 C.D. 1989PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CRAIG, Judge.
Silsby H. and Ivy Knight appeal a decision of the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County that denied the Knight’s appeal from a decision of the Zoning Hearing Board of Lynn Township. The issue in this case is whether Lynn Township Ordinance No. 1986-6, which changed the zoning of a 10.067 acre parcel of land of intervenor F. Paul Laubner in an Agricultural district to Rural Center, constitutes illegal spot zoning.
The Knights own and live on land zoned Agricultural that abuts Laubner’s property. Laubner’s property had been zoned Rural Residential (as distinguished from Rural…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Schubach v. SilverSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Mulac AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
- Carlino v. Whitpain InvestorsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
- In re BenechCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Township of Plymouth v. County of MontgomeryCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Conshohocken Borough v. Conshohocken Borough ZHB ~ Appeal of: K.J. Waller & L. RhodesCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2021
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