Joe Darrah, Inc. v. Zoning Hearing Board

OPINION BY

Judge LEAVITT.

Joe Darrah, Inc. appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of York County (trial court), affirming a decision of the Zoning Hearing Board of Spring Garden Township (Board) to deny Darrah’s request to reclassify its operations for purposes of regulation by the Township. Dar-rah held a zoning permit to operate a “junkyard,” but it requested the Board to declare that Darrah was actually a “processing establishment” within the meaning of The Spring Garden Township Zoning Ordinance (Zoning Ordinance).1 Darrah made this request in the belief that it would no longer…