Hosford v. Zoning Hearing Board

Opinion by

Judge Doyle,

James H. Paxson, his wife, and James H. Paxson, Inc. (Appellants) appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County, which reversed a decision of the Zoning Hearing Board of Penn Township (Board) granting Appellants a building permit. We affirm.

James H. Paxson and his wife purchased a 34.6 acre tract of land in Penn Township (Township) in 1970.1 The Township previously had zoned the property R-2 Residential in 1968. Under the Township Zoning Ordinance, agricultural uses were permitted in a R-2 zone, but a truck terminal was not. Appellants’ primary…