Legal Opinion

Markwest Liberty Midstream & Res., LLC v. Cecil Twp. Zoning Hearing Bd.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 23, 2018No. 1809 C.D. 2016PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY JUDGE COVEY

MarkWest Liberty Midstream and Resources, LLC (MarkWest) 2 appeals from the Washington County Common Pleas Court's (trial court) October 5, 2016 order affirming the Cecil Township (Township) Zoning Hearing Board's (Board) decision granting MarkWest's application for special exception subject to 26 conditions (Conditions). There are four issues before this Court: (1) whether the Board-imposed conditions exceed the Board's authority under the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code (MPC) 3 and the Township's Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) 4 and, thus, violate this…

2Cases cited39 opinions

  1. M'culloch v. State of MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
  2. In Re Appeal of ThompsonCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
  3. Winslow-Quattlebaum v. Maryland Insurance GroupSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
  4. Norate Corp. v. Zoning Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
  5. In Re Appeal of Brickstone Realty Corp.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2001

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3Cited by4 opinions

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