Hock v. Board of Supervisors

CRAIG, President Judge.

Landowner Gary M. Hock appeals a decision of the Court of Common Pleas of Columbia County affirming a decision of the Board of Supervisors of Mount Pleasant Township that (1) denied the landowner’s request for a curative amendment and (2) upheld the validity of a three-acre minimum lot size requirement for the development of single-family dwellings in Open Space Districts in the township.

The issues in this case are: (1) whether the township’s ordinance is constitutionally invalid because it is unduly restrictive and confiscatory by requiring a minimum lot size of three…