Glen-Gery Corp. v. Zoning Hearing Board

As I read its opinion, the majority finds the amendment to Section 5571(c)(5) of the Judicial Code ineffective to accomplish the intended purpose of displacing the decisional law exemplified by Schadler v. Zoning Hearing Board of Weisenberg Township, 578 Pa. 177, 850 A.2d 619 (2004). See, e.g., Majority Opinion, op. at 1044 (“The addition of the term ‘intended’ [in Section 5571(c)(5) ] has no effect on the general reasoning of this Court in Schadler II [.]”). Further, the majority appears to deem the amendment unconstitutional as applied to defects in the process of enacting an ordinance that *156…