Grace Building Co. v. Hatfield Township

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

This is a zoning appeal brought by John S. Thomas and Johanne Thomas, the equitable owners, and Grace Building Co., Inc., the legal owner (appellants), of a plot of undeveloped land in Hatfield Township, Montgomery County.

The subject plot is a corner lot located in a district zoned A-Residential. The applicable ordinance requires a minimum lot area of 20,000 square feet, minimum street fronts of 150 feet each, and other minimum yard requirements for development of the property. Because these minimums could not be met, the appellants applied to the Zoning Hearing Board of…