Lower Merion Township v. Enokay, Inc.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice O’Brien,

Enokay, Inc., is the owner of 6.057 acres of land situate in Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County. The land fronts on Conshohocken State Road, St. Asaph’s Road, and Llanberris Road. Enokay’s sole stockholder is the Federation of Jewish Agencies of Greater Philadelphia, of which the Young Men’s and Young Women’s Hebrew Association is a constituent agency. The property involved is zoned partly R-7 and partly R-3, under the township zoning ordinance.

The zoning ordinance permits the erection and use of buildings of the type sought to be erected by appellees in…