AMG Associates v. Township of Springfield

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Hall, J.

This zoning case involves the following situation: A municipality strip zones the frontage along a main thoroughfare for certain business uses to a specified depth, regardless of property lines. The land to the rear, fronting on side streets, is essentially limited to residential use. An owner’s main street property extends into the residence zone, resulting in a so-called “split lot.” That portion limited to residential use is much too small to meet the minimum area, frontage and side yard requirements of a lot in that zone. Even were some…