Ruddy v. Lower Southampton Township Zoning Hearing Board

RODGERS, Senior Judge.

Donald C. Ruddy (Appellant) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County (trial court) affirming a decision of the Lower Southampton Township Zoning Hearing Board (Board) which denied Appellant’s requests for a special exception and variances. We reverse.

In 1992, Appellant and his wife purchased a vacant lot at 2623 Creek Road in Lower Southampton Township (Township) at a tax sale for a price of nine hundred dollars ($900.00). The property has a width of 75 feet and a depth of 120 feet, for a total area of 9000 square feet. The Neshaminy Creek runs…