Legal Opinion
Piecknick v. South Strabane Township Zoning Hearing Board
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 15, 1992No. 1346 C.D. 1991PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DOYLE, Judge.
This is an appeal by Fred and Dorothy Piecknick from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Washington County affirming a decision of the Zoning Hearing Board of South Strabane Township (Board) denying the Piecknicks permission to build a garage on their property.
The Piecknicks own a lot in South Strabane Township located in an R-2 (suburban residential) zoning district on which they operate a towing and salvage business as a preexisting nonconforming use. They have operated their towing and salvage business on the lot since before 1960, the year of the enactment of the…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Valley View Civic Ass'n v. Zoning Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- Silver v. Zoning Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1969
- Peirce AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
- Jenkintown Towing Service v. Zoning Hearing BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
- Miller & Son Paving, Inc. v. Wrightstown TownshipSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Kennedy v. Upper Milford Township Zoning Hearing BoardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
- In re Appeal of Lester M. Prange, Inc.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
- Bruno v. Zoning Board of AdjustmentCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
- League of Women Voters v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
- Geryville Materials, Inc. v. Lower Milford Township Zoning Hearing BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
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