Renson v. Zoning Hearing Board

Opinion by

Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

William J. Lowney songbt a variance and/or a special exception to build a kennel on a five-acre parcel for the purpose of boarding and grooming dogs on the industrially-zoned property where he and Ms family reside. The Zoning Hearing Board of Lower Southampton Township on remand from the lower court granted the application; the Bucks County Common Pleas Court reversed. We reverse the court below.

Lowney’s initial application to the Board for a variance or special exception from the terms of the zoning ordinance to construct and operate a dog kennel on his land was…