Hopewell Township Board of Supervisors v. Golla

*249OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the Commonwealth Court which affirmed1 an order of the Court of Common Pleas of the Nineteenth Judicial District holding certain agricultural preservation provisions of the Hopewell Township zoning ordinance to be invalid. The provisions in question establish the appellant Township’s approach to achieving preservation of prime agricultural land through use of zoning power to limit the conversion of prime agricultural property to other uses.

The challenged provisions of the zoning ordinance provide, in pertinent part:

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