In re Appeal of Conners

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

Richard E. and Nancy Conners and a group of other neighboring landowners (appellants) appeal here an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Beaver County which affirmed the Chippewa Township Zoning Hearing Board (Board) in its decision that the operation of a halfway house for alcoholics by the Community Alcoholism Services of Beaver County, Inc. (applicant) would be a permitted use under that Township’s zoning ordinance.

Where, as here, the trial court took no additional evidence, review by this Court is to determine whether *215the zoning authorities abused their discretion…