Amoco Oil Co. v. Zoning Hearing Board of Middletown Township

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

The Amoco Oil Company has appealed from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County affirming an order of the Zoning Hearing Board of Middletown Township denying Amoco’s request to modify a condition imposed by the board upon the grant of a special exception.

The facts are that sometime prior to 1964, Amoco began operating a full service gasoline station in Middletown Township and that since 1971, the station has been operated as a nonconforming use. In March, 1978 Amoco applied to the Zoning Hearing Board for a special exception which would permit it to…