Caporali v. Ward

Opinion by

Judge Barry,

This is an appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Butler County upholding a decision of the Winfield Township Zoning Board (Board).

Appellants, Carl and Kathy Caporali, are the next door neighbors of Patrick and Noreen Real who are not direct parties to this appeal.1 On October 23, 1980, the Reals purchased a house with a barn situated on eight acres of land in Winfield Township. The property is located in an area which was entirely farmland until it was zoned residential in 1970. Because their children suffer from severe food allergies, the Reals were…