Bachman v. Zoning Hearing Board of Bern Township

508 Pa. 180 (1985)

494 A.2d 1102

Otto BACHMAN, Appellant,

v.

The ZONING HEARING BOARD OF BERN TOWNSHIP, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Submitted January 21, 1985.

Decided July 3, 1985.

Paul T. Essig, Thomas G. Parisi, Reading, for appellant.

Scott L. Huyett, Reading, for appellee.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.

OPINION

McDERMOTT, Justice.

In 1951, appellant purchased approximately forty acres of land in Bern Township, Berks County. When he acquired the land there were eight bungalows, one farm house, and two sheds, occupying…