Legal Opinion
In Re: Appeal of George Baker
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 22, 1975No. Appeal, 1106 C.D. 1974PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Kramer,
This is an appeal by George Baker, Jr. (Baker) from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County, dated July 15, 1974, which affirmed an order of the Franconia Township Zoning Hearing Board (Board), denying Baker a special exception.
Baker is the owner of a 6.23 acre tract on which he proposes to build 36 townhouses. The most prominent feature of the land is its bisection by a flood plain which runs the entire length of the property, a distance of about 900 feet. The flood plain is approximately 150 feet wide, by the Board’s estimate and finding, and 75…
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