Legal Opinion

Township of Exeter v. ZONING HEARING BD. OF EXETER TOWNSHIP

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 1, 2006PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

Senior Judge McCLOSKEY.

The Exeter Township Board of Supervisors (Board of Supervisors), appeals from a decision of the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County (trial court), affirming a decision of the Zoning Hearing Board of Exeter Township (ZHB) that a portion of Exeter Township’s (Township) Sign Ordinance was unconstitutionally exclusionary. We reverse.

Between 2003 and early 2005, Land Displays, Inc. (LD) filed eleven applications with the Township, requesting permits to erect off-site advertising signs at various locations throughout the Township. Each application proposed a…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Valley View Civic Ass'n v. Zoning Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  2. Casey v. ZONING HEAR. BD. OF WARWICK TP.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  3. Apt Pittsburgh Limited Partnership v. Penn Township Butler County Of PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1999
  4. MacIoce v. Zoning Hearing BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
  5. Atlantic Refining & Marketing Corp. v. Board of CommissionersCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1992

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Township of Exeter v. Zoning Hearing BoardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
  2. Lamar Advertising of Penn, LLC v. Zoning Hearing BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
  3. Township of Exeter v. ZONING HEARING BD. OF EXETER TOWNSHIPCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
  4. Township of Exeter v. Zoning Hearing BoardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2009

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