Appeal of Angelone

Opinion by

Judge Barry,

This appeal results from an order of the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas which affirmed the decision of the Springfield Township Zoning Hearing Board (Board) denying the Petition for Special Exception sought by the appellant, Leandro Angelone (appellant).

Appellant, a funeral director, filed the petition seeking to use his “residence, and a proposed single story addition thereto, as a professional office, for the conducting of funeral viewings.” The petition further averred that “[t]here will be no embalming done on the premises^] nor will there be a casket…