Mill Valley Associates v. Zoning Hearing Board

OPINION

BARRY, Judge.

Mill Valley Associates (Mill Valley) appeals an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County which affirmed a decision of the Zoning Hearing Board of Tredyffrin Township (ZHB) denying its constitutional challenge to the R-V2 minimum lot size requirement of the Tredyffrin Township Zoning Ordinance (ordinance). We reverse.

Mill Valley, an equitable owner of seventy-four acres of land, sought to develop its tract to be comprised of 30,000 square foot lots in an R-V2 district which has a minimum lot size requirement of one hundred thousand square feet. This requirement…