Atiyeh v. BD. OF COM'RS OF TP. OF BETHLEHEM

OPINION BY

Senior Judge FRIEDMAN.

Abraham Atiyeh (Appellant) appeals from the January 11, 2011, order of the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton County (trial court), which sustained the decision of the Board of Commissioners (Board) of Bethlehem Township (Township) denying Appellant’s curative amendment and finding that the Bethlehem Township Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance) is not de jure exclusionary. We reverse.

On February 6, 2009, Appellant filed with the Board a substantive challenge to the validity of the Ordinance, together with a proposed curative amendment pursuant to Section 609.1 of…