Swoboda v. Wilder

In this appeal from the approval of a Rodgers Forge building permit, we shall hold that determining the front, side, and rear orientation of a townhouse end unit situated at the corner of intersecting streets requires consideration of all physical characteristics of the property, not merely street address and foundation walls, and that in an appropriate case an end unit may front on a different street than the interior units in the same townhouse group.

The residence at the center of this litigation is an end of group townhouse at the corner of Pinehurst and Murdock Roads. The hotly debated…