In re Appeal of Thiokol Corp.

BORTNER, J.,

This matter draws our attention to the test for exclusionary effect in municipal zoning as it pertains to Bristol Township. Specifically, this court is asked to determine whether recent Pennsylvania cases which find zoning ordinances unacceptable when they have an exclusionary effect seek to guard against the exclusion of certai n forms of housing or certain types of people.

This court does not believe that lumber and blueprints have civil rights which we may protect. It is the right of human beings, however, to make housing decisions without the hinderance of exclusionary,…