Sombers v. Stroud Township Zoning Hearing Board

OPINION BY

President Judge COLINS.

In these consolidated cross-appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County, landowners Richard and Joan Sombers (Sombers or landowners) seek review of the trial court’s order reversing a decision of the Zoning Hearing Board (ZHB) of Stroud Township that had denied landowners’ request for a variance that would allow them to build a residence on their property. The trial court concluded that variance relief was appropriate, but allowed the ZHB to place conditions on the terms of the variance. The Sombers object to that aspect of the trial…