Van Horen v. Zoning Hearing Board

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

The only question remaining in this appeal in a zoning case is that of whether the Zoning Hearing Board of Warwick Township committed an error of law or committed an abuse of its discretion in refusing to grant the appellants, George F. Van Horen and Carol, his wife, a variance so that they may continue to use the basement of their dwelling house as a retail salesroom. The Court of Common Pleas of Chester County by memorandum opinion affirmed the Zoning *461Hearing Board’s action on the ground that the Van Horens had failed to prove the unnecessary hardship required to…