Commissioners of Bellefonte v. Coppola

MOORE, Justice:

This appeal from a decision of the Court of Chancery, denying the Town of Belle-fonte’s application to enjoin the operation of defendants’ golf club repair business, conducted in the basement of their house, presents us with an interpretation of the term “customary home occupation” as it appears in a zoning ordinance regulating commercial activities in a residential district. Following original submission to a panel upon the briefs, we heard the matter en Banc to determine whether we should overrule certain statements on the subject of “customary home occupation” appearing in…