Commonwealth v. Sloane Toyota, Inc.

Opinion by

Judge McGinley,

These are consolidated appeals by the Department of Transportation, Bureau of Motor Vehicles (DOT) from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County (trial court) which reversed the actions of DOT suspending two certificates of appointment as an official emissions station issued to Sloane Toyota, Inc. (Sloane).1 We reverse and impose a modified penalty.

The trial court found that in 1985 Sloane, which had operated out of 527 North Easton Road (527 site) for the prior five years, acquired an adjacent contiguous gas station and lot at 501 North Easton Road…