Evans v. Lehman Township Zoning Hearing Board

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

The appellant landowners, trading as Evans Brothers Trucking Company, have appealed an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County which refused to grant them mandamus relief against the Lehman Township Zoning Hearing Board’s action revoking an approval previously granted by that same board for a truck garage use.

In October, 1979, the board, pursuant to a hearing upon appeal from the zoning officer, had concluded that the premises, which the landowners had then proposed to buy, possessed legal nonconforming use status allowing garage use, even though the zone…