Packard v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Williams, Jr.,

This case comes before the Court on an appeal by the landowner 1 from a decision of the Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas, adjudging him guilty of summary violations of the Upper Macungie Township Zoning Ordinance. We affirm.

In the spring of 1974, appellant Packard made application to the township zoning officer for a permit to locate his mobile home in an area zoned CC-Commercial. The officer refused to issue the permit, because the zoning ordinance allows such a structure in a CC-Commercial district only by special exception, which must be granted by the…