Legal Opinion
Copeechan Fish & Game Club v. Zoning Hearing Board
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 28, 1977No. Appeal, No. 1503 C.D. 1976PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Rogers,
The Copeechan Fish and Game Club (Club) has appealed an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County affirming the denial by the Zoning Hearing Board of North Whitehall Township (Board) of the Club’s application for a special use exception.
The Club owns a thirty-three (33) acre tract of land located in the S-C Conservation Zoning District of North Whitehall Township where uses are permitted only by special exception. Among such permitted activities are “recreational uses.”
The Club has used a single trap shotgun range on its land since 1950. It here sought a…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Archbishop O'Hara's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
- Peirce AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
- Zoning Hearing Board v. KonykCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
- Philadelphia v. Earl Scheib Realty Corp.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- Lower Merion Township v. Enokay, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Heck v. Zoning Hearing BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
- Zajac v. Zoning Hearing Board of Mifflin TownshipCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
- Tuckfelt v. Zoning Board of AdjustmentCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
- Evans v. Zoning Hearing BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
- Grove v. Zoning Hearing BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
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