Legal Opinion

Abe Oil Co. v. Zoning Hearing Board

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 17, 1994No. 2500 C.D. 1993PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

NARICK, Senior Judge.

Farm and Home Oil Company (Farm and Home) appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County that reversed the Zoning Hearing Board of Richmond Township’s (ZHB) grant of variances to Farm and Home. We affirm.

Farm and Home filed an application with the ZHB, seeking relief from certain provisions of the Richmond Township Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance) to allow construction of a gas station and convenience store on a site of a former nursery located in a 2-C highway commercial district. 1 On March 2, 1993, the ZHB scheduled a hearing oh Farm and Home’s request…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Valley View Civic Ass'n v. Zoning Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  2. Ventresca v. ExleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1947
  3. Friedlander v. Zoning Hearing BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  4. Nernberg v. City of PittsburghCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
  5. Polonsky v. Zoning Hearing BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1991

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Larsen v. Zoning Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
  2. Brendel v. ZONING ENFORCEMENT OFFICERCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
  3. Brendel v. ZONING ENFORCEMENT OFFICERCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
  4. Larsen v. Zoning Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
  5. Schindler Elevator Corp. v. Dept. of L&ICommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2023

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