Warren County Probation Assoc. v. Warren County Zoning Hearing Board

Opinion by

Judge Mencer,

This appeal arises from a decision of the Court of Common Pleas of Warren County reversing the Warren County Zoning Hearing Board’s (Board) denial of a special use permit to the Warren County Probation Association.

The Probation Association, a nonprofit corporation, applied for a special use permit to utilize a single-family dwelling in an area zoned residential as a group home for six male youths who have been found guilty of minor criminal offenses and placed in the home by the Court of Common Pleas of Warren County. The youths would be carefully screened before…