Legal Opinion
Bucks County Housing Development Corp. v. Township of Plumstead
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 30, 1976No. Appeal, No. 1210 C.D. 1975PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Crumlish, Jr.,
Bucks County Housing Development Corporation (Appellant) appeals an opinion and order of the Court of Common Pleas which affirmed Plumstead Township’s (Appellee) Board of Supervisors’ action in rejecting the tentative proposal for a Planned Residential Development (PRD).
We affirm.
Pivotal in this appeal is the common law doctrine of pending ordinance.1 It is the settled law of this Commonwealth that a permit can be denied if, at the *356time of the application, there is pending an amendment to a zoning ordinance which would prohibit the use of the land for which the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Boron Oil Co. v. KimpleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
- Cohen v. FordCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Hertrick AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
- Lamb EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
- Lower Southampton Township v. B. P. Oil Corp.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
3Cited by5 opinions
- Bucks County Housing Development Corp. v. Zoning Hearing BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
- Appeal of the Board of Supervisors v. Zoning Hearing BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Borough of Edgewood v. Lamanti's PizzeriaCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
- Highley v. East Whiteland TownshipCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Bucks County Housing Development Corp. v. Zoning Hearing BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1984