In Re Incorporation of the Borough of Treasure Lake

OPINION BY

Judge SIMPSON.

In this interlocutory appeal by permission, we are asked if owners of time-shares and campground lots in a planned residential community are residing freeholders eligible to sign a borough incorporation petition under Section 202 of The Borough Code (Borough Code), Act of February 1, 1966, P.L. (1965) 1656, as amended, 53 P.S. § 45202. Under the facts of this case, we conclude they are not, and we affirm the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Clearfield County (trial court).

I. Background

The Borough Code establishes a multi-step process for incorporating a borough.…