Dotterer v. Zoning Hearing Board

BARBIERI, Senior Judge.

This is a zoning appeal taken by Kenneth and Virginia Gephart (the Gepharts) from an order of the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas (trial court) which reversed the decision of the Zoning Hearing Board of Upper Potts-grove Township (board) granting the Gepharts a variance and a special exception. For the reasons that follow, we will reverse.

The Gepharts own approximately seven acres of property which straddles Upper Pottsgrove and Douglass Townships. The Gepharts propose to subdivide their property into two lots along the line of demarcation between these two…