Northampton Residents Ass'n v. Northampton Township Board of Supervisors

Concurring and Dissenting Opinion by

Judge Rogers :

I concur in the affirmance of the order below; and I have no quarrel with the majority’s opinion except for the conclusion that the Northampton Residents Association lacked standing to complain of the enactment of the zoning amendments because the Association failed to “appear before the Board of Supervisors (Board) at the hearings held to consider the ordinance in question.”

Under the law, citizens of political subdivisions desiring to challenge the procedures employed in the adoption of ordinances, including amendments to zoning ordinances,…