Magyar v. Zoning Hearing Board of Lewis Township

OPINION BY

Judge SIMPSON.

In this procedurally unusual zoning case, we must decide when the appeal period from a deemed approval begins. Willard and Linda Murray (Applicants) seek review of an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Northumberland County (trial court) that quashed another party’s appeal from a deemed approval of their application, but did so with reasoning that allowed a later appeal. The trial court determined the appeal was premature because neither the Zoning Hearing Board of Lewis Township (Board) nor Applicants provided public notice of the deemed approval as required by…