Donahue v. Zoning Board of Adjustment

Opinion by

Mb. Justice Roberts,

This appeal challenges the validity of zoning ordinances 151 and 155 of Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County. The court of common pleas sustained both enactments.1

Ordinance 151, enacted January 25, 1962, amended the townships’ general zoning ordinance to authorize, for the first time, a residential “Apartment House District.” This ordinance set forth specific criteria to be met by apartment house construction in an area rezoned to the new classification. However, no specific area on the zoning map was designated “Apartment House District.” On March 8, 1962,…