Board of Commissioners v. Samdoz, Inc.

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

Robinson Township appeals from an order of the Common Pleas Court of Allegheny County reversing the denial by the Robinson Township Zoning Hearing *435Board of a variance sought by the appellee, Samdoz, Inc.

In 1963 Samdoz purchased about 30 acres of land in Robinson Township located in a district zoned R-2 residential where essentially only single family residences are permitted uses. In 1971 the township amended its zoning ordinance so as to place 23 acres of the appellant’s land in the 1-1, light industrial district, with the balance of about seven acres remaining in the…