CSS Corp. v. Zoning Hearing Board

Opinion by

Judge Williams, Jr.,

In this zoning appeal, appellant Willistown Township seeks reversal of an order of the Court of Common Pleas, of Chester County directing the issuance of a building permit to the appellee landowner, CSS Corporation (CSS).

In 1979 CSS applied for a building permit to construct a single family dwelling on Lot No. 1 of the “Old Covered ■ Bridge Estates” in Willistown Township. The Township Zoning Officer denied the application on the grounds that the proposed dwelling would be located within one hundred (100) feet of the high water mark of a stream which bisects the-…