Szura v. Zoning Hearing Board

Opinion by

Judge MacPhail,

Michael Szura (Szura) has appealed from an order of a court en banc of the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County sustaining preliminary objections filed by Robert Carpinent (Carpinent) to Szura’s exceptions to an order of President Judge Brominski dismissing Szura’s appeal from a decision of the Zoning Hearing Board of Wyoming Borough (Borough).

Procedurally, the case has travelled a rocky road. Carpinent, the landowner, was granted a variance by the Board. Szura, a property owner who did not appear personally before the Board but contends that he was represented by…