Mignatti Appeal

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Cohen,

Appellees are the owners of a tract of land in Lower Moreland Township, Montgomery County. A quarry and stone crushing plant is operated on this tract as a nonconforming use antedating the township zoning ordinance which zoned this area as a “L” residential area, the highest classification contained in the ordinance.

Appellees sought a special exception from the Board of Adjustment of Lower Moreland Township to permit the erection, maintenance and operation of a bituminous concrete mixing plant in order to mix the stone removed from the quarry with asphalt imported…