Gaudenzia, Inc. v. Zoning Hearing Board

MORGAN, J.,

This is an appeal from the Harrisburg Zoning Hearing Board’s refusal to permit Gaudenzia, Inc. to operate an alcoholism treatment program in premises for which a special exception to operate such a program had been granted to and exercised by the immediate prior owner, Alcoholism Services, Inc. The appeal will be sustained.

Under the Harrisburg Zoning Ordinance a medical clinic is permitted as a special exception in an SPD (special planned development) Zone. The property in question here, 2835 N. Front Street, is located in an SPD Zone and on February 21, 1979, the Harrisburg Zoning…