Legal Opinion
Grant v. Zoning Hearing Board of the Township of Penn
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 21, 2001No. 1757 C.D. 2000PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAHERTY, Senior Judge.
Appellants, West Penn Power Company (West Penn) and Allegheny Energy Units 6 & 7 LLC (Allegheny) appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland County (trial court) which overruled the decision of the Penn Township Zoning Hearing Board (Board) granting special exception approval to Allegheny to erect an electric generating facility on property zoned A 1 Agricultural.
On January 18, 2000 Allegheny filed an application for a special exception with the Board to construct an electric generating facility on land owned by West Penn. The unmanned facility…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Esso Standard Oil Co. v. TaylorSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
- Baker v. Zoning Hearing BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- Kratzer v. Board of Supervisors of Fermanagh TownshipCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
- Orie v. ZONING HEARING BD. OF BEAVERCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
- Rapaport v. Zoning Hearing Board of AllentownCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
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3Cited by17 opinions
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- Friends of Lackawanna v. Dunmore Borough Zoning Hearing Board and Dunmore BoroughCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
- Environmental Ass'n v. Department of Planning & Natural Resources, Botany Bay Partnership, LLPSupreme Court of The Virgin Islands · 2002
- J. Worthington v. Mount Pleasant Twp.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2019
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