Appeal of Walter C. Czop, Inc.

Opinion bt

Judge Mencer,

This appeal is from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County which affirmed a decision of the Upper Providence Township Zoning Hearing Board denying a validity variance application by the appellant, Walter C. Czop, Inc., We affirm.

Pursuant to an agreement of sale dated May 10, 1977, the appellant agreed to purchase an 84.9-acre tract owned by Margaret Missimer Fitzgerald, Harold Missimer, and Howard Missimer for $500,000. From at least 1912 until approximately 1974 the property, located in Upper Providence Township, Montgomery County, was utilized as a…