Visionquest National, Ltd. v. City of Franklin Zoning Board of Adjustment

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

The Common Pleas Court of Venango County held that the zoning ordinance of the City of Franklin was invalid as effecting an unconstitutional exclusion of the use of property for group homes for troubled adolescents and ordered the issuance of an occupancy permit to the appellee, Visionquest National, Ltd. The city and neighbors of the proposed house who, intervening below, objected to its establishment have appealed.

Visionquest entered into an agreement to purchase a residence in the City of Franklin and applied to the zoning hearing board for a .special exception or a…