Codorus Township v. Rodgers

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

Codorus Township appeals an order of the Court of Common Pleas of York County which reversed the township zoning hearing board’s decision rejecting a constitutional attack on provisions of the township’s zoning ordinance dealing with the preservation of agricultural land. We must determine1 whether the common pleas court properly concluded that the Supreme Court decision in Hopewell Township Board of Supervisors v. Golla, 499 Pa. 246, 452 A.2d 1337 (1982) (Golla), mandates the invalidation of a zoning provision that precludes division of productive farmland into tracts…