Legal Opinion

Gro Appeal

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 9, 1970No. Appeal, 216PublishedCited by 43 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mb. Justice O’Brien,

This is a zoning appeal from a decision of the lower court granting a variance to permit the erection of fifty-nine apartment units. The appellants, a group of residents in the Township of Upper Darby, are opposed to the construction of such apartments.

The property has frontage of 353 feet along Ashurst Avenue and a depth of 120 feet along the northerly side of the property and a depth of 123 feet along the southerly side.

Ashurst Avenue is currently only partially paved and in poor condition and is not a through street along the subject property, with a dead end…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. National Land & Investment Co. v. Easttown Township Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
  2. Richman v. Zoning Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
  3. Best v. Zoning Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
  4. Pyzdrowski v. Pittsburgh Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
  5. Ferry v. KownackiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959

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3Cited by43 opinions

  1. Matter of LarsenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
  2. Isaacs v. Wilkes-Barre City Zoning Hearing BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
  3. Marlowe v. Zoning Hearing BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  4. Harper v. Zoning Hearing BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  5. Vannah v. Town of BedfordSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1971

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