Gro Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
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
- National Land & Investment Co. v. Easttown Township Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
- Richman v. Zoning Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
- Best v. Zoning Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
- Pyzdrowski v. Pittsburgh Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
- Ferry v. KownackiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
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3Cited by43 opinions
- Matter of LarsenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
- Isaacs v. Wilkes-Barre City Zoning Hearing BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
- Marlowe v. Zoning Hearing BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Harper v. Zoning Hearing BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Vannah v. Town of BedfordSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1971
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