Glenside Center, Inc. v. Abington Township Zoning Hearing Board

OPINION BY

Judge PELLEGRINI.

Glenside Center, Inc. (Glenside) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County (trial court) affirming the decision of the Zoning Hearing Board of Abington Township (Board) that its use of an office building for Alcoholic Anonymous meetings was not a use permitted in Abington Township (Township) and was not a violation of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc(a)(l). 1 Glenside also appeals the trial court’s decision affirming the Board’s denial of Glenside’s request for a use variance.

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