In Re Appeal of the Emmanuel Baptist Church

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

In August of 1974 the Emmanuel Baptist Church (Church) applied to the Zoning Hearing Board (Board) of North Cornwall Township (Township) for a building permit to construct church facilities as a special exception on a 6 or 7 acre tract of land in a zoning district restricted to manufacturing uses. A hearing on the Church’s request was held before the three members of the Board on August 29,1974. Thereafter the Board denied the request, finding that it had no authority to authorize church uses in manufac turing areas. The decision of the Board, however, was not made at a…