Glen-Gery Corp. v. Zoning Hearing Board

*138 OPINION

Justice NEWMAN.

Today we are asked to decide whether the plain language of Section 909.1(a)(2) of the Municipalities Planning Code (MPC), 53 P.S. § 10909.1(a)(2),1 or amended Section 5571(c)(5) of the Judicial Code, 42 Pa.C.S. § 5571(c)(5),2 con-trols the instant appeal and bars a procedural challenge to an ordinance as untimely if no challenge is mounted within thirty days of the “intended” effective date or, whether an ordinance is rendered void ab initio by its procedural defect thereby rendering inapplicable the limitations period. The underlying claim regarding the alleged…