Stuckley v. Zoning Hearing Board

OPINION

Justice EAKIN.

We granted allowance of appeal to determine whether the repeal of an ordinance moots any challenges to that ordinance, whether the Commonwealth Court may issue an opinion on the merits of certain issues where it subsequently remands the case for a determination of mootness on another issue, and whether parties to a hearing can continue a challenge to a zoning ordinance once the original challenger has withdrawn.

Because “parties to a hearing” are distinct from “party appellants,” unless the former have taken steps to become party appellants, we find they cannot continue…