Legal Opinion

Rice Family Trust v. City of St. Marys

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 7, 2012PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

Judge LEAVITT.

The Rice Family Trust (Trust) appeals an order of the Court of Common Pleas of the 59th Judicial District (Elk County Branch) (trial court) denying its land use appeal. The Trust argues that the trial court erred in denying its request for a curative amendment to the City of St. Marys’ Zoning Ordinance,1 which the *915Trust needs to use its property for office and apartment units. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

The Trust’s property (Property) is located at 188 Center Street in St. Marys. The Property consists of a large house, approximately 6,000 square feet in…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. C & M Developers, Inc. v. Bedminster Township Zoning Hearing BoardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
  2. Di Santo v. Zoning Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
  3. Kirk v. ZONING BD. OF HONEY BROOK TOWNSHIPCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
  4. Tennyson v. Zoning Hearing Board of West Bradford TownshipCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
  5. Laurel Point Associates v. Susquehanna Township Zoning Hearing BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2005

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Nowicki v. Zoning Hearing BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
  2. D. DeAngelo & L. DeAngelo v. North Strabane Twp. ZHBCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2019
  3. C.A. Leinberger v. A.G. Stellar, as Trustee of the D.E. Stellar Revocable TrustCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2020
  4. D. DeAngelo & L. DeAngelo v. North Strabane Twp. ZHBCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2019
  5. L. Palmer v. Susquehanna Twp. ZHBCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2025

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