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In Re Application for Conditional Use Approval of Saunders

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 13, 1994No. 1608 C.D. 1993PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

NARICK, Senior Judge.

James Saunders appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Schuylkill County that dismissed his appeal from the denial of conditional use permit by the Supervisors of West Penn Township (Supervisors). We reverse and remand.

Saunders is the equitable owner of an 86.9-acre tract of land located in West Penn Township (property). The property is zoned agricultural by the Township’s zoning ordinance (zoning ordinance). Saunders applied for a conditional use permit to develop a 367-unit mobile home park on the property. The zoning ordinance lists a mobile home park as…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Valley View Civic Ass'n v. Zoning Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  2. Manor Healthcare Corp. v. Lower Moreland Township Zoning Hearing BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
  3. East Manchester Township Zoning Hearing Board v. DallmeyerCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
  4. Schatz v. New Britain Township Zoning Hearing Board of AdjustmentCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
  5. Susquehanna Township Board of Commissioners v. Hardee's Food Systems, Inc.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1981

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3Cited by9 opinions

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  3. Aldridge v. Jackson TownshipCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
  4. In Re Appeal of the Cutler Group, Inc.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
  5. In Re: Appeal of AMA/American Marketing Association, Inc. from the Decision of the Borough Council of Ambler Borough, on May 21, 2014 dated May 22, 2014Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2016

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