Philadelphia Center for Developmental Services, Inc. v. Zoning Hearing Board

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

Plymouth Township appeals from an order of the Montgomery County Common Pleas Court which reversed a ruling of the Plymouth Township Zoning Hearing Board which had refused zoning approval as to three existing residential, nonprofit community liv*593ing arrangements (CLA)1 for mentally retarded citizens. The township contends that the three CLA’s, each housing three nonrelated, mentally retarded citizens in a supervised, residential home atmosphere designed to assist these persons to adjust to mainstream society, are actually mini-institutions and accordingly cannot be…