Cook v. Zoning Hearing Board

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

Ridley Township has appealed an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County, overturning a decision of the Township’s Zoning Hearing Board. The Zoning Hearing Board denied the application of Robert E. Cook and Paula F. Cook, equitable owners, and Puritan Oil Company, Inc., record owner, for a variance or, in the alternative, a special exception which would permit the use of their narrow triangular parcel of ground as an open air used car lot. The court below heard no evidence so that it is our duty in this case to determine whether the Zoning Hearing Board…