Legal Opinion
Swift v. Zoning Hearing Board
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 30, 1975No. Appeal, No. 335 C.D. 1974PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Rogers,
The appellant, Tom Swift, purchased a lot in East Hempfield Township, Lancaster County, at a tax sale in 1967. The lot contains 33,000 square feet and is located in a district of the East Hempfield Township Zoning Ordinance in which the minimum lot size requirement is 10,000 square feet. Except for three strips extending to public streets, the lot is completely encircled by the rear yards of other residential lots improved with dwelling houses. Each of the access strips is about 140 feet long and 15 feet wide; together, they provide a total of 45 feet of frontage on the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Jacquelin v. Horsham TownshipCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- Camera v. Danna Homes, Inc.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
3Cited by5 opinions
- Zoning Hearing Board v. Grace Building Co.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
- Swift v. ZH BD. OF E. HEMPFIELD TWP.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Nowak v. Zoning Hearing BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
- Korman Corporation Appeal, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Bucks County1977
- Mont-Bux, Inc. Appeal, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Bucks County1977