Ruley v. West Nantmeal Township Zoning Hearing Board

OPINION BY

Judge LEAVITT.

Phyllis Ruley appeals an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County (trial court) dismissing her appeal of a decision of the West Nantmeal Township Zoning Hearing Board (Board) that she was operating a kennel without the requisite special exception approval. The trial court held that Ruley’s animal shelter was a kennel within the meaning of the West Nantmeal Township Zoning Ordinance 1 (Zoning Ordinance), which defines a kennel as an establishment boarding dogs for compensation. The trial court held that the donations made to the shelter constituted…