Human Services Consultants, Inc. v. Zoning Hearing Board

CRUMLISH Jr., Senior Judge.

Human Services Consultants (Human Services) appeals a Luzerne County Common Pleas Court order upholding a Butler Township Zoning Hearing Board’s (Board) decision that Human Services did not have a permitted use. We reverse.

Human Services operates a home for three retarded men in an SR (single family residential) district. Human Services describes the home as a Community Living Arrangement (CLA) the purpose of which is to normalize retarded individuals by providing a living environment as close as possible to normal family life. (Notes of Testimony, Board Hearing,…