Bakerstown Container Corp. v. Richland Township

OPINION *

McDermott, Justice.

Bakerstown Container Corporation, appellant, seeks relief from the denial of a construction permit for a proposed metal drum reconditioning plant. The Zoning Hearing Board of Richland Township determined that Bakerstown’s proposed use would not qualify under the relevant permitted use provision of the local ordinance, and denied the permit. The Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County reversed, and the Commonwealth Court subsequently reversed that decision.1 We granted review.

Where, as here, the Court of Common Pleas has not received evidence additional to that…