McGeehan v. Zoning Hearing Board

Opinion by

Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

Challenged on appeal is a decision by the Bucks County Court of Common Pleas directing the Springfield Township Zoning Officer to issue a permit allowing Charles and Coralie Grant to expand their nonconforming junkyard use by establishing a trailer office measuring 10' by 65' on the premises.

The Grants have owned approximately 30 acres of land in Coopersburg since 1961 and, since that time, approximately 13 acres of the land have been used for storing used and discarded vehicles, their parts, refrigerators, stoves and the like. The township enacted its first…