Legal Opinion

Wyomissing Area School District v. Zoning Hearing Board

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 25, 2015No. 447 C.D. 2015PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

Senior Judge ROCHELLE S. FRIEDMAN.

The Wyomissing Area School District (School District) appeals from the March 6, 2015, order of the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County (trial court) affirming the decision of the Zoning Hearing Board of Wyomissing Borough (ZHB). The ZHB denied the School District’s zoning permit application and miscellaneous permit application (Applications) to erect a fence and dismissed the School District’s complaint in mandamus and motion for peremptory judgment in mandamus. We reverse.

Since 1987, the School District has owned the four contiguous parcels…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Valley View Civic Ass'n v. Zoning Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  2. Commonwealth v. GordonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
  3. United Artists' Theater Circuit, Inc. v. City of PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
  4. H.E. Rohrer, Inc. v. Zoning Hearing BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
  5. Shamah v. Hellam Township Zoning Hearing BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1994

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3Cited by5 opinions

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  3. B. Haggerty v. Newtown Twp. ZHBCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2020
  4. Conshohocken Borough v. Conshohocken Borough ZHB ~ Appeal of: K.J. Waller & L. RhodesCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2021
  5. Northeast PA SMSA Limited Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless v. The Throop Borough ZHBCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2017

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