Legal Opinion

In Re: ZHB of Cheltenham Twp 12-16-15 Decision

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 17, 2019No. 3 MAP 2018PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baer

*846Subsection 508(4)(i) of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code (MPC), 53 P.S. § 10508(4)(i), precludes a municipality from changing its "zoning, subdivision or other governing ordinance or plan" subsequent to the filing of a land development application and then applying the new version of any of these municipal enactments to the then-pending application. In this appeal, we are tasked with determining whether Subsection 508(4)(i)'s protection of pending land development applications filed with a municipality's governing body extends to zoning applications submitted to its zoning…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Brewington, S. v. Phila. Sch. Dist., Aplt.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
  2. Broussard v. Zoning Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
  3. Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Inc. v. Pennsylvania Department of Labor & IndustrySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
  4. Board of Commissioners of Cheltenham Twp. v. Hansen-Lloyd, L.P.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
  5. Meadows of Hanover Development, Inc. v. Board of SupervisorsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. A Special Touch v. UC Tax Services, Aplt.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2020
  2. Dechert LLP v. PA DCEDCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2020
  3. In Re: Appeal of Jaindl Land Co. ~ Appeal of: Jaindl Land Co. & RCSVP-Chambersburg, LLCCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2022
  4. In Re: Apr. 24 Dec. Apl of: Charlestown OutdoorSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2022
  5. Lumania Properties, L.P. v. Planning Comm. of the City of PittsburghCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2022

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