Patrick Media Group, Inc. v. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

CRAIG, President Judge.

Patrick Media Group, Inc. (Patrick) appeals an order by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (DOT) affirming a hearing officer’s decision to deny Patrick’s application for a permit for an outdoor advertising device in Ohio Township.

ISSUE

The precise issue is whether a second class township in Pennsylvania is an “incorporated municipality.” Thus, this case turns upon a significant point which, although well established in Pennsylvania by our statutes, has not been explicitly articulated in any court decision. That point is that all parts of the Commonwealth of…