Legal Opinion
Northampton Area School District v. East Allen Township Board of Supervisors
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 14, 2003PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
Judge SIMPSON.
In this appeal by Northampton Area School District (School District), we are asked to decide whether the East Allen Township Board of Supervisors (Board) erred when it denied the School District’s request for conditional use approval to permit construction of a new high school. Because we agree the Public School Code (School Code) 1 does not interfere with local land use regulations and the School District’s proposal violates the East Allen Township Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance), we affirm.
The School District owns 92.3 acres of land situated north of Nor-Bath Boulevard…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Commonwealth v. Ogontz Area Neighbors Ass'nSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
- School District v. Zoning Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
- Allegheny West Civic Council, Inc. v. Zoning Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
- Bailey v. Upper Southampton TownshipCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
- H.E. Rohrer, Inc. v. Zoning Hearing BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Caln Nether Co., L.P. v. Board of SupervisorsCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
- Mitchell v. Zoning Hearing Board of the Borough of Mount PennCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
- Aldridge v. Jackson TownshipCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
- In Re Appeal of the Cutler Group, Inc.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
- Christman v. Zoning Hearing Board of the Township of WindsorCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
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