Legal Opinion
Hanson Aggregates Pennsylvania, Inc. v. College Township Council
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 20, 2006PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
Judge SIMPSON.
In this land use appeal, Hanson Aggregates Pennsylvania, Inc. (Landowner) contends the College Township Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance) fails to provide for reasonable mineral development as required by the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code (MPC) 1 and, therefore, is invalid. Discerning no error in the decisions below, we affirm the denial of Landowner’s validity challenge.
Landowner owns and operates a limestone quarry (quarry) in College Township (Township), Centre County. The quarry is located in a Rural Residential District, which permits mining activity. The…
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