Stassi v. Ransom Township Zoning Hearing Board

NEALON, J.,

Appellants, Louis Stassi, Reverend Susan Davis, Alan Heyen and the Borough of Old Forge (referred to collectively as Rev. Davis), have filed a land use appeal asserting a procedural challenge to a zoning ordinance that was enacted by Ransom Township on July 25, 2000.1 Rev. Davis maintains that Ransom violated the requirements of the Municipalities Planning Code, Act of July 31, 1968, P.L. 805 as amended, 53 PS. §§10101-11202, in adopting the 2000 ordinance as a result of which the new zoning code is void ab initio. Since Ransom failed to comply with the mandatory provisions of…