Legal Opinion

Appeal of Desmond

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lancaster County

Decided July 8, 1991No. 3657 of 1990Published

1Opinion of the Court

STENGEL, J.,

The compelling legal issue presented by this zoning appeal is whether one township’s designation of the character of a road is binding on the neighboring township’s consideration of a request for a special exception. The appellant, George C. Desmond, is a developer who owns a tract of land which lies in both Pequea Township and West Lampeter Township. Roughly 10 percent of the area of the tract, or 3.5 acres, lies in West Lampeter Township; the remainder of the *165tract, 31.4 acres, lies within Pequea Township; Appellant wishes to build an apartment complex containing 225 apartment…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Bilbar Construction Co. v. Easttown Township Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
  2. City of Pittsburgh v. Zoning Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  3. Namcorp, Inc. v. Zoning Hearing BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  4. King v. Perkasie Borough Zoning Hearing BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  5. St. Luke Evangelical Lutheran Church v. Zoning Hearing BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1979

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