Flood v. Zoning Hearing Board

Opinion by

Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

This zoning appeal is from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County which revoked building permits issued to Appellants for a proposed apartment development in an R-l residential district of Hampden Township. The lower court’s decision was based upon a holding that the conditional use approval underlying the permit was invalid as issued by a municipal body other than the “governing body” mandated by section 603 of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code (MPC), Act of July 31, 1968, P.L. 805, as amended, 53 P.S. §10603.

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