Legal Opinion
Whitpain Township Board of Supervisors v. Whitpain Township Zoning Hearing Board
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 2, 1988No. Appeals 996 C.D. 1987, 1047 C.D. 1987 and 1048 C.D. 1987PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Doyle,
These three consolidated appeals all arise out of the attempts of Wings Field Associates (Wings) to modernize and expand its airport, Wings Field, located in Whitpain Township (Township), in Montgomery County. Wings Field was originally founded in 1929 as a private club for airplane owners and pilots, and was located upon a 134.5 acre tract. By the 1940s Wings Field had developed to include a commercial air taxi and charter service, a flight school, aircraft maintenance facilities, various aviation related businesses and the Philadelphia Aviation Country Club (Club). As…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Valley View Civic Ass'n v. Zoning Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- Silver v. Zoning Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1969
- Gilfillan's PermitSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
- Peirce AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
- Jenkintown Towing Service v. Zoning Hearing BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Isaacs v. Wilkes-Barre City Zoning Hearing BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
- Domeisen v. ZONING HEARING BD., O'HARA TP.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
- Hill District Project Area Committee, Inc. v. Zoning Board of AdjustmentCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
- Laurento v. Zoning Hearing BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
- Bernotas v. Zoning Hearing Board of BethlehemCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
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