Township of Kelly v. Zoning Hearing Board

Opinion by

Judge Wilkinson, Jr.,

This is an appeal from a decision of the Court of Common Pleas of Union County which denied the issuance of a building permit to the intervenors-appellants that would have allowed them to erect a large hydraulic shears machine for use in their junkyard business. We affirm.

Appellants purchased land in Kelly Township, Union County, in 1962: At the time of this purchase the land was used for agricultural purposes. In 1963, however, appellants began to operate, on a part-time basis, a scrap and salvage yard on the premises. Most of the work was initially done by…