Pheasant Bridge Corp. v. Township of Warren

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

LaVECCHIA, J.

The core issue in this appeal is whether a zoning ordinance increasing the minimum lot size for permitted residential development of an extensive tract of land along the northern perimeter of Warren Township (“Township”) is valid as applied to plaintiffs property. Secondarily, the appeal presents the question whether a taking of plaintiffs property has occurred irrespective of whether the ordinance is valid as applied. The trial court concluded that the zoning ordinance was arbitrary, capricious, and unreasonable as applied, and that a…