Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Harrisburg Zoning Hearing Board

DOWLING, J.,

Food and fuel, the prime participants in our unprecedented inflationary spiral, are locked in a territorial conflict which, impinging on certain zoning restrictions, necessitates a judicial delineation. Apparently feeling that “fill her up” should apply to tummy as well as tank, the Atlantic Richfield Company seeks to expand its service station at Second and Verbeke Streets in the city of Harrisburg into a mini-market. The zoning administrator denied its application for a permit. An appeal from his decision was denied by the zoning hearing board and the matter is now before this…