First Presbyterian Church v. City Council

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

The First Presbyterian Church of York, Pennsylvania, has appealed from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of York County sustaining the action of the Council of the City of York refusing to certify *156the appropriateness of, and the consequent refusal by the City building inspector of a permit for, the demolition of a structure on the Church’s grounds.

So far as we are aware, this is the first case occasioned by the Act of June 13, 1961, P.L. 282, as amended, 53 P.S. §8001 et seq. Although the appellant raises no question as to that enactment’s general validity, we…