Highfield II, Inc. v. Municipality of Upper St. Clair

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

Highfield II, Inc. appeals an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County which granted a motion to discontinue Highfields appeal filed by the Township of Upper St. Clair (USC). The trial court held that it did not have jurisdiction to review Highfields appeal of a condition which the USC Board of Commissioners had attached to its grant of final approval of Highfields proposed office and retail development. We now reverse the trial court.

In 1983, Highfield applied for approval of Phase I of a five-phase office and retail development project. The *45USC zoning…