Legal Opinion

In re Incorporation of the Borough of Two Ponds

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 30, 1985No. Appeal, No. 2705 C.D. 1983PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

Two Ponds, Inc., the owner of an eighty-seven acre parcel of largely undeveloped land in Northampton Township has appealed an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County dismissing its petition to incorporate the tract as a borough.

The appellant’s land, upon which four tenants reside, is located in a zoning district of the Northampton Township where only single-family detached dwellings on one acre lots are permitted. In 1977, the Board of Supervisors of Northampton Township approved the appellant’s application for the subdivision of the land into eight ten acre…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Bear Creek Township v. Borough of Penn Lake ParkCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  2. In Re Incorporation of Borough of Seven FieldsCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1983

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. In Re Borough of Bear Creek VillageCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
  2. In Re Incorporation of Borough of Pocono RacewayCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
  3. In re Incorporation of Borough of New MorganCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  4. In Re Incorporation of the Borough of ChiltonCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
  5. In re Incorporation of Borough of New MorganCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1989

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