Legal Opinion
Horninger v. Bethlehem Township Police Ass'n
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 15, 1973No. Appeal, No. 871 C.D. 1972PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Rogers,
Daniel S., Betty M. and Richard L. Horninger, landowners of Bethlehem Township, Northampton County, have here appealed from an order of the Court of Common Pleas directing the issuance of a certificate permitting the Bethlehem Township Police Association to use neighboring land as a pistol range and recreation area in nonconformity with the township zoning ordinance.
The Police Association, lessee for an annual rental of one dollar of about six acres of a 15 acre tract owned by the Posh Construction Co. and located in a “R-UN” residential district, where pistol ranges…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Hanna v. Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
- Williams AppealSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
- Pantry Quik, Inc. v. Zoning Board of Adjustment of City of HazletonCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
3Cited by5 opinions
- Hauser v. Borough of Catasauqua Zoning Hearing BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Hilltown Township v. HornCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Fiechter v. Zoning Hearing BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- In re Appeal of Atlantic Richfield Co.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- McCormick v. Butler Township Zoning Hearing Board, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Luzerne County1980