Food Bag, Inc. v. Mahoning Township Zoning Board of Adjustment

Opinion by

Judge MacPhail,

Food Bag, Inc. (Appellant) has appealed from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Montour County which affirmed the Township Board of Adjustment’s (Board) denial of a permit to install self-service gasoline pumps on property located in Mahoning Township (Township).

Appellant operates a grocery store which it calls a “convenient market” on its property and now seeks to set up a self-service gasoline island, with three pumps, in the parking area in front of the store. The property is located in an area zoned C-A Commercial Apartment. Grocery stores are a permitted…