Pace Resources, Inc. v. Shrewsbury Township Planning Commission

Opinion by

Judge Colins,

In this appeal, we must determine whether Section 402 (approval of on-lot water systems) of the Shrews-bury Township (Township) Subdivision and Land Ordinance is void for vagueness and whether an amendment to that ordinance which rezoned a 39-acre tract from “industrial” to “agricultural” constituted discriminatory zoning.

In 1965, Pace Resources, Inc. (Pace)1 purchased a 145.61 acre tract of land in the Township. Pace developed preliminary plans to subdivide this land and create an industrial park, to be known as Southern Industrial Park. At the time of the purchase and…