Biggan v. Foster Township Zoning Hearing Board

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

Michael Biggan has appealed an order of the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas modifying a decision of the Zoning Hearing Board of Foster Township directing the appellant entirely to cease conducting a junkyard in the township.

Biggan acquired a house and lot containing .454 of an acre in Foster Township in 1952. In the late 1950’s, Biggan began to use part of his lot for the storage of junked automobiles from which he sold parts and scrap metal. It is agreed that Biggan’s enterprise was a junkyard as defined by the Foster Township Zoning Ordinance enacted in 1967 and…