Keystone Sportsmen Ass'n v. Zoning Hearing Board

Opinion by

Senior Judge Kalish,

Keystone Sportsmen Association of Lycoming County, Inc. (Keystone) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Northumberland County which dismissed its appeal and affirmed the decision of the Delaware Township Zoning Hearing Board (Board) which granted a variance to D.W. Landfill, Inc. from the setback requirements of section 427K(3) of the Delaware Township Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance). We reverse.

In 1972, Dick Witmer, who is President of D.W. Landfill, Inc., purchased a 130 to 140 acre tract of land in Delaware Township, which is divided by Township…