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Montgomery Crossing Associates v. Township of Lower Gwynedd

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided August 28, 2000PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LEADBETTER, Judge.

The Township of Lower Gwynedd (Township) appeals the order of the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas requiring the Township’s Board of Supervisors to enact a curative amendment to its Zoning Ordinance to permit several uses which the court found to be unconstitutionally excluded. Because the common pleas ' court exceeded its proper scope of review by reweighing the evidence, we reverse.

Montgomery Crossing is a professional land developer owning approximately 67.8 acres at the intersection of State Routes 309 and 63, and located entirely in Lower Gwynedd’s “A-l…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. National Land & Investment Co. v. Easttown Township Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
  2. Upper Salford Township v. CollinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  3. Tidewater Oil Co. v. POORESupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
  4. Sultanik v. Board of SupervisorsCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  5. Stahl v. Upper Southampton Township Zoning Hearing BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1992

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3Cited by35 opinions

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  3. Omnipoint Communications Enterprises, L.P. v. Zoning Hearing Board of Easttown TownshipCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2003
  4. MacIoce v. Zoning Hearing BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
  5. Crystal Forest Associates, LP v. Buckingham Township SupervisorsCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2005

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