Verratti v. Ridley Township

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Jones,

Anthony Verratti and his wife and Prank Verratti and his wife, owned, respectively, lots 80 and 81 located in the Third Ward, Ridley Township (Township), Delaware County. On January 6, 1937, the Township adopted a zoning ordinance under the terms of which Verrattis’ lots were zoned “B-Residential”. Some years later — April 19, 1950 — the Anthony Verrattis, .thén using lot 81 for the storage of trucks used in a trucking business — a nonconforming use — , applied for a rezoning of lot 81 from “B-Residential” to “Business” and the Township, by ordinance, rezoned that…