Moyer v. Lehighton Borough Zoning Hearing Board

LAVELLE, P.J.,

We have before us the appeal of Kent R. Moyer (hereafter Moyer) from the decision of the Zoning Hearing Board of *608the Borough of Lehighton (hereafter board) revoking a permit issued to him for the construction of a crematorium at a funeral home owned by him in the Borough of Lehighton.

The acting borough zoning officer, Mortimer Smedley, issued the crematorium permit to Moyer on July 22, 1985. Neighbors of the Moyer Funeral Home (protestants) filed an appeal to the board on September 12, 1985.

Moyer challenges the jurisdiction of the board to hear the appeal and attacks the board’s…