Legal Opinion

Graham v. Zoning Hearing Board

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 6, 1989No. 41 M.D.Appeal Dkt. 1987PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ZAPPALA, Justice.

This appeal presents an important question of first impression regarding the powers of a zoning hearing board to sustain the action of the municipality’s governing body granting approval of a subdivision plan, subject to compliance with zoning conditions, 1 under § 11007 of the Municipal Planning Code, Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Act of July 31, 1968, P.L. 805, Art. I, as amended, 53 P.S. § 10101, et seq.

The relevant facts are not in dispute. On March 14,1980, Clepper Farms, Inc. submitted to the Planning Commission a preliminary subdivision plan for a…

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2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Graham v. Zoning Hearing BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  2. Clepper Farms, Inc. v. TRIMMERCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  3. Upper Allen Township v. Zoning Hearing BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1983

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Taliaferro v. Darby Tp. Zoning Hearing Bd.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
  2. Borough of Jenkintown v. Board of CommissionersCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
  3. Rickert v. Latimore TownshipCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
  4. Whitehall Manor, Inc. v. Planning CommissionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
  5. Bell Atlantic Mobile Systems, Inc. v. Zoning Hearing Board of O'HaraCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1996

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