Church of Saviour v. Zoning Hearing Board

NARICK, Senior Judge.

The Township of Tredyffrin (Township) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County that reversed the Zoning Hearing Board of the Township of Tredyffrin’s (Board’s) denial of the Church of the Saviour’s (church’s) application to expand its existing special exception use permit. We affirm.

The church owns four contiguous tracts of land1 on the east side of North Wayne Avenue in the Township. These parcels are located in an R-l residéntial zoning district. Section 701(D)(1)(b) of the Township Zoning Ordinance of 1939, as amended, permits in an R-l…