Legal Opinion

Upper Providence Township Appeal

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 13, 1962No. Appeal, 47PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Cohen,

This is an appeal from the order of the lower court reversing the decision of the appellant, Upper Providence Zoning Board of Adjustment (Board), denying appellee’s request for a zoning variance.

Appellee, Miller, the equitable owner of certain property located within Upper Providence Township, Montgomery County, applied for a zoning permit to use the premises as a day camp and swim club. The zoning officer refused the permit since the tract in question is zoned agricultural and the requested use is for other than agricultural purposes. The property had been used,…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Mignatti AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1961

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Valley View Civic Ass'n v. Zoning Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  2. Moyer v. Board of Zoning AppealsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1967
  3. Peirce v. Zoning Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
  4. Crafton Borough AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
  5. Upper Providence Township AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964

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