Southeastern Chester County Refuse Authority v. Zoning Hearing Board of London Grove Township

OPINION BY

Judge FRIEDMAN.

Southeastern Chester County Refuse Authority (SECCRA) appeals from the July 26, 2005, order of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County (trial court), which affirmed the decision of the Zoning Hearing Board of London Grove Township (ZHB) to deny SECCRA’s validity challenge and request for a variance. We affirm.

SECCRA is a municipal authority that operates a landfill in London Grove Township (Township) on eighty acres in the Township’s Industrial Special Use (ISU) District. The landfill is non-conforming as to the Township zoning ordinance’s perimeter setback…