Legal Opinion
Scholl v. Yeadon Borough
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 20, 1941No. Appeal, 301PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Hirt, J.,
This is an appeal from an ordinance 1 enacted by defendant borough on October 10, 1940, establishing “set-back building lines” on Church Lane under the authority of the Act of June 29, 1923, P. L. 957, §1, 53 PS 15731. Cf. Borough Code of May 4, 1927, P. L. 519, art. XII, §1202, cl. XXY, 53 PS 13337. The borough had previously enacted a zoning ordinance and a building code but the ordinance in question was the first attempt to establish building lines within the borough. It applies to but two parts of the business district of the borough along Church Lane, one between…
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