Board of Supervisors v. Strouse

Opinion by

Judge Mencer,

This is an appeal by the Board of Supervisors of Ferguson Township (Township) from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Centre County dismissing its preliminary objections to an appeal by Jack Strouse (Strouse) from the Township’s denial of his rezoning request.1

*145Strouse is the owner of land located in Ferguson Township outside the Borough of State College in Centre County. His land is presently zoned “R-2, Low Density Residence District,” which permits single-family detached houses, single-family semidetached houses, essential services, and agricultural uses. In…