Holmes v. Zoning Hearing Board

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

Richard L. Holmes and Barbara Holmes (appellants) appeal here from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County reversing the Zoning Hearing Board of Kennett Township (Board) which had granted them a variance.

The appellants own approximately 2.8 acres of land in Kennett Township (Township) upon which were located the remains of a nineteenth-century gristmill, a perennial stream and a stand of evergreen trees. Subsequent to receiving permission from the Township to construct a four-bedroom single-family dwelling on this property, the appellants altered their…