Zoning ordinance may not exclude bed and breakfast use from the entire municipality.
Thomason v. Zoning Hearing Bd. of Radnor Twp., 26 A.3d 562 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2011).
Zoning Validity Challenges
Lamar Advertising v. Borough of Deer Lake Zoning Hearing Board, Pa. Commw. (2007)
The complete prohibition of off-site billboard advertising is unconstitutional. A successful constitutional challenge does not automatically entitle the challenger to a variance.
Lamar Advertising v. Borough of Deer Lake Zoning Hearing Board, 915 A.2d 705 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2007).
Geryville Materials, Inc. v. Lower Milford Township Zoning Hearing Board, Pa. Commw. (2009)
Ordinances that have been adopted with procedural defects may survive procedural challenge where evidence indicates that the defects are harmless, the public has relied significantly upon the validity of the ordinances for several years and the public benefits from avoiding the chaos of finding the ordinances to be void ab initio.
Geryville Materials, Inc. v. Lower Milford Twp. Zoning Hearing Bd., 972 A.2d 136 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2009).
Rural Route Neighbors v. East Buffalo Township Zoning Hearing Board, Pa. Commw. (2004)
Rural Route Neighbors v. East Buffalo Tp. Zoning Hearing Board,
2004 WL 2412378 (Pa. Cmwlth.)
Briar Meadows Dev., Inc. v. S. Centre Township Board of Supervisors, Pa. Commw. (2010)
Inconsistency with a comprehensive plan alone cannot be the basis for granting a curative amendment.
Briar Meadows Dev., Inc. v. S. Ctr. Twp. Bd. of Supervisors, 2 A.3d 1303 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2010).
Exeter Township v. Exeter Township Zoning Hearing Board, Pa. Commw. (2006)
A sign ordinance limiting signs to twenty five square feet does not unconstitutionally exclude “industry standard” sized billboards.
Exeter Twp. v. Exeter Twp. Zoning Hearing Board, (Pa. Cmwlth. 2006).
In re Appeal of Realen Valley Forge Greens Associates. (2003)
In re Appeal of Realen Valley Forge Greens Associates, 838 A.2d 718, 2003 WL 22971249 (Pa. 2003):
Takacs v. Indian Lake Borough Zoning Hearing Board, Pa. Commw. (2010)
Legislative intent irrelevant when determining whether amendment constitutes spot zoning.
Takacs v. Indian Lake Borough Zoning Hearing Bd., 11 A.3d 587 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2010).
Glen-Gery Corp. v. Dover Township Zoning Hearing Board, Pa. Comm. (2006)
A challenge alleging procedural defects in the enactment of an ordinance may be brought more than thirty days after the ordinance’s intended effective date.
Glen-Gery Corp. v. ZHB of Dover Twp., 856 A.2d 884 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2004)
Glen-Gery Corp. v. Dover Twp. Zoning Hearing Board, 907 A.2d 1033 (Pa. 2006).
Appeal of Bartkowski Inv. Group, Inc., Pa. Commw. (2014)
Discussion of the process for evaluating site-specific relief after a successful validity challenge.
Appeal of Bartkowski Inv. Group, Inc., 106 A.3d 230 (Pa. Commw Ct. 2014).