Property Interest in Short-Term Rent Permit Inadequately Pleaded, Taking Claim Abandoned

Defendants Prohibited From Using 4th Floor of Building as an Airbnb

Defendant property owner appealed the trial court's judgment in favor of plaintiff township in its action for enforcement of a zoning violation notice arising from defendant's use of his property for short-term rentals. The court concluded that where defendant had not appealed an adverse ruling by Township's Zoning Hearing Board as to his prohibited use of the property, the sole question in Township's case was whether defendant's prohibited activity was continuing, and not whether defendant's use of his property fell within another au

Appellant property owner appealed the court's order affirming appellee township zoning hearing board's denial of his application for a variance to allow short-term rentals of his property. The court held that its decision should be affirmed where appellant (1) failed to demonstrate the existence of an unnecessary hardship that would entitle him to a dimensional variance; (2) appellee zoning hearing board's superior authority and discretion in denying the variance trumped the conditional use decision of the township board of supervisor

Matter of Levy,

Plaintiff appealed the denial of his motions "to reinstate trial" and for reconsideration of an order that entered judgment for defendant.