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Publication Date: 2022-07-18
Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lehigh County
Judge: Judge Johnson
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Case Number: 22-0729
A zoning hearing board did not err in denying appellant's request for additional time to present expert testimony in opposition to a revised development plan where it had adequate opportunity to present its case and did not offer sufficient reason for failing to present a traffic expert. The court denied appellant's appeal.
Publication Date: 2022-07-18
Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Fayette County
Judge: Judge Leskinen
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Case Number: 22-0722
Plaintiffs failed to meet their burden of establishing the unconstitutionality of a Fayette County zoning ordinance governing junk storage and sales uses as well as salvage operation uses in high-density residential districts. The court denied plaintiff's motion for summary judgment.
Publication Date: 2022-07-04
Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
Court: Commonwealth Court
Judge: Judge Leavitt
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Case Number: 22-0738
Board of commissioners erred in denying landowner's conditional use and dimensional relief application for redevelopment of an historic mill site and board abused its discretion by taking legal positions barred by collateral estoppel, applying zoning code provisions that were not relevant to a conditional use application and making findings of fact not supported by substantial evidence. Reversed.
Publication Date: 2022-06-13
Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
Industry: Construction | State and Local Government
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
Judge: District Judge Wolson
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Case Number: 22-0641
Plaintiff sought a preliminary injunction in relation to zoning overlay laws and court found plaintiff did not establish it was likely that the overlay laws constituted a per se taking and it did not show any evidence of irreparable harm. Preliminary injunction denied.
Publication Date: 2022-06-06
Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
Judge: District Judge Wolson
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Case Number: 22-0622
Intra-agency communications and communications between planning agency and local councilmember regarding amendments to zoning code/map were protected from discovery by legislative immunity/privilege. Plaintiff's motion to compel discovery denied.
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Publication Date: 2022-05-30
Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
Court: Commonwealth Court
Judge: Judge McCullough
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Case Number: 22-0606
While sufficient evidence supported finding that a variance was necessary due to the hardship of developing a property as of right, zoning board erred in granting a variance that was not conditioned on payment of outstanding property tax. Order of the trial court affirmed in part and reversed and remanded in part.
Publication Date: 2022-05-02
Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
Court: Commonwealth Court
Judge: Judge Wojcik
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Case Number: 22-0477
Trial court erred in reversing board's denial of applicants' planned residential development application because trial court erred in substituting its findings for that of the board on the issue of access to the units in the southern portion of the property and in interpreting §252-102(B) of the PRD ordinance. Reversed.
Publication Date: 2022-05-02
Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
Judge: Judge Roberts
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Case Number: 22-0381
The court held, in this 1925(a) opinion that it did not commit error when it reversed the zoning board of adjustment and ordered the board to issue the hardship use variance at issue. The court sought affirmance.
Publication Date: 2022-04-18
Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
Court: Commonwealth Court
Judge: Judge Cannon
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Case Number: 22-0421
Trial court properly reversed board's denial of developer's substantive validity challenge to zoning ordinance because the ordinance was an impermissible delegation of zoning authority to a private party. Affirmed and remanded.
Publication Date: 2022-04-18
Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
Court: Commonwealth Court
Judge: Judge Cannon
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Case Number: 22-0416
Trial court properly found property was not illegally converted to condominium ownership because the property was a lawful, nonconforming use and the conversion to condominium ownership did not constitute a subdivision subject to the Municipalities Planning Code, township's Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance or was affected by the Uniform Condominium Act. Affirmed.
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