This blog features case law related to real estate, land use, zoning, and municipal law in Pennsylvania

Tag: zoning hearing board

Board of Supervisors Can Appeal Reversal of Conditional Use Denial to Commonwealth Court

This case required the Commonwealth Court to determine whether the Charlestown Township Board of Supervisors (the Board) had standing to appeal a trial court’s order that reversed the Board’s decision to deny a conditional use application.  In holding that the Board did have standing to appeal, the court relied on important differences between boards of supervisors and zoning hearing boards.

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