H. Peter Nelson's Legal Cases (2)

Land use and zoning

Piper Group, Inc., et al v. Bedminster Township Board of Supervisors, 30 A.3rd 1083 (Pa. 2011)

Sep 28, 2011

OUTCOME: Decision of the Board of Supervisors upheld

The Supreme Court affirmed the Board of Supervisors' decision which had rejected Piper's proposed curative amendment where the Township followed the curative amendment hearing procedures set forth at S ... ection 609.1(c) of the MPC. The Court also examined the interaction between Section 609.1(c) of the MPC with its prior decisions which had interpreted the Pending Ordinance Rule.

Land use and zoning

A. Rhoades Wilson v. Plumstead Township Zoning Hearing Board , 936 A.2d 1061 (Pa. 2007)

Dec 27, 2007

OUTCOME: Decision of the Township Zoning Hearing Board upheld

The Supreme Court affirmed the Commonwealth Court, which had reversed the Bucks County Court of Common Pleas, granting a use variance to the landowner. The Supreme Court affirmed the denial of the use ... variance on the basis that there was no showing of a hardship unique or peculiar to the property as distinguished from the hardship arising from the impact of zoning regulations on an entire district. The Court also addressed the different standards for variances applied to Philadelphia zoning cases under the Court's Valley View and East Torresdale decisions and variance cases located in municipalities covered by the MPC.

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