Huntley & Huntley, Inc. v. Council of Oakmont

How courts have described this case

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• observing that \local legislation cannot permit what a state statute or regulation forbids or prohibit what state enactments allow\
• recognizing that while natural gas may be classified as a mineral under the Municipalities Planning Code, \Pennsylvania common law has applied a rebuttable presumption in the context of a private deed conveyance that the term 'mineral' does not include oil or gas.\
• discussing overlap between Oil and Gas Act of 1984 and local zoning ordinance regulation of well site location
• approving this Court’s interpretation of an undefined term in an ordinance based on the definition from the enabling statute
• discussing overlap between Oil and Gas Act of 1984 and local zoning ordinance regulation of well site location
• “Municipalities are creatures of the state and have no inherent powers of their own.”

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