Warner Co. v. Zoning Hearing Board

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• concluding that an ordinance establishing procedures for reclamation upon cessation of quarrying operations was preempted because the Noncoal Act covers “all surface activity connected with the mining,” which necessarily includes “the reclamation of the affected land.”
• stating that traditional land use regulations include setback requirements
• doctrine of natural expansion did not bar township from enacting ordinance which established reasonable setback requirements on quarrying activity, despite prior use of site as quarry
• township’s reclassification of land to permit quarrying by special exception did not limit the right of the property owner, who originally had a nonconforming use to run a quarry, to continue quarrying operations

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