· 3/7/1988
West Goshen Township v. Crater
Citations
- 538 A.2d 952
- 114 Pa. Commw. 245
- 1988 Pa. Commw. LEXIS 245
How courts have described this case
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- concluding that to qualify for a special exception, landowners were required to “prove by objective evidence that [the lot at issue] was ‘separate and distinct’ and not part of a larger, integrated tract owned by them, or by a predecessor, at the time of the ordinance’s enactment”
- the burdened party failed to demonstrate an objective intent to keep the lots separate; instead, the two lots had merged
- denying a special exception and separately analyzing a variance request
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Judges: Craig, Doyle, Colins
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