Opinion

Stratford Arms, Inc. v. Zoning Board of Adjustment

  • 429 Pa. 132
  • 239 A.2d 325
  • 1968 Pa. LEXIS 781
Court
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Filed
Mar 15, 1968
Status
Published
Author
Beld
On the bench
Beld, Bell, Brien, Cohen, Eagen, Erts, Jones, Musmanno
Cited by
15 cases

the application for a variance should be denied where the hardship asserted by the applicant results from his or her own willful violation of the zoning regulations

How later courts described this case

  • the application for a variance should be denied where the hardship asserted by the applicant results from his or her own willful violation of the zoning regulations

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

Dissenting Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Beld:

I dissent, and would affirm the Order of the lower Court. I agree with the Majority’s statement of the applicable legal principles, but I disagree with its conclusions.

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