# Surrick v. ZHB OF U. PROVIDENCE TP.

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · December 24, 1977 · 476 Pa. 182

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9630946

## Case

- **Full name:** Robert B. SURRICK, Appellant, v. ZONING HEARING BOARD OF the TOWNSHIP OF UPPER PROVIDENCE Et Al., Appellees
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** December 24, 1977
- **Citations:** 476 Pa. 182; 382 A.2d 105; 1977 Pa. LEXIS 953
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Roberts
- **Judges:** Jones, Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Nix, Manderino, Pomeroy
- **Cited by:** 119 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9630946

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- acknowledging that “exclusionary or unduly restrictive zoning techniques do not have the requisite substantial relationship to the public welfare.”

## Opinion text

ROBERTS, J.,
files a concurring opinion.
Appellee-intervenor’s assertion that the greatest demand for housing in the township is for single-family homes on one acre lots rather proves too much. One need not probe too deeply into the economic mechanics of supply and demand to realize that the zoned-in scarcity of land for multi-family dwellings could easily create this type of demand.
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