Opinion

Kissell v. Ferguson Township Zoning Hearing Board

  • 729 A.2d 194
  • 1999 Pa. Commw. LEXIS 368
Court
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Filed
May 6, 1999
Status
Published
Author
Pellegrini
On the bench
Colins, McGinley, Pellegrini, Friedman, Kelley, Flaherty, Leadbetter
Cited by
18 cases

finding that when a word or term is undefined in a zoning ordinance, it is to be given its plain and ordinary meaning

How later courts described this case

  • finding that when a word or term is undefined in a zoning ordinance, it is to be given its plain and ordinary meaning

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

PELLEGRINI, Judge,

concurring and dissenting.

I join with the majority opinion except that I would find riding-garden tractors to be motor vehicles.

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