TP. OF WILLISTOWN v. CHESTERDALE FARMS


462 Pa. 445 (1975)

341 A.2d 466

TOWNSHIP OF WILLISTOWN v. CHESTERDALE FARMS, INC., Appellant. TOWNSHIP OF WILLISTOWN, Appellant, v. CHESTERDALE FARMS, INC.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 18, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence E. Wood, Wood, Parke & Barnes, West Chester, for appellant at No. 438 and appellee at No. 439.

Robert J. Shenkin, MacElree, Platt & Harvey, Paoli, for appellant at No. 439 and appellee at No. 438.

Before EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT

O'BRIEN, Justice.

In May of 1969, Chesterdale Farms, Inc. (Chesterdale), proposed to erect apartments on a tract of land located in Willistown Township (the township). This proposal was rejected because the tract was zoned RA-1, Residential, which did not permit apartments. Some six months later, Chesterdale again submitted a plan for approval, but it, too, was refused. Chesterdale then applied...

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