SEARS v. BENSALEM TWP. SUPERVISORS

No. 78-8861-12-5.

10 Pa. D. & C. 3d 52 (1979)

Sears, Roebuck and Co. v. Bensalem Township Board of Supervisors

Common Pleas Court of Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

March 13, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arnold J. Bennett, for appellant.

Henry F. Huhn, for Township Board of Supervisors.

Before Beckert, Rufe and Kelton,


KELTON, J., March 13, 1979.

We are asked to determine in these proceedings whether the Bensalem Township Board of Supervisors may totally prohibit a so-called "self-service" facility for the retail dispensing of gasoline in a zoning district in which an otherwise lawful gasoline service station is permitted. We hold that it may not.

We will not attempt to recite in detail all of the convoluted procedural steps which have been taken to present this relatively...

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