WENGERT v. Z. H. B. OF UPPER MERION TWP.

No. 147 C.D. 1979.

51 Pa.Commw. 79 (1980)

Richard Wengert v. Zoning Hearing Board of Upper Merion Township. Upper Merion Township, Appellant.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

April 29, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory J. Dean, of Meneses & Dean, for appellant.

Lois Reznick, with her George J. Miller, Dechert, Price & Rhoads, for appellees.

Argued April 7, 1980, before Judges WILKINSON, JR., MENCER and ROGERS, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY JUDGE WILKINSON, JR., April 29, 1980:

This zoning appeal involves the question of whether a foster home for troubled adolescents who are referred by the courts, limited to six foster children,1 attended by two foster parents and one or more assistants, can qualify as a permitted use in a R-2 residential district as a single family residential use. The zoning ordinance defines single family detached dwelling, family and dwelling...

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