WESLEY UNITED v. DAUPHIN CTY. BD. OF ASSES.


889 A.2d 1180 (2005)

WESLEY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Appellee v. DAUPHIN COUNTY BOARD OF ASSESSMENT APPEALS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 30, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl G. Wass, Harrisburg, for Dauphin County Bd. of Assessment Appeals, appellant.

Anthony T. McBeth, Harrisburg, for County Com'rs Ass'n of PA, appellant amicus curiae.

James B. Pannebaker, Middletown, for Wesley United Methodist Church, appellee.

Amy Erika Bentz, Jack W. Plowman, Pittsburgh, for PA Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, appellee amicus curiae.

BEFORE: CAPPY, C.J., CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, SAYLOR, EAKIN and BAER, JJ.


OPINION

Justice EAKIN.

Appellant, the Dauphin County Board of Assessment Appeals, appeals from the order of the Commonwealth Court affirming the order of the trial court holding two parcels containing a parking lot used by Wesley United Methodist Church are exempt from real estate taxation. We affirm.

On July 30, 2001, the Church filed an application with the Board seeking an exemption from real estate taxation for two immediately adjacent...

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