SAMSEL v. CONST. CODE BD. OF APPEALS

No. 161 C.D. 2010.

10 A.3d 412 (2010)

Ronald SAMSEL, as an Individual and Thoroughbred Racing Stables, LLC, Appellants v. UNIFORM CONSTRUCTION CODE BOARD OF APPEALS OF JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP. Appeal of: Jefferson Township.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 10, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth A. Magovern , Wyomissing, for appellant Jefferson Township.

Larry W. Miller , West Lawn, for appellees Ronald Samsel and Thoroughbred Racing Stables, LLC.

BEFORE: LEAVITT, Judge, and BROBSON, Judge, and BUTLER, Judge.


OPINION BY Judge LEAVITT.

Jefferson Township appeals an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County (trial court) holding that Ronald Samsel did not need a building permit to construct a stable for race horses. The trial court found that Samsel's proposed stable was an agricultural building and, as such, exempt from the requirements of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act (Construction Code).1 Finding no error in the trial court...

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