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2024 Year in Review: Land Use and Zoning Law in Philadelphia
This past year, the city of Philadelphia approved and implemented several impactful pieces of legislation affecting land use and zoning law. These...
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Superior Court Upholds Act 135 Conservatorship for Vacant Home
In Philadelphia, recently, there has been a push in City Council to limit the ability for non-profit organizations and individuals to take over...
Pa. Supreme Court Denies Taking Due to a Lack of a Public Purpose
In a recent decision, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in Wolfe v. Reading Blue Mountain, 2024 Pa. LEXIS 1209 (Aug. 20, 2024), affirmed the trial...
PA Court Clarifies Landlord Remedies: Eviction vs. Abandonment
In a recent opinion, the Pennsylvania Superior Court in 1700 Market St. Associates v. Common Grounds 1700 Market St., 314 A.3d 855 (Pa. Super. Ct....
Commonwealth Court Affirms ZBA Hardship Finding Due to Commercial Viability and Need for Costly Environmental Remediation
In In re Appeal of Council Member Cindy Bass, 2024 Pa. Commw. LEXIS 172 (July 19, 2024), the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court affirmed, in part, a...
PA Court Voids Tax Sale for Lack of Proper Notice to Property Owner
As real estate tax foreclosure sales will be taking place again in Philadelphia, it is as good a time as any to review how the appellate courts in...
In ‘Shyam Ventures,’ Court Reinforced Boundaries on the Expansion of a Legal Nonconforming Use
In a recently published opinion, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania in Shyam Ventures, LLC v. Zoning Hearing Bd. of the Borough of Castle...
Zoning Hearing Board, Court Failed to Evaluate Merits of Zoning Variance Requests in ‘RDM Group’
In a recently published opinion, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court in RDM Group v. Pittston Township Zoning Hearing Board, 2004 Pa. Commw. LEXIS 58...
Pa. Court Upholds Short-Term Rentals as Legal Nonconforming Use
In a recently published opinion, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court in Johnson v. Pocono Township Zoning Hearing Board, 2024 Pa. Commw. LEXIS 46...
Commonwealth Court Strikes Down Ordinance Due To Illegal Spot Zoning
In a recently published opinion, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania in Chaffier v. Hellertown Borough Zoning Hearing Board, Pa. Commw. Unpub....