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Newtown Square E., L.P. v. Zoning Hearing Bd. of Newtown Twp.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Mar 25, 2013
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PER CURIAM.

Petitions for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Commonwealth Court, Nos. 78 MAL 2012, 79 MAL 2012.

Prior report: Pa.Cmwlth., 38 A.3d 1018.

ORDER


PER CURIAM.


AND NOW, this 25th day of March, 2013, the Petitions for Allowance of Appeal are

GRANTED, LIMITED TO

the issues set forth below. The issues, as stated by Petitioner, are:

1. Did the Commonwealth Court err in interpreting the MPC as authorizing a developer's Tentative Plan to designate the use of buildings by generic designation only as “residential” or “nonresidential” so as to effectively negate the MPC's due process safeguards requiring notice and a public hearing and thereby deny due process to the public and neighboring property owners?

2. Did the Commonwealth Court err in adopting a novel interpretation of MPC Section 707(4)(iv) that has no basis in the law, that conflicts with the meaning of the term “use” throughout the MPC, and that conflicts with this Court's decision in Eves v. Zoning Board of Adjustment, 401 Pa. 211, 164 A.2d 7 (1960)?