Perlstein v. Municipality of Monroeville
Perlstein v. Municipality of Monroeville
Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
This is the second time that the matter of Alfred Perlstein’s desire to erect apartment and townhouses on 94 acres of land in the Borough of Monroeville has been the subject of an appeal to this court. In Perlstein v. Borough of Monroeville, 25 Pa. Commonwealth Ct. 489, 361 A.2d 510 (1976), we held that the zoning ordinance of the Borough of Monroeville unconstitutionally banned the use of land for townhouse development, that Perlstein’s request for a curative amendment pursuant to Section 1004 of the Pennsylvania
And Now, This 29th day of July, 1976, the order.of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County is hereby reversed. The record is hereby remanded to the lower court with directions that the appellant’s proposed use of his property be permitted subject to his compliance with other proper regulations of the borough.
The order of the court below which we reversed in Perlstein v. Borough of Monroeville, supra, had been entered on July 10,1974. In the opinion accompanying that order the hearing judge said by way of dicta that Perlstein had proved that no reasonable use could be made of his property as zoned,
The borough has appealed from the lower court’s order allowing the variance. Although we agree with the court below that the Zoning Hearing Board abused its discretion and committed an error of law in denying the variance, it is not necessary to expound on this subject because this Court’s order of July 29, 1976 required that the development as proposed on the sketch plan accompanying Perlstein’s request for curative amendment should be permitted. This plan showed townhouses and apartments; and our order spoke of appellant’s proposed use.
Perlstein now has two court orders saying that he may develop his 94 acres by the construction of a combination of apartments and townhouses, in accordance with the sketch plan accompanying his request for curative amendment. He has our order of July 29, 1976 and that of the court below in these proceedings, which we hereby affirm.
Order
And Now, this 7th day of June, 1977, the order of the court below, dated September 8, 1976, is affirmed.
Act of July 31, 1968, P.L. 805, as amended, 53 P.S. §11001.
Perlstein’s land was located in an S Conservancy district where no multi-family uses were permitted. He proposes to construct 275 t.ownhouses, and 392 apartment units.
Perlstein’s counsel believed our order permitted the development as proposed. Either counsel could have applied to this court for clarification, and thus would have been avoided the labors of the court below with respect to the variance and that of counsel and this court on this second appeal. See Schrader & Seyfried, Inc. v. Cerny, 28 Pa. Commonwealth Ct. 353, 368 A.2d 862 (1977).
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