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GEN. BATTERY CORP. v. Z. H. BD., ALSACE TWP.

No. 1011 C.D. 1976.

29 Pa.Commw. 498 (1977)

General Battery Corporation v. The Zoning Hearing Board of Alsace Township and the Alsace Township Board of Supervisors. Alsace Township Board of Supervisors, Appellant.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

April 5, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry M. Koch, Jr., with him Peter W. Schmehl, and McGavin, DeSantis & Koch, for appellant.

Paul T. Essig, with him Balmer, Mogel, Speidel & Roland, for appellee.

Argued February 2, 1977, before President Judge BOWMAN and Judges CRUMLISH, JR., KRAMER, WILKINSON, JR., MENCER, ROGERS and BLATT.

OPINION BY JUDGE MENCER, April 5, 1977:

Nestled in the picturesque setting of a well-known valley, Alsace Township, Berks County, is in many ways removed from the metropolitan activities of the nearby City of Reading. The township's inhabitants enjoy a harmonious mix of rural and suburban uses in their "bedroom community" close to the city. It is not surprising, then, that they seek to perpetuate their township's seclusion. One method they have chosen is zoning: The...

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