This case deals with the question of whether the common law merger of lots doctrine is applicable when a local governing body has not adopted a merger of lots provision in its zoning ordinance. The Commonwealth Court found that this doctrine has no application absent a merger of lots provision in the local zoning ordinance because it is a creature of local ordinance, not common law.
This blog features case law related to real estate, land use, zoning, and municipal law in Pennsylvania
Tag: dimensional variances
The Commonwealth Court was required to determine whether or not a zoning board can grant density and lot-width variances without proof of hardship. The court ruled that when the asserted hardship amounts to nothing more than the landowners desire to increase the profitability of his or her land, a variance is improper.
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