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27, 2008) (holding an indoor riding arena is a subordinate and customarily incidental use to a stable upholding special exception).

May 27, 2010) (finding that a building used to store trucks, which were occasionally used to haul hay and fertilizer but mostly to transport items such as cooking oil and windows, is not permitted as an agricultural use in an agricultural district). 1964) (holding an ordinance requiring a setback for mushroom houses of 500 feet from the nearest roadside line and 1000 feet from all other lot boundaries is unreasonable as it would require an inordinate acreage).

Board of Adjustment of London Britain Township, 198 A.2d 863 (Pa. 1982) (holding the public interest in preservation of farmland is insufficient to justify disparate treatment of landowners of smaller and larger tracts with regard to the percentage of their tract they are permitted to devote to single-family homes).

Hopewell Township Board of Supervisors v.

1985) (finding an ordinance that permits a maximum of two dwellings on tracts comprised exclusively of first quality farmland is substantially related to farmland preservation). 1, 2002) (holding a township ordinance with the purpose of preserving agricultural lands was reasonable insofar as it required landowners of tracts greater than ten acres to set aside fifty to sixty percent of the agriculturally productive lands but unreasonable insofar as it required one-acre minimum lot sizes for homes on the developed land finding lot size requirement was not substantially related to the preservation of agricultural lands). Some of these cases may be available at a law library or accessible online for those with LexisNexis, Westlaw, or other electronic database accounts. Please consult an attorney if you are in need of the most up-to-date statutory information. Be aware that this information is subject to change as a result of subsequent amendments. Pennsylvania statutes are accessible online through the Unofficial Purdon’s Pennsylvania Statutes website.

Zoning Benefits for the Family Farmer (2004).