courts: Rule 14 Zoning appeals.

Montgomery County, PA

P.O. Box 311, Norristown, PA 19404-0311
Courthouse Hours: 8:30a.m. to 4:15p.m.
Phone: 610-278-3000
Website: www.montcopa.org

Rule 14            Zoning Appeals

 

(a)      Appeals from the decision of a Zoning Hearing Board shall be

captioned.

 

(b)      Within ten (10) days of the issuance of a Writ of Certiorari by this

Court, the appellant shall serve a copy of both the Notice of Appeal

and Writ upon the Solicitor for the Zoning Hearing Board, the Solicitor

for the municipality within which the Zoning Hearing Board is located

and all persons and/or entities who shall have entered their written

appearance in the proceedings before the Zoning Hearing Board and

the matter appealed from.

(c)      The record submitted to the Court in compliance with the writ of

certiorari shall include a certified copy of the zoning ordinance in effect

when the decision was rendered.

(d)      Whenever an appeal is taken from a decision of a Zoning Hearing

Board and the record is returned by this Court to the Zoning Hearing

Board for further proceedings, and a subsequent appeal from a decision

of the Zoning Hearing Board is taken in the same case, the number of

the original appeal shall identify the subsequent appeal filed with the

Prothonotary who shall docket and file such subsequent appeal to the

number of the original appeal.