Reilly v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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1. “The appell[ant]s purchased a large tract of undeveloped land in Dennison Township, Luzerne County in 1961. In 1964, the County Board of Commissioners enacted a zoning ordinance under which the appellant]s’ land was zoned Conservation or C-l which essentially permitted uses which would not be discordant with the rural character of the area. Beginning in 1962, however, and continuing at least until 1967, the Department of Forests and Waters (now part of DEB) conducted various studies of the area around the property in connection with a proposed state park project to be known as the Nescopeck State Park. In June 1967, and at the request of the appellant] s, the Luzerne County Commissioners rezoned their property from C-l to S-l or Suburban Besidence which permitted residential development of the property. When the Department of Forests and Waters learned of this rezoning, its director began correspondence with the Luzerne County Becreation and Parks Commission indicating that the rezoning of the appell[ant]s’ property imperiled the park project because of the possible escalation of land values caused by the rezoning. Concerned with’ the possible loss of the state park project, the County Commissioners rezoned the appell[ant]s’ property back to C-l on November 15,1967. In June 1973, the appell[ant]s filed a petition for the appointment of a board of view pursuant to Section 502(e) of the Eminent Domain Code, [Act of June 22, 1964, P.L. 84, Special Sess., as amended,] 26 P.S. §l-5”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Reilly v. Commonwealth